Question 1

How does it handle a surge of calls after a storm?

Accepted Answer

Storm-driven inspection requests go onto the same schedule as routine work instead of a callback pile, so a busy week after a storm is still a booked week rather than a stack of missed calls.

Question 2

Does it separate inspections from repair or replacement work?

Accepted Answer

Yes. An inspection visit is booked on its own, and the estimate it produces stays tied to the inspection findings, so crew scheduling only happens once a job is actually accepted.

Question 3

Is there free roofing software for a small roofing company?

Accepted Answer

Part of it is free, and the line is exact. Core is $0 forever: the CRM, customers and jobs, a basic pipeline, booking and a calendar, one production employee and a one-page website on a Neuron address. A business phone and the AI Receptionist that answers storm calls start with Copper; Smart Dispatch and technician workflows sit on the paid tiers.

Question 4

Does it work as roofing estimating software?

Accepted Answer

It handles the estimate as one step of the roof job: written after the inspection, tied to what the inspector found, and tracked on the pipeline until the homeowner answers. It does not measure a roof from aerial images, count squares or order shingles. Keep your measuring tool for the numbers, and let the estimate live here next to the roof it prices.

Question 5

Can it keep a leak call apart from an inspection request?

Accepted Answer

Yes. When the office books the call, a booking for water coming through a ceiling says it is an active leak, so it does not sit in the same queue as a pre-sale inspection or a replacement quote. Whoever plans the day can see which roofs are leaking now and send someone with a tarp before the routine visits.

Question 6

What goes on the record from a roof inspection?

Accepted Answer

Whatever the inspector writes down: roof type and pitch, the number of layers, the state of the flashing around chimneys and skylights, soft decking, missing shingles, gutter damage. Those notes stay on the inspection visit, and the estimate built from it sits on the same property record, so nobody has to re-walk the roof from memory when the homeowner calls back.

Question 7

Can it schedule roofing crews?

Accepted Answer

Yes. An accepted replacement goes on the calendar as a crew job with its crew named, and a one-person repair is a short visit, so a pipe boot never blocks a crew day. When rain or wind closes the roof, the office moves the tear-off to the next open day and the inspections around it stay put. Nothing here forecasts weather; whether a roof is workable is your call.

Question 8

Can it run a roofing job from the accepted estimate to the final walk?

Accepted Answer

That is the sequence it is built around. The accepted estimate becomes the job, the shingle line, underlayment and flashing go into its notes, the crew day lands on the calendar, and the job closes with what was actually installed. A punch item found on the final walk is a short return visit on the same address rather than a new ticket nobody connects to the reroof.

Question 9

What happens to an estimate the homeowner has not answered?

Accepted Answer

It stays on the pipeline as an open estimate instead of vanishing into a sent folder. The office can see every replacement quote still waiting on a yes and which inspection it came from, and book the follow-up call from there. A declined estimate stays on the property record too, so the next storm call from that address starts with what was quoted last time.

Question 10

Can it tell a small repair from a full replacement?

Accepted Answer

The booking and the estimate say which it is. A few lifted shingles or a cracked pipe boot is a repair visit with a small estimate; a worn-out roof over soft decking is a replacement estimate that becomes a crew job, with the tear-off, underlayment and materials in its notes. Keeping them apart stops a quick repair from taking a whole crew day on the calendar.

Question 11

How many people on my roofing crew can use it?

Accepted Answer

Core includes one production employee, which fits an owner who inspects, estimates and still gets on the roof. A second crew lead or an estimator is the point where a paid plan comes in; it lifts that ceiling, and Smart Dispatch and technician workflows for the crews arrive with the paid tiers too.

Question 12

Does it build a website for my roofing company too?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Core builds one landing page for your roofing company — the roof work you do, the towns you cover, and a form a homeowner fills in to ask for an inspection — at its Neuron address. Your own domain and the multi-page site with its own service pages come with Copper.

Question 13

Does the AI receptionist answer storm calls on the free plan?

Accepted Answer

No. The free roofing software is the office side: customers, jobs, the pipeline and the calendar. Answering the phone through a storm surge, checking the service area and booking the inspection is the AI Receptionist, which comes with Copper. Until then, the calls your office takes go onto the same schedule by hand.

Step	What the dispatcher sees	What the crew sees
1Call	A new request with the caller, the reason and property and roof system notes, inspection findings, estimates and material and warranty notes, plus the call transcript.	Nothing yet — the request is not assigned to a crew until it is booked.
2Record	The customer record: roof system & warranty records, notes and the job history.	The same record, before the visit — what was done last time and what the caller said.
3Job	The job on the calendar — inspection visits, estimate appointments and crew availability.	Assigned to a roofing crew dispatched to the property, with the address, the reason and the arrival window.
4Invoice	The invoice and payment link on the same job, with the Payments department from Silver.	Marks the job complete; the invoice goes out from the same record.

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