Spring for roofers: set this year's prices, get ready for the season, and book before hail
Spring starts the roofing season. What a small change to your labour markup is worth across a year, how to get crews and materials ready, and how to book work before the spring storms do it for you.
Spring is when a roofing company sets its year: this season's prices, crews ready, and a calendar that is either booked on purpose or filled by whatever the storms bring. Here is the pricing math, the prep, and the pre-season booking.
Set this year's prices
A typical reroof — 1,800 sq ft footprint, 6/12, architectural shingles — is $17,807 at our starter rates with an 18% labour markup. Raise the markup to 22% and the same job is $18,060: $253 more per roof, which the homeowner will barely notice. Across, say, 40 roofs a year, that is $10,115.
Base the change on your own numbers: material price changes from your supplier, and last year's crew-hours per square against what you quoted. In SatelliteQuotes, the change is one field — Labor markup (%) in Pricing — and every instant quote on your website follows.
Get ready for the season
- Materials: lock pricing or allocations with your supplier before demand peaks.
- Crews: hire and train before the first storm, not after; refresh fall protection and safety gear.
- Quotes: make sure your website quotes at this year's rates before the spring traffic arrives.
Book before hail does it for you
In hail country, spring storms fill calendars fast — around Austin, every 1-inch-plus hail day in the last two years fell between March and June. Storm work is welcome, but a calendar made only of it is lumpy and slow to pay. Book the steady work first:
- Follow up every winter quote — homeowners who priced a roof in January are deciding now.
- Mail homes with a documented reason: no reroof permit in decades, trees over the roof. In Austin, Find customers ranks them from public records.
- Show a price on your site so spring visitors become named leads.
When the storms come, hail season for roofers covers the response and the cash flow.
Common questions
When should roofers raise their prices?
At the start of the season; here a 4-point labour markup change is $253 a roof.
How do roofers prepare for the spring season?
Lock materials, ready crews and safety gear, update pricing, and book winter quotes.
How do roofers get booked before hail season?
Follow up winter quotes, mail homes with a documented reason, and show a price on your site.
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