WHAT MAKES THIS ROOF WASTE MORE — check them before you set the number

  ADDS LITTLE            ADDS A LOT
  [ ] long simple planes  [ ] valleys (count the feet)
  [ ] one ridge, no hips  [ ] hips on every corner
  [ ] square footprint    [ ] dormers, turrets, cut-ups
                          [ ] skylights & chimneys to cut around
                          [ ] steep pitch (more breakage, more scrap)
                          [ ] pattern or color you can't blend from stock

  Starter and ridge cap come off LINEAR FEET, not off your waste %.
  Order = squares from the takeoff  +  waste %.   Never bare squares.
  Back end: leftover bundles ____   ran short ____   -> onto the job debrief.