Free roof estimator
What a new roof costs in Fort Worth, measured from your address
Type in the address. The estimator measures the roof from permit records, aerial imagery, and street-level photographs, prices the replacement line by line, and shows you the number — free, without a site visit, and without asking who you are first.
Preliminary estimate
Enter your address and we'll measure the roof and price the replacement — usually within seconds.
This is a starting range, not a bid. Every figure carries its own source, and anything the sources can't agree on goes to a human before it reaches you.
How it's measured
01
Permit records
A reroof permit often declares the roof area in squares — a real measurement, taken by a roofer who stood on it. It also tells us the roof's age.
02
Aerial imagery
Solar imaging reads each roof plane's ground area and pitch. Same footprint is 16% more material at 10/12 than 6/12 — pitch matters as much as area.
03
Street photos
A vision model reads stories, material, layers, and penetrations at the eave edge — the details that move the estimate.
This is a preliminary range, not a bid. Every figure carries the source it came from, and anything the sources can't agree on goes to a human before it reaches you. Real numbers come after a walkthrough.
What actually moves the price
Six things, and the estimator reads all of them before it prices anything. They are also what a roofer standing in your driveway is working out in his head.
- Roof area, in squares
- Roofing is sold and installed by the square — 100 square feet of finished roof. It is the largest single term in any estimate, and it is not your house's floor area: a 2,000 sq ft home routinely has 2,600 sq ft of roof once pitch and overhangs are counted.
- Pitch
- Steepness adds surface over the same footprint, and past a certain point it adds staging, harnesses, and time. The same house is roughly 16% more material at a 10/12 pitch than at 6/12, and slower to walk on top of it.
- Layers already up there
- A second layer of shingles is a tear-off that costs twice as much to remove and haul. Texas permits generally cap a roof at two layers, so a house already carrying two has no option but a full tear-off.
- Stories
- A two-story roof is the same area as a one-story roof and a different job: longer ladders, more staging, slower material handling, and a higher fall exposure that the crew has to be set up for.
- Penetrations and detail
- Every pipe boot, vent, chimney, skylight, valley, and dormer is a flashing detail cut and sealed by hand. A simple gable is quick; a cut-up roof with six valleys and a chimney is where the labour hours actually go.
- Material
- Architectural asphalt is the standard. Impact-resistant Class 4 shingles, standing-seam metal, and clay or concrete tile each cost more up front and last longer — and in hail country the first of those can pay part of itself back through your premium.
Hail, insurance, and Class 4
North Texas sits under one of the most active hail corridors in the country. It is the reason the estimator prices an impact-resistant roof next to the one you picked, whether or not you asked it to.
What Class 4 means
UL 2218 Class 4 is the top impact rating: a shingle that survives a two-inch steel ball dropped from twenty feet without cracking the mat. It is a laboratory test rather than a warranty against hail, but it is the standard every carrier writes its discount against.
The premium discount
Most Texas carriers reduce the wind-and-hail portion of a homeowner's premium for a Class 4 roof. How much depends on the carrier, the deductible, and the claims history on the address — so the estimator prices the upgrade and shows the payback, and tells you to confirm the discount with your own carrier before deciding.
Storm damage and claims
If a storm has already been through, the question is usually whether the damage is claimable rather than what a new roof costs. An estimate is still worth having: it tells you where the replacement cost sits relative to your deductible before you decide whether to file at all.
Questions people ask before they trust it
How can you price a roof without coming out to look at it?
By measuring it from records that already exist. A reroof permit often declares the roof area in squares — a real measurement taken by a roofer who stood on it — and tells us the roof's age. Aerial and solar imagery reads each roof plane's ground area and its pitch. Street-level photography reads the number of stories, the material, how many layers are up there, and the penetrations along the eave. Where those sources agree, the measurement is as good as a tape. Where they disagree, the estimate is flagged for a human rather than guessed at.
Is the number a real quote?
No, and it is not presented as one. It is a preliminary estimate: every figure carries the source it came from, and it includes overhead, markup, and sales tax rounded to the nearest hundred dollars. A firm bid needs somebody on the roof. What the estimate is good for is knowing the order of magnitude before you talk to anyone — including whether it is worth filing an insurance claim at all.
What does it cost to use, and do I have to give you my details?
Nothing, and no. The estimator runs on the address alone and shows you the breakdown on the page. You are asked for contact details only if you want the estimate emailed to you or want somebody to call — never in order to see the number.
How accurate is it?
Accurate enough to plan against, and it tells you when it isn't. Estimated inputs are labelled as estimated in the breakdown, and when the sources conflict or can't measure something the estimate is marked as needing a human check before anything is quoted firm. The largest source of error is a roof whose complexity isn't visible from above — an unusual number of penetrations, or damage under the existing layer.
What is a roofing square?
One hundred square feet of finished roof. Materials and labour are both priced by it, so it is the unit every roofer quotes in. A typical single-storey home in this area runs somewhere in the twenties; the estimator shows your own figure in square feet and in squares.
Should I pay extra for impact-resistant shingles?
In North Texas it is usually worth pricing, which is why the estimator prices it automatically. A UL 2218 Class 4 shingle costs more up front, and most Texas carriers discount the wind-and-hail part of the premium for one — so the question is how many years the discount takes to cover the difference. The tool shows that payback period. Confirm the discount with your own carrier before you decide, since it varies by carrier and by claims history.
Does it work outside Fort Worth?
Yes — it prices any address in the United States. It is most precise in Dallas and Fort Worth, where it reads the reroof permit actually filed on the house; elsewhere it measures from aerial imagery and street-level photographs instead, which is a good estimate rather than a recorded measurement. Non-US addresses are refused rather than guessed at. Note that Forged Wings only does the work in the DFW Metroplex — outside that, the number is yours to take to a local roofer.
Who is behind the estimator?
Forged Wings Engineering & Construction, a general contractor in Fort Worth run by a mechanical engineer. The roof is one of the things we build, and the estimator prices it the way we price it internally — which is why the breakdown shows line items rather than a single number with nothing behind it.
Where the estimator works
The estimator prices any address in the United States. It is sharpest in Dallas and Fort Worth, where it reads the actual reroof permit filed on the house — a measurement taken by a roofer who stood on the roof, plus the date it was last replaced. Everywhere else it measures from aerial imagery and street-level photographs, which is a good estimate rather than a recorded one.
Forged Wings does the work in Fort Worth and the DFW Metroplex. If your house is outside that, the number is still yours to keep and to take to a local roofer — we would rather you walked into that conversation knowing what the job is worth.
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A roof is one of several things we build. If the job is bigger than the roof, the services pages cover remodels, additions, and custom homes, and the estimate tool prices those the same way this one prices a roof.