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Roofing estimates

Price an emergency tarp, a patch repair, one slope or a full re-roof from a description of what happened. Wave scopes each slope and delivers a complete roofing estimate.

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Price an emergency tarp, a patch repair, one slope or a full re-roof from a description of what happened. Wave asks what it needs, scopes each slope, and delivers a complete estimate priced for the loss address.

Wave scopes roofs the way it scopes water and mold: tell it what happened, answer its questions, and