Roofing estimate software that carries the photos from the roof.
The inspection is the sale. Forty photos, a number with real options in it, and a homeowner deciding this week. Foldrule keeps the photos, the quote, the crew days and the invoice on one job, from the first ladder to the last payment.
Half the job happens before anyone tears off a shingle.
You get on the roof, shoot everything, come down and write a quote big enough that the homeowner reads it twice. Some of it goes to an insurance company and the paperwork drags for weeks. Then the tear off and the dry in have to land inside a dry window, and the crew stands around when it does not.
- Inspections documented in photos from the roof
- Quotes large enough to need options and a deposit
- Paperwork and waiting between the quote and the yes
- Crew days that move with the forecast
Nobody who pays for the roof climbs it
Your people go up a roof three times on a normal job: the inspection, the tear off and the walk after cleanup. The homeowner goes up zero times. Everything they believe about the soft decking over the garage and the cracked boot on the plumbing vent comes from the pictures you took.
So shoot like someone is going to argue with you later. A close up of a lifted shingle means nothing to a person standing on the lawn until they see a wide shot of the same slope with the chimney in it. Get the rotten decking before the new sheets go down, because once the underlayment is on there is no going back for that picture.
The finished photos matter as much. They are the last look the homeowner gets at a roof they paid a lot for and will never stand on.
After a hailstorm the week stops being normal. You inspect roof after roof while crews from out of state knock on the same doors with flyers, and by Friday the camera roll holds hundreds of shingles that all look alike. The homeowner on Maple is comparing your quote with two others. In a week like that, roofing estimate software has to keep every picture with the property it came from, dated, so the roof she is looking at is her own.
Then comes the deposit, which on a roof is a big one, asked of someone who has only seen their roof through your phone. In Foldrule the photos land on the job for that property as you take them, even with no signal up top, and you choose which ones the homeowner sees in the portal beside the quote they are signing. When they reach the deposit line, the rotten decking from their own house is on the same screen.
Photos from the roof, on the job, with the date on them.
Shoot the flashing, the soft deck and the finished ridge from the phone. Every photo lands on the job and stays tied to that property. You choose photo by photo what the homeowner sees in the portal and what stays on your side.
- Photos taken in the field, tied to the job
- Per photo control of what the customer sees
- Works on a roof with no signal, syncs later
- The full set still on the record months afterward
A quote a homeowner can actually decide on.
Tear off or go over. Architectural or a grade up. Put them on one quote as options with real numbers, send it, and the homeowner approves and signs on their phone. You can see when it was opened and when it was signed.
- Options priced on one quote
- Approval and signature in the customer portal
- A deposit asked for on approval
- The approved option copies straight into the job
Deposit up front, progress as it goes, balance at the end.
Material gets ordered against the deposit, so invoice it the day the quote is approved. Bill progress through a long job, and the final invoice comes out with everything already paid taken off the top.
- Deposit invoiced on approval, held as client credit
- Progress invoices during the work
- Final invoice net of deposits and payments
- Card, bank transfer, cash, check, Zelle, Venmo and e-Transfer
Weather moves the crew, not the paperwork.
When Thursday turns to rain, move the visit to Saturday and the crew sees it on their phones. The job, the lines, the photos and the invoice stay where they are. The only thing that changed is a date.
- Visits you move without touching the job
- Crew assignments per day
- Checklists for tear off, dry in and cleanup
- Appointment and on my way texts with your business name in them
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Roofing questions.
What a roofer wants to know before the first inspection goes in.
Is a quote the same thing as an estimate?
Yes. Foldrule calls the document a quote and it does what your estimate does: itemized lines, options, tax, a total, and a place for the homeowner to approve and sign online.
Does Foldrule handle insurance claims?
No. There is no claim or supplement workflow at launch. What you get is the photo record and the quote as a PDF, which you can send to whoever asks for it.
Can I get the photos off a job months later?
Yes. Photos stay on the job and the property with the date they were taken, so a roof you did last spring still has its whole inspection set attached.
Does the app work on a roof with no signal?
Yes. Job sheets, checklists and photos all work offline in the field app and sync as soon as the phone has a connection.
Can I bill in stages on a big roof?
Yes. Invoice a deposit when the quote is approved, send progress invoices during the work, and finish with an invoice that subtracts everything already paid.
Is there a roofing price book?
Not a seeded one. Roofing starts from your own catalog of items and prices, and when you switch we move your current pricing over for you at no charge.
Set it up before the next storm season.
Foldrule is pre-launch. Ask for early access, and when it opens we bring your clients, your pricing and your open jobs across for you.