Free Roofing Estimate Template
A clean, professional estimate template for roofing businesses — free to download and use, no email required. The Excel version calculates line amounts, tax, and the total automatically; the Word version is a fill-in you can print.
A roofing estimate lives or dies on the measured area and what you assume is under the shingles. Price by the square (100 sq ft), state the system you're quoting — shingle line, underlayment, ice-and-water, flashing, ventilation — and make your tear-off and disposal assumptions explicit, because the deck condition you can't see until the old roof is off is the number-one source of surprise cost.
Free for any use. No sign-up, no email gate.
What a good roofing estimate includes
- ✓Your business name and contact details — and the client's.
- ✓An estimate number and date, plus how long the price is valid.
- ✓Line items with a clear description, quantity, unit price, and amount.
- ✓Subtotal, tax (at your local rate), and the total — no surprises later.
- ✓Notes and terms: what's included, what's excluded, deposit and payment terms.
- ✓Quote by the square (100 sq ft) and show your measured roof area and waste factor. State whether the price assumes a single layer to tear off — additional layers mean more labour and disposal.
- ✓List the system components as separate lines — shingles, underlayment, ice-and-water shield, drip edge, ridge cap, and flashing — so the homeowner sees what they're paying for, not just 'new roof'.
- ✓Spell out tear-off and disposal: number of existing layers assumed, dumpster or haul-off, and yard and landscape protection. Re-roofing over an existing layer is a different price than a full tear-off.
- ✓Carry deck replacement as a stated unit price (e.g. per sheet of plywood) for rot or damage found after tear-off, so the repair is priced and signed off rather than absorbed mid-job.
- ✓Note ventilation, valleys, and penetrations (vents, chimneys, skylights), any code upgrades, the workmanship warranty, and how weather delays are handled.
Example line items for a roofing estimate
A starting point — adapt these to the job in front of you.
Common questions
Is this template really free?
Yes — download it and use it for any business. No email, no sign-up, no watermark beyond a one-line credit you can delete.
What's the difference between the Excel and Word versions?
The Excel version calculates line amounts, tax, and the total automatically from what you type — enter your tax rate once and the math is done. The Word version is a clean fill-in you can print or edit.
Can I edit the template?
Completely. Add your logo, change labels, add rows, adjust the terms — it's yours to adapt.
When the template becomes the bottleneck
Templates work until you're retyping the same client, the same lines, and the same totals every week. Stairkey turns the job itself into the estimate — quoted on site, approved, and billed from one record. See how it fits roofing.