Roof Repair Cost 2026: $400–$2,000 Typical US Range

Repairing one area of an asphalt roof on a US house — shingles, flashing, or a pipe boot, the materials and the labor in one price, on a walkable pitch, with the deck left as it is — often clusters around $400–$2,000. That is the typical roof repair cost. How much does it cost to repair a roof in that scope? It is that installed one-area job, not a few loose tabs and not hail across the slopes. The cost to repair a roof, for that area, is the same band. Roof leak repair cost, when the leak is one source and the deck stays, is typically $360–$1,550. Shingle roof repair cost, when the shingles and the labor are both in, is the $400–$2,000 band. The wider national spread, about $150–$8,000, covers a few shingles at the low end and a large structural repair at the high end. A roof that has to come off is the roof replacement guide. A metal roof, as a new roof, is the metal roof guide. Water at the eave that is a gutter problem is the gutter guide. These are typical planning ranges, not a survey and not a quote.

This page is a repair of a roof that is already on a single-family house. A bid may call it a roof repair, a leak repair, or a shingle repair. One area is opened, patched, and closed. It is not a tear-off of the whole roof, which is the roof replacement guide. It is not a new metal roof, which is the metal roof guide. It is not new gutters, which is the gutter guide. A handful of tabs the owner swaps from a stable position is a different product. This page does not price that handful as the installed rate.

The price of the job is the materials and the labor that installs them. The type of repair is the first cut. Whether the deck stays is the second. A type row is a way to read one repair. It is not a second bill. Price the area the roofer names.

The rows below are ways to read one job. They are not added together. The type table is one installed repair. The typical band is the asphalt row: one area, deck left where it is. A valley sits inside that rate. A metal patch, and hail on more than one slope, replace that rate. They are not a second repair on top of it. Use an add-on row only for a line the type row does not include. Decking the proposal already replaces is not a second sheet. An emergency fee the proposal already includes is not a second call.

Repair	Typical installed cost
Asphalt, one area	$400–$2,000
Valley	$600–$1,400
Metal, one area	$400–$2,200
Hail, more than one slope	$700–$6,500

Add-on	Typical planning range
Decking, per sheet, when the bid leaves it out	$75–$160
Emergency call, when the bid leaves it out	$100–$300

The type rows replace one another. Do not add a metal patch on top of an asphalt row for the same area. The add-on row is a line the type row left out. A deck the asphalt price already opens is not the sheet row on top. A repair that was booked on a normal day does not get the emergency row.

An asphalt repair of one area — shingles, flashing, or a pipe boot, deck left where it is — is typically $400–$2,000. That whole row is the typical band. The floor of the row is the typical floor. The top of the row is the typical top. The wider floor, $150, is $250 under this row. It is a few shingles, not this area with a discount. From $400–$2,000 the job is this row. Do not add the hail row on top of it.

A valley is typically $600–$1,400. Six hundred is $200 over the typical floor. Fourteen hundred is $600 under the typical top. The whole valley row sits inside the typical band. Six hundred can be a valley or a one-area asphalt repair. Fourteen hundred can be a valley or a one-area asphalt repair. Ask which one the bid is. Do not add the asphalt row to a valley that was already priced as its own repair.

A metal patch in one area is typically $400–$2,200. The overlap with the typical band is $400–$2,000. Four hundred is the typical floor and the metal floor. Two thousand is the typical top and inside the metal row. From $2,000–$2,200 the metal patch has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Twenty-two hundred is $200 past the typical top and $5,800 under the wider top of $8,000. An asphalt patch is the typical band, even when the house also has metal on a porch. Do not add the asphalt row to a metal patch that was already priced as its own repair.

Hail on more than one slope is typically $700–$6,500. Seven hundred is $300 over the typical floor. The overlap with the typical band is $700–$2,000. From $2,000–$6,500 the hail job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Sixty-five hundred is $4,500 past the typical top and $1,500 under the wider top. Seven hundred can be a small hail visit, a one-area asphalt repair, or a metal patch. The overlap with the metal row is $700–$2,200. From $2,200–$6,500 the hail job has left the metal row and stays inside the wider spread. Ask which one the bid is. A few missing tabs after a wind gust, still one area, is the typical band or the few-shingle row. It is not this hail row. Do not add the asphalt row under a hail price for the same slopes.

Cost to repair a roof

The cost to repair a roof is this page when one area is repaired and the labor is in the price. How much does it cost to repair a roof, for that area, is the same installed price. A bid that says roof repair and a bid that says cost to repair a roof are the same dollars when the area, the material, and the labor match. The typical band, $400–$2,000, is one asphalt area of that installed repair. It is not a second product stacked on a type row you already have.

