The RoofMetric Blog
Practical guidance for roofing contractors — estimating and pricing jobs for profit, winning more bids, measuring accurately, and running a leaner business.
What Does the New Texas Appraisal Law Mean for Roofing Contractors in 2026?
Chapter 1813 makes appraisal a required provision on covered Texas personal residential policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. What that changes about the scope you write, the file you build, and what you tell the homeowner.
What to Do When a Customer's Roof Claim Is Denied (and How to Get Paid Helping)
A denial does not have to kill the job. What contractors legally can and cannot do about a carrier's decision, when a public adjuster or appraiser changes the outcome, and how Claim Rescue pays you cash for making the referral.
How Do You Write a Roofing Insurance Supplement That Actually Gets Approved?
A supplement gets approved when it reads like the adjuster's own estimate: matching line-item codes, a code or manufacturer citation for every added line, and photo-backed quantities. How to build one that collects instead of stalling.
Roofing CRM 101: Organizing Leads, Jobs, and Follow-Ups So Nothing Slips
Most roofing companies don't lose jobs to competitors. They lose them to silence: the lead nobody called back, the estimate nobody followed up on. How to set up pipeline stages, scheduled follow-ups, and job records a working crew will actually use.
Decking Replacement & Hidden Damage: How to Price What You Can't See
Rotted sheathing found mid-tear-off doesn't have to come out of your margin. How to scope the signals before you bid, carry a per-sheet unit rate in every estimate, and turn surprises into photographed, signed change orders.
Roof Measurement Software: What to Look For (and What You're Really Paying For)
EagleView and HOVER aren't your only options anymore. How to evaluate measurement tools like a working contractor: accuracy you can order against, real turnaround time, per-report math, and whether the numbers flow into your estimates.
Building a Roofing Estimate Template That Wins Bids
Stop rebuilding every bid from a blank page. How to build an estimate template — line items by work phase, quantities tied to measurements, waste and markup baked in — that quotes faster and protects your margin.
How to Sell More Roofing Jobs: Turning Estimates Into Signed Contracts
Most contractors don't have a pricing problem — they have a closing problem. How to convert more of the bids you already produce: faster follow-up, clearer proposals, easy signing, and a lead process you can repeat.
Getting Your Roofing Waste Factor Right: Stop Bleeding Material Margin
Too little waste and you're back at the supplier mid-job; too much and you've padded your bid out of contention. How to set a waste factor that fits the actual roof — and why an accurate measurement makes it smaller.
How to Price a Roofing Job for Profit: A Contractor's Estimating Guide
Winning the bid isn't the goal — winning it at a price that actually pays you is. A step-by-step framework for building roofing estimates that protect your margin, from accurate measurement to overhead and markup.