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Shake roof cost per square foot.
A square is 100 square feet and a bundle is equal to 1 3 of a square.
For a basic project in zip code 47474 with 120 square feet the cost to install a shake roof starts at 7 56 10 14 per square foot.
Low cost for installation is around 3 600 and high cost is about 120 000.
Expect the cedar shake roof.
Therefore the average price of a square of shake is 630 and a bundle costs around 210.
The cost of a shake roof.
I would strongly recommend you hire a licensed and insured roofing contractor to perform the installation for you.
This alone already makes a cedar shake roof expensive without even considering the wood shingle roof.
The initial cost of a cedar shake roof is already high.
Cost can add up quickly especially if you re a novice and have never attempted a cedar shake roof installation before.
If you are replacing your current roof add 125 to 500 per roofing square for old roof removal.
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Shingle roof cost the average price range to shingle a 3 000 square foot shake roof is between 5 000 and 12 000.
Average cost per square foot.
That means you should expect prices from 17 000 to 26 000.
Cedar shake roof total average cost per square foot.
Per square foot it is about double the cost of other roofing options like asphalt shingles.