Rates ??????

Can somebody tell me, how much is the hourly rate in Main for roofing ? More then 20 years roofing experiance

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So tico your saying a shingler is not a roofer?...but a flat guy is?? LOL,i've done both and all i can say is shingling is alot harder then flat...what is it with flat guys and there high horses?..LOL

Maine Dept. of labor....Roofer....$ 17.11; Laborer....$ 17.46

Slaters in NY "start" at $50./hour.

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Speaking as someone who's been "raised" in the trade, I have to disagree. A real Roofer isn't one that knows every single system.

A REAL Roofer is a Roofer that you can put on any system and he'll be doing mechanical work by the end of the day.

One has to take regions in consideration thinking about what makes a real Roofer.

Arizona is mostly tile work and flat work. I wouldn't deny them being Roofers because they don't know how to do slate work.

Tico, are you a good slater? How are you shake skills?

It's all relative. It's now what you know alone, but "how" you work.

I've been able to work across the country on several systems. What makes me a "real" Roofer is that I can adapt to any system. I have over a quarter of a century of experience and have been going up on roofs since I was 5 years old.

There are Roofers out there who may have far more experience on different types of systems and who've only been 10 years in the trade.

However, I've worked with guys who've worked on more systems than me and have earned their ire by my being able to do what they do by the end of the day (what took them years to master). And, in a lot of cases, I've done it better.

A "real" Roofer will get tossed up on a roof and knock it out. Period. Even if he's never seen that system in his life. I got tossed up on a roof laying down 20' rolls of Carlisle. My first time. There were (2) 3 year apprentices there who've been working on that system from day one.

Within an hour, those two 3 year veterans of this system were my "helpers". The Journeyman on the job left me alone and told those two to do whatever I told them. At first, they were pissed, but by the end of the day, we produced so much, we got off early and got the full day's pay.

Again, it's all relative.

I began working with 16oz claw hammers, a roofing knife and a cloth apron. Today, I rock & roll with guns, a $300. custom leather tool belt and the best tools money can buy. But I am the same kid that my old man took up that just turned 14 a couple of months before and who worked every single day (Sunday-Saturday) every summer throughout High School and every day off during the school year.

By 19 years old, I had my own company. By 22, I had 2 full time crews going out daily (all being twice my age).

A "real" Roofer is the sum of his craftsmanship. I could've been a Carpenter or a Plumber or a Lawyer and I would've been good. It's not a man's skill that makes him "real" at anything, but his work ethic and his character.

My 2 pennies.