How much does it cost to repair a roof, as a shingle-only number, is not this page. The installed row includes the materials and the labor. A warehouse price for a bundle, with the crew left out, is a parts list. On one asphalt area, the installed typical band is $400–$2,000. Do not add a bundle price under an installed price for the same area.

A few shingles only is typically $150–$350. One hundred fifty is the wider floor. Three hundred fifty is $50 under the typical floor. The whole row sits under $400. It is a small visit, not a one-area repair someone discounted. A quote of $400 has left the few-shingle row and is the typical floor. Do not add $150 under a one-area price that already includes the shingles.

Roof leak repair cost

Roof leak repair cost is the leak row when the leak is one source on asphalt and the deck stays. That installed range is $360–$1,550. Three hundred sixty is $40 under the typical floor and $210 over the wider floor. Fifteen hundred fifty is $450 under the typical top. The overlap with $400–$2,000 is $400–$1,550. From $360–$400 the leak sits under the typical band. From $400–$1,550 the leak is inside the typical band. From $1,550–$2,000 the job has left the leak row and stays on the one-area asphalt row. Ask whether the bid is one leak source or a larger area.

A valley leak uses the valley row, $600–$1,400. That whole row sits inside the leak row and inside the typical band. Six hundred can be a valley or a one-source leak. Fourteen hundred can be a valley or a one-source leak. Ask which opening the bid priced. Do not add $600 under a leak price that was already a valley.

Hail that is also a leak uses the row the bid actually built. One leak source is $360–$1,550. Hail on more than one slope is $700–$6,500. The overlap of those two rows is $700–$1,550. Ask whether the damage stayed at one source. Do not add the leak row under a hail price that was already the slopes.

Shingle roof repair cost

Shingle roof repair cost is the asphalt row when the product is shingles, one area is repaired, and the labor is in the price. The typical band is $400–$2,000. The shingle name is the material. It is not a different rate. A quote of $400 on that area is the typical floor. A quote of $2,000 is the typical top. A quote over $2,000 has left the typical band. It can sit inside the metal row until $2,200, and inside the hail row until $6,500, and inside the wider spread until $8,000. Ask whether the labor is in the number. A shingle price for the bundle alone is not this row.

A few shingles, $150–$350, is the row under the typical band. A one-area shingle repair is $400–$2,000. The two rows meet at the step from $350 to $400. Three hundred fifty is a few tabs. Four hundred is the start of the one-area job. Do not add $350 under a one-area price that was already shingles.

What the range includes

The typical band assumes one asphalt area at a single-family house. The pitch is walkable. The shingles, the flashing, or the boot is in. The labor is in. Ordinary haul-away of that debris, in this band, is part of the installed price. The deck stays. A tear-off of the slopes is not in the band. New gutters are not in the band. A sheet of decking is not in the band. An after-hours call is not in the band.

How long the work takes depends on the area, the pitch, and what is under the shingles, and the bid’s schedule is the one that counts. These are not a day count on this page.

The floor of the wider spread, near $150, is a few shingles. It is not a one-area repair someone discounted. The top, $8,000, is a large structural repair. It is not the asphalt row plus every add-on. Two thousand plus a sheet at $160 is $2,160. Two thousand plus $160 is $2,160, which has left the typical band by $160 and stays inside the metal row, under that row’s $2,200 top, and inside the hail row. Two thousand plus ten sheets at $160 is $3,600. Thirty-six hundred has left the typical band by $1,600, has left the metal row by $1,400, and stays inside the hail row, $2,900 under $6,500, and inside the wider spread, $4,400 under $8,000. Hail at $6,500 plus ten sheets at $1,600 is $8,100. Eighty-one hundred has left the wider spread by $100. Stacking those lines does not build the $8,000 job by itself. The $8,000 job is the large structural repair, with no extra sheet named. Treat a number above $8,000 as a replacement, a rebuild, or a roof the structural line does not cover, and ask which one.

None of the bands include decking, when the bid leaves it out, typically $75–$160 a sheet. That is a 4×8 sheet of plywood or OSB, material and labor, once the roof is open. The same per-sheet price is on the roof replacement guide. Four hundred plus $75 is $475, inside the typical band. Four hundred plus $160 is $560, inside the typical band. Two thousand plus $160 is $2,160, $160 past the typical top and inside the metal row. Ten sheets are $750–$1,600. Two thousand plus $750 is $2,750, which has left the metal row by $550 and stays inside the hail row. A repair that does not open the deck does not get this row. A sheet the proposal already replaces is not a second sheet.

