One Day on the Roof
Materials arrive first. The tear-off starts in the morning and the house is dried in before the crew leaves.
One working day on the roof once your materials are on site. Free inspection first, a written line-item estimate second, and the GAF WindProven wind warranty on qualifying systems.
A roof replacement is the one roofing job where the cheap quote and the honest quote look identical on paper. The difference is what happens after the old roof comes off, and whether that was priced before you signed.
At Big Easy Roofing Company, a replacement starts with a free inspection of every slope and finishes the same day the old roof comes off. Between the two is a written estimate you can lay next to anybody else’s and compare line by line.
Not every roof we are called out to replace needs replacing. If yours can be repaired and last, that is what the estimate will say, and we will quote the roof repair instead.
Materials arrive first. The tear-off starts in the morning and the house is dried in before the crew leaves.
Every material, quantity and labor charge is written down before you agree to anything.
The manufacturer covers the materials and we cover the installation, and you get both on paper.
If two or more of these describe your roof, replacing it usually costs less over five years than paying for the same repair again and again.
Asphalt shingle in this heat rarely makes twenty five. Age alone is not a verdict, but it changes what a repair is worth.
That grit is the shingle’s sunscreen washing off. Once it goes, the sun works straight on the asphalt.
A slope that has been patched more than twice usually has failed underlayment under it, not one bad shingle.
Give in the decking means water has been sitting in the wood. That is the structure, not the surface.
If you can see sky from the attic, rain can find the attic too. Nothing short of new decking and underlayment fixes that.
And nobody has been up since. Wind breaks the seal on a shingle without taking it off, which you cannot see from the yard.
Recognize two or more of these? A free inspection tells you whether it is a repair or a replacement.
Book a free inspectionEvery line below is on the written estimate before anybody climbs a ladder. None of it is an extra we find halfway through.
Every layer comes off. We do not lay a new roof over an old one, because the second layer hides whatever is wrong with the wood underneath.
Nothing is laid over an old layer.
With the deck bare, every sheet gets walked and checked. Soft or rotten sheets are replaced at a per-sheet price that is on the estimate before we start.
Priced per sheet, on the estimate.
Self-adhering membrane at the valleys, the eaves and around every pipe and vent, which is where water tries to get in first.
Part of the GAF accessory set for WindProven.
A synthetic layer across the rest of the deck. It stays waterproof even if the shingles above it are torn away.
It replaces the old felt paper.
New metal at chimneys, walls, valleys and vents. Reusing the old flashing is where cheap quotes quietly save their money.
The line cheap quotes most often leave out.
Air in at the soffit and out at the ridge. A hot attic cooks shingles from underneath and voids most manufacturer warranties.
Sized to your attic, not guessed.
The color and profile you picked, fastened to the manufacturer’s pattern so the warranty holds.
Installed to the manufacturer’s written instructions.
The yard, the beds and the driveway get swept with a rolling magnet for nails before the crew leaves.
You can park on the drive that evening.
The inspection and the written scope cost nothing, and you are under no obligation once you have them.
Book a free inspectionFour systems cover almost every replacement we do in this city. Which one suits yours comes down to the pitch, the budget and how long you plan to stay.
The default on most New Orleans houses, and the right choice unless something about the roof argues against it. It is also the only system here that can carry the GAF WindProven warranty.
Costs more up front and lasts the longest. Concealed fasteners, panels that shed wind well, and a roof you are unlikely to replace again.
For historic districts where the roofline is part of the house. Both are heavy, so the structure is checked before either one is quoted.
Porches, additions and rear sections too shallow for shingle take a membrane instead. Plenty of New Orleans houses have both on one roof.
These are industry ranges for this climate. Your written estimate carries the actual manufacturer terms for the material you choose.
Anyone who gives you a number before seeing the roof is guessing, and the guess gets corrected once the tear-off starts. These five things set the price.
Measured in squares of a hundred square feet. A steep roof takes longer to work safely and needs more material to cover the same footprint.
Nobody knows until the old roof is off. That is why replaced sheets are priced per sheet on the estimate instead of arriving as a surprise.
Shingle, metal, slate or membrane. The spread between them is wider than any other line on the estimate.
Every chimney, skylight, vent, valley and wall joint takes flashing and time. Two roofs the same size can price very differently.
One layer of old shingle is a normal tear-off. Two or three layers mean more labor and more weight to haul away.
The inspection is free and the estimate is line-itemed, so you can hold it next to any other quote in New Orleans and see exactly where the two differ. Would rather start in writing? The contact page has the form and the hours.
Free, and yours to keep whether or not we do the work.
This is what the difference usually looks like on paper. A quote that cannot answer one of these rows is cheaper for a reason.
Quote A is an illustrative composite of shortcuts that turn up in low bids. It is not a real quote from any company, and no competitor is named or implied. Put your own quotes side by side and ask each one the same six questions.
Something about your own roof that is not covered here? Call and ask. The person who picks up works on replacements.
Talk to a roofer504-229-3955One working day on a standard residential roof, once the materials are already on site. The inspection, the estimate and the material order all happen before that. We do not tear off a roof we cannot finish the same day.
No. Move cars off the driveway and take anything fragile off the walls in rooms directly under the roof. You do not need to be home, though most people like to be there at the start and the end.
We only tear off what we can dry in that day, and the crew carries tarps for the rest. Nothing is left open overnight.
If a storm caused the damage, the policy often covers a large part of it. We do not negotiate claims, because that is a licensed public adjuster’s job. Our side is the evidence: the damage photographed, the roof measured, and a scope your adjuster can price from, handed over while they are up there with us. The insurance claims page covers the rest.
Two separate things. The installation is covered by us. The wind cover comes from GAF: the WindProven Limited Wind Warranty runs 15 years with no wind speed cap and no named-storm exclusion, the two gaps most roofing warranties leave open.
It has to be earned. The roof needs GAF Timberline shingles with LayerLock Technology and at least four qualifying GAF accessories: starter strips, roof deck protection, ridge cap shingles, and a leak barrier or attic ventilation. Your estimate says in writing whether your roof can get it, and what it adds to the price.
Architectural shingle runs 25 to 30 years here and standing seam metal 40 to 50. What shortens either one is heat trapped in a badly ventilated attic, which is why ventilation is a line on every replacement estimate we write.
Name and phone are enough. We call back the same business day.