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Built-up roofing, 5 ply (without gravel)

Debris weightBuilt-up roofing, 5 ply (without gravel)

Its weight

The table: 450 lb a squareThe sources give 450 to 450 lb.
Loose volume: Not known: it counts in the tons aloneNo source found gives a loose volume for torn-off built-up plies.
How it was chosen: Xactimate disposes of a torn-off square of 5-ply at 450 lb (4.44 squares a ton); no second source weighs 5 plies without gravel.

Your figure

None: estimates use the table's.

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Pounds

For each square of roof, or each sheet of decking.

Cubic yards

Loose, as it lands in the dumpster, for each square or each sheet.

What it is based on

Your scale tickets, your hauler's figures: what a reader would check it against.

1 source

Xactimate price list item RFG BU5RMV
Verisk Xactimate, as Roofometry keeps it · estimating guide · read 2026-10-23

RFG BU5RMV, "Tear off, haul and dispose of 5 ply built-up roofing." Definition: "Includes: Dump fees, hauling, disposal, and labor to tear-off 5 ply built-up roofing." Dump fee component DMOFEE, direct_yield "4.440 SQ/TN".

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