None of the bands include an emergency call, when the bid leaves it out, typically $100–$300. Four hundred plus $100 is $500, inside the typical band. Four hundred plus $300 is $700, inside the typical band and at the floor of the hail row. Two thousand plus $300 is $2,300, $300 past the typical top, $100 past the metal top, and inside the hail row. A repair booked on a normal day does not get this row. A fee the proposal already includes is not a second call.

None of the bands include a full asphalt replacement, which is the roof replacement guide, often $8,500–$15,000 for a straightforward tear-off of about 15 to 25 squares. Eighty-five hundred is $500 past the wider repair top. Those are not the same job. One can be a large repair. One is a new roof. The replacement’s wider floor is $5,500. From $5,500–$6,500 a number can be hail on this page or a small replacement. From $6,500–$8,000 the number has left the hail row, stays inside this wider spread, and can still be that small replacement. Ask which bid it is. Do not fold the tear-off into the patch price.

None of the bands include a new metal roof, which is the metal roof guide, often $13,000–$30,000 for a 2,000 sq ft house. Thirteen thousand has left this wider spread. A metal patch at $2,200 and a metal roof at $13,000 are not the same opening. Do not fold the new roof into the patch price.

None of the bands include new gutters, which is the gutter guide, often $1,200–$2,500 for a common house. Four hundred plus $1,200 is $1,600, inside the typical repair band. Those are the same dollars and not the same job. One can be a repair. One is gutters. Two thousand plus $2,500 is $4,500, $2,500 past the typical top and inside the hail row. A repair of shingles that leaves the troughs alone does not get the gutter row. A gutter bid that already names a roof patch is not this repair on top.

Tile or slate, one area, is typically $600–$3,000. Six hundred is $200 over the typical floor. The overlap with the typical band is $600–$2,000. From $2,000–$3,000 the job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Three thousand is $1,000 past the typical top and $5,000 under $8,000. Three thousand is also inside the hail row, which runs to $6,500. Those are the same dollars and not the same job. One is tile or slate. One is hail on asphalt. Ask which one the bid is. Do not add the asphalt row under a tile price for the same area.

The band is the installed price. A sale on a bundle of shingles is not subtracted. Read the form before you take a number off the bid. A credit you have not received is not inside the planning range. This page does not price a sale, and it does not name a percentage of the cost that comes back at resale.

Warranties are part of the contract, and this page is not a reading of one company’s form. A repair warranty commonly splits the material and the installation, and the term on labor is often shorter than any term on a shingle. A patch that lifts, a boot that cracks again, and a leak the workmanship warranty excludes are questions for that form. Read it. The warranty is not a dollar line in the planning range.

Homeowners insurance and a home warranty are contracts too. A standard homeowners policy is built around sudden and accidental damage. A roof opened by a covered wind, hail, or a fallen tree is the kind of loss those policies sometimes respond to, and the repair is part of that claim only to the extent the form says. A roof you chose to patch, and shingles that were worn before the crew arrived, are the kind of loss those policies commonly treat as maintenance. Read the form. A home warranty may name the house and still exclude a roof you already had. Neither contract is inside the planning range. These ranges are not an insurance estimate.

A permit the city requires for the repair is a line on the bid. This page does not price a city’s fee. A permit the proposal already includes is not a second permit.

As a cross-check, not a bid: one asphalt area is $400–$2,000, the typical band. A valley is $600–$1,400. A metal patch is $400–$2,200. Hail on more than one slope is $700–$6,500, and $8,000 is the top of the wider spread. If a bid and that reading are far apart, the bid is a different type, decking, an emergency call, tile or slate, a soft deck, a full replacement, or a price that left the labor out.

What moves the price

Driver	How it changes the bid
Type	Asphalt in one area is $400–$2,000, and that row is the typical band. A valley is $600–$1,400 and sits inside it. A metal patch is $400–$2,200 and replaces it. Hail on more than one slope is $700–$6,500 and replaces it.
Material	Asphalt is the typical row. Metal in one area is $400–$2,200. Tile or slate in one area is $600–$3,000 and replaces the asphalt rate. A shingle bundle with the labor left out is not the installed row.
Deck	A deck that stays is inside the type row. A sheet the bid leaves unpriced is $75–$160. Ten sheets are $750–$1,600. A sheet the proposal already replaces is not a second sheet.
Timing	A normal-day repair is inside the type row. An emergency call the bid leaves out is $100–$300. A fee the proposal already includes is not a second call.
The rest of the roof	A tear-off of about 15 to 25 squares is $8,500–$15,000 on the roof replacement guide. A metal roof on a 2,000 sq ft house is $13,000–$30,000 on the metal guide. Gutters on a common house are $1,200–$2,500 on the gutter guide. None of those is a second copy of this repair.
Access	A walkable one-story slope is the repair this page prices. A steep pitch, a third story, and a high-cost metro can clear the top of the typical band on a straightforward one-area asphalt repair.

