Architectural dimension shingles will vary in price depending on style, thickness, durability, and production costs. Cheaper dimensional shingles currently (2008) run anywhere from $50/square to $175/square.
Typically there are three (3) bundles per square (100 sq ft)
Low end $75 per square for standard 3 tab shingles
Check with one of the superstores (Home Depot, Lowe's etc)Ask for the cost per bundle, and how many bundles there are to a 'square'.A square is 100 square feet, most shingles are 3 bundles to a square, but some of the new architectural are very heavy and thick and come 4 to a square.
2.7 lbs.
1 square of roofing shingles is 3 bundles of shingles equaling 63 shingles per square.
No dimensional shingles require 4 bundles per square
price per square for echstar shingles
The most common shingles (three tab), come three packs per 100 square feet or a 10 foot by 10 foot area. The timberline shingles can come in 4 packs per square, and high end shingles can be 5 or 6 packs per sguare.
Roofing shingles weight between 200 & 250 lbs per square. 1 square = 3 bundles. So if you know how many square of shingles are on a house, you will know about how much the roofing debris will weigh.
It weighs 3 Ibs per one square footage of asphalt shingle
Roofing shingles. Standard grade 3 per square. Architectural 4 per square.
typically a square is three bundles (about 26 shingles per) but in some types of architectural shingles there are four bundles per square to make them easier to handle.