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High-profile (designer) laminated asphalt shingles

Its weight

The table
375 lb a squareThe sources give 305 to 425 lb.
Loose volume
0.75 cubic yards a square
How it was chosen
The heavy laminates weigh 305 lb (CertainTeed Landmark TL) to 425 lb (Grand Manor) a square new; Xactimate disposes of a high-profile tear-off at 375 lb (5.333 squares a ton), which is the figure. Volume at Seattle's 500 lb a cubic yard.

Your figure

None: estimates use the table's.

Give your own figure
For each square of roof, or each sheet of decking.
Loose, as it lands in the dumpster, for each square or each sheet.
Your scale tickets, your hauler's figures: what a reader would check it against.

5 sources

  1. Landmark TL and TL AR Shingles, Technical Data Sheet (2022-05-11)

    CertainTeed (copy in the RCABC Roofing Practices Manual) · manufacturer spec sheet · read 2026-10-23

    Technical Data: "Weight/Square (approx.): 305 lb." "Shingles/Square: 64"

    The document

  2. Grand Manor Shingles, Technical Data Sheet

    CertainTeed (copy in the RCABC Roofing Practices Manual) · manufacturer spec sheet · read 2026-10-23

    "This product is the super heavyweight of laminated shingles." TECHNICAL DATA: "Weight/Square (approx.): 425 lb." "Shingles/Square: 50"

    The document

  3. Xactimate price list item RFG ARMV>>

    Verisk Xactimate, as Roofometry keeps it · estimating guide · read 2026-10-23

    RFG ARMV>>, "Tear off, haul and dispose of comp. shingles - High pro." Definition: "Includes: Dump fees, hauling, disposal, and labor to remove 50-year to lifetime composition shingles and felt." Dump fee component DMOFEE, direct_yield "5.333 SQ/TN".

    A copy is kept with Roofometry.

  4. Weight of Roofing Materials: Comprehensive Reference Table (Jack Gray, RRO; first published 12/09/2025, updated 12/24/2025)

    Roof Observations · trade publication · read 2026-10-23

    Row "Asphalt shingles, designer/premium": 4.25 lb/ft², 425 lb/square; source named: CertainTeed.

    The document An archived copy

  5. General Measurement Standards and Reporting Guidelines: Volume and Weight Conversion Factors for Recyclables

    City of Seattle, Seattle Public Utilities · government · read 2026-10-23

    "Composition shingles | one cubic yard | 500 | CCG" (CCG: "Developed by Cascadia Consulting Group (CCG) for a waste composition study in San Diego, California in 2000.") Footnote 1: "Disclaimer: This table is for general guidance only. Not for contract payment."

    The document An archived copy