The type is the first cut, and it is not a rate you add to itself. An asphalt area at $2,000 and a metal patch at $2,000 are the same dollars. They are not the same opening twice. Ask which material is in the price.

The deck is the second cut. Four hundred plus a sheet at $75 is $475, still inside the typical band. Two thousand plus ten sheets at $1,600 is $3,600, which has left the typical band and can still be hail. The higher number is not a one-area asphalt repair that someone misread.

The same one-area asphalt repair in a lower-cost area and in a high-labor city can sit at opposite ends of $400–$2,000 without either bid being wrong. Ask whether the repair is asphalt, a valley, metal, or hail, and ask whether the deck stays. A roof replacement that takes the slopes off, a metal roof that replaces the covering, and gutters that carry the water off the eave are the projects that show up beside this one. Price them on their own pages. Two bids that disagree about the area, the material, and whether the labor is in are not the same job.

DIY or hire

Hire the repair. The leak, the flashing, and the boot are the job. A weekend crew is most likely to miss the path the water actually took, and a stain shows up in the ceiling below.

A handful of shingles the owner swaps, from a stable position, is a different product. It is not the installed rate on this page, and it is not a one-area repair with the flashing set and the labor in. The installed row is the pro price. On that area, the job is $400–$2,000. That is the labor and the materials together. A roof repair of a leak is a hire.

Do not walk a steep slope to save a service call. If you are pricing a harness, a bundle, and a leak you have not found, you are pricing a contractor’s job without the crew. The person who repairs the roof should say what happens if the deck is soft when the shingles come off. A ceiling stain can be looked at from the attic, with a flashlight, before anyone climbs.

Repair or replace

Repair one area when the leak is local, the shingles are not brittle across the field, and the deck feels solid from the attic. A roof people plan around is often discussed as roughly 20 to 30 years for architectural asphalt, which is not a warranty. Flashing and boots fail before the field does. Replacing a boot, resealing a short run of flashing, or swapping the shingles in one area is a repair. A quote near $150 should say a few shingles, not a one-area repair.

Replace the roof when granules are filling the gutters, shingles are curled or missing on more than one slope, a second layer is already down, the deck is soft, or the repair quote has reached a replacement. That job is the roof replacement guide, typically $8,500–$15,000 for a straightforward tear-off of about 15 to 25 squares. Eighty-five hundred is $500 past this page’s wider top. A repair at $6,500 is the hail top and $2,000 under that replacement floor. A repair at $8,000 is this page’s wider top and $500 under that replacement floor. If the same quote has reached $8,500, it has left this page and is the replacement’s typical floor. Price both in writing. A patch on a roof near the end of its life buys a season.

A metal covering that is failing across the slopes is the metal roof guide, typically $13,000–$30,000 for a 2,000 sq ft house. A metal patch at $2,200 is not that roof. Gutters that sag, or that dump at the foundation, are the gutter guide. If the same season includes any of those, they are separate scopes. Do not fold them into the repair price.

How long a patch lasts is not a number on this page. A new boot is not a warranty that the field will stay sound. A sealed flashing is not a warranty that the valley will stay clear. The bid’s scope is the work you bought.

How to use this number

Ask two or three roofers for a written price that names the area, whether the deck stays, whether the price is a lump sum, whether the materials and the labor are both included, which material the patch is, and what happens if the deck is soft. Compare one asphalt area, installed, with $400–$2,000. Compare a valley with $600–$1,400, a metal patch with $400–$2,200, and hail on more than one slope with $700–$6,500. Keep the materials and the labor inside those rows. Put a left-out sheet of decking at $75–$160, and a left-out emergency call at $100–$300, on their own lines.

A very low bid on one area is a reason to ask whether the labor and the materials are both included, not a reason to celebrate. A quote near $150 should say a few shingles, not a one-area repair. A high bid should point at a valley, metal, hail, tile or slate, decking, an emergency call, a soft deck, or the labor market. Two or three local bids on the same area, the same material, and the same deck are the number that matters. How this site sets the band is explained on the methodology page.