A custom app for roofers

Your sales rep climbs a roof, measures by hand, and writes the estimate that evening. By the time it reaches the homeowner, two other roofers have already been out. Materials get ordered without enough waste for the hips and valleys, so a crew sits idle waiting on three more bundles.

Then the sky turns. Rain is coming Wednesday, and someone has to call five homeowners and two crews to move everything. Storm jobs bring insurance paperwork, and an adjuster asks for photos of the decking nobody took. Manufacturer warranties go unregistered because the paperwork stayed in the truck.

Ridgeline measures the roof from satellite images and drafts an estimate with good, better and best options while you are still in the driveway. It orders materials with the right waste factor, turns drone photos into an inspection report, and fills in insurance claim paperwork. When the job is finished, it writes the invoice.

It moves jobs when rain or high wind is in the forecast and tells you who needs a call. It flags low-slope roofs that need special underlayment, spots missing photos before a claim goes in, tracks permits and inspections, and nudges you about estimates nobody has followed up. Homeowners get the crew’s arrival time and before-and-after photos by text.

It works for residential roofers doing replacements and repairs, companies that handle a lot of insurance work after storms, and commercial outfits with flat and low-slope jobs. Sales reps, the office and crew leads each see their part of the job on phone, tablet or computer.