$42k EPDM Roofing quote
I'm trying to manage a roof repair for my parents (central Michigan). The current EPDM rubber roof was installed in the late 1990s and has had a few leaks over time been re-sealed a couple times. There are a number of soft spots in the decking, etc.
We have a tear off and replace quote for $42,000. I'm trying to figure out if that's a "fuck off" quote or if that's just the price and why most people don't put EPDM on residential.
There are 2 areas of roof being quoted, the large portion is approximately 25 feet by 30 feet over a garage, with a low outward slope. There is a smaller area approximately 12 x24 feet that is inset (sloped epdm 'wall' facing in on three sides approx 3 feet tall) and it slopes inward to a drain, and there is also a skylight.
As far as water damage, there is some soft decking around the skylight. Over the garage, there are a few spots where it are soft spots and water pools within 1-3 feet of the edge.
This company has taken their time to move forward a couple times, then basically only offered seam sealing because it gets late in the year, though I don't know any other contractors in the area that do EPDM on residential, and don't have a ton of time to seek quotes. The last time I called around the current contractor suddenly started following up the same day, so I sort of think they are who all the local commercial roofers refer residential jobs to. My parents both have alzheimers, so getting info on the original roofer has basicallly been impossible.