Roofing software
DispatchMind runs a roofing company from one place: calls and leads in, jobs on the schedule, the work on your team’s phones, then the invoice. Pick Roofing when you sign up and it’s set up for your trade from the first screen. You can change any of it later.
Roofing is half detective work and half heavy lifting. One day it is a pinhole leak over a bedroom, the next it is a full tear-off after a storm. DispatchMind keeps the inspection photos, the estimate, the crew and the payment together, so the office knows where every roof stands.
A typical roofing job in DispatchMind
- A homeowner calls after a storm with water coming through the ceiling, and Nellie flags it as urgent.
- A tech goes out for a roof inspection, photographs the missing shingles and the flashing, and notes the roof age.
- He builds an estimate for storm damage repair from your price book, and the homeowner signs it on site.
- The repair is booked on the calendar with a crew, and the job is tagged Materials ordered.
- When the crew marks it done, the invoice goes out and the customer pays by card through your Stripe account.
What roofing owners tell us slows them down
Leak calls jump the line
A dripping ceiling can't wait until next week. Nellie knows which roofing calls are urgent, and color tags let the office spot active leaks on the dispatch board and move a crew over fast.
Inspection photos scattered on phones
Roof photos are the whole sale, but they end up scattered across camera rolls. Techs add them from the tech app straight to the job, so the estimate and the pictures stay together for the homeowner and the office.
Big replacements, unclear profit
A full replacement eats materials, dump fees and crew hours. Track expenses and crew pay against each job, and the profit per job report shows what you really cleared.
Set up for roofing from day one
Your job types
- Leak repair
- Roof inspection
- Shingle repair
- Full replacement
- Flat roof repair
- Storm damage
- Gutter and flashing
- Estimate visit
The details you keep on each job
- Roof type
- Roof age (years)
- Stories
- Size (squares)
- Permit #
A checklist for the work
Roof job: Before photos from the ground and the roof · Damage marked · Safety gear used · Work done · Nails and debris swept · After photos
A starter price list
Your common items are already in your price book. You set every price; nothing is filled in for you.
- Inspection
- Leak repair
- Shingle replacement (per square)
- Flashing repair
- Emergency tarp
- Tear-off and replace (quoted)
- Dumpster / haul-away
Equipment on file
Keep what’s installed at each place, by type and brand (GAF, Owens Corning, CertainTeed, Tamko, IKO, Malarkey and more).
Nellie knows the trade
Nellie is the assistant built into DispatchMind. On a roofing account she knows how your customers talk and what to ask:
- Is water coming in right now? Where?
- What kind of roof and about how old?
- One story or two?
- Best time window and the address?
What she treats as urgent: Water actively coming through the ceiling: offer a tarp visit; Storm damage with an opening in the roof.
What she never does: Never quote a price the company hasn’t set in its price book; Never promise what the tech will find before the visit.
Everything else
- Jobs move through four plain steps: Submitted, In progress, Pending, Done pending approval. Your trade’s own steps are color tags you can sort by.
- Estimates and invoices from your price book.
- A tech app for your team, with what each person may see set by you.
- Reports and commissions worked out from your own jobs.
- Bring your customers and jobs over from the system you use now.
Roofing software: common questions
Can DispatchMind handle storm season call volume?
Yes. Nellie can answer the phone when you can't, ask about leaks and damage, and book inspections. The dispatch board shows every crew side by side so you can fill the day fast.
Can I keep the roof details on file for each house?
Yes. Add custom job fields and keep equipment and material notes at each address, like shingle brand and install date. Next time that customer calls, it is all on their page.
Can I send roofing estimates the customer signs on the spot?
Yes. Techs build estimates from your price book in the tech app, the homeowner signs, and the estimate turns into an invoice when the work is done.
How do I track flat roof work separately from shingle work?
Set up job types like Flat roof repair, Shingle repair and Full replacement. Reports by job type show how much of each you do and what it pays.
Can I try DispatchMind for my roofing company before paying?
Yes. You get a 14-day free trial with every feature on, Nellie included, and no card needed. After that it runs month to month, so you can stop any time.
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Set up for roofing. No card, month to month.