Roof Replacement in Weare, NH

Weare is a rural Hillsborough County town of about 60 square miles. It was incorporated in 1764 and named for Meshech Weare, the town's first clerk, who went on to become New Hampshire's first governor. The village of Clinton Grove grew up around a Quaker academy founded in 1834, and the Everett Dam, built for flood control, sits in the east of town.

The houses we roof in Weare

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020 to 2024 estimates), Weare has about 3,900 homes. The median home in the town was built in 1986. About 10 percent were built before 1940, 35 percent before 1980 and 23 percent in 2000 or later. About 87 percent are single-family houses, 6 percent are in buildings with two to four units, and 94 percent are lived in by their owners.

What the housing means for Weare roofs

• About 10 percent of homes predate 1940, so some Weare roofs come off in two layers and have plank decks underneath that need repair before new shingles.
• The median Weare home was built in 1986. Many of those attics have modest insulation, so if the house gets ice dams we look at air sealing the attic along with the roof.
• 42 percent of Weare households heat mainly with oil and 28 percent with propane. Heat lost through the ceiling is what melts snow on the roof, so attic leaks cost fuel and feed ice dams.

Ice barrier, ice dams and the code in Weare

Weare is in Hillsborough 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 Weare ballparks include it at the eaves and valleys either way.

Permits in Weare

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 Weare's Building and Code Enforcement office. Town permit fees, where they apply, are listed separately on the estimate.

An example roofing ballpark for Weare

Our pricing engine returns $5,800 to $6,100 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 Weare 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.

More for Weare homeowners

• Atlas in WeareEverything we do in Weare.
• RoofingHow we replace and repair roofs.
• Roofing cost guideExample ranges for different roofs.
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• Roofing in BedfordNearby: Bedford, Hillsborough County.
• Roofing in ConcordNearby: Concord, Merrimack County.

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