Roof Replacement in Concord, NH

Concord is New Hampshire's capital. It was incorporated in 1734 as Rumford, and today the city takes in Penacook, Concord Heights, East Concord and West Concord as well as downtown. The Contoocook River joins the Merrimack at Penacook.

The houses we roof in Concord

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020 to 2024 estimates), Concord has about 19,300 homes. The median home in the city was built in 1969. About 33 percent were built before 1940, 61 percent before 1980 and 16 percent in 2000 or later. About 47 percent are single-family houses, 19 percent are in buildings with two to four units, and 57 percent are lived in by their owners.

What the housing means for Concord roofs

• 33 percent of Concord homes were built before 1940. On roofs that old we expect more than one layer to strip and, under them, plank decks left from wood shingles. Gaps and rotted boards get new sheathing before the shingles go on, priced once the old roof is off.
• 47 percent of homes are in buildings with two or more units. Three-story roofs, and low-slope sections flatter than 4-in-12, need a staging or underlayment plan we set on site, so they are priced after a visit.
• The median Concord home was built in 1969, before modern attic insulation levels. Ice dams on those houses come from heat leaking into the attic, so we check the ceiling and the attic before we blame the roof.
• 17 percent of Concord households heat mainly with oil and 8 percent with propane; 50 percent use utility gas. Heat lost through the ceiling is what melts snow on the roof, so attic leaks cost fuel and feed ice dams.
• 43 percent of Concord households rent. For landlords, a roof is often paired with rental property maintenance on the same building.

Ice barrier, ice dams and the code in Concord

Concord is in Merrimack County, climate zone 5. Where the code's climate table marks ice-dam history, state code section R905.1.2 sets how far up the roof the ice barrier must reach (details). Our Concord ballparks include it at the eaves and valleys either way.

Permits in Concord

Whether a roof replacement needs a building permit is set by the town, and it can depend on the scope. Before work starts we confirm it with Concord's Code Administration Division. Town permit fees, where they apply, are listed separately on the estimate.

An example roofing ballpark for Concord

Our pricing engine returns $5,600 to $5,900 for one-story ranch, simple gable roof about 40 by 26 feet at a 6-in-12 pitch, one layer off, in architectural asphalt shingles, with travel to Concord included. That is an example, not a quote. For your own roof, the Instant Ballpark gives an asphalt shingle ballpark from the same engine, or call or text (603) 688-6096.

What the example includes and leaves out is listed on the roofing cost guide.

We do not have a finished roofing project on the site yet, and we will not show a different kind of job as one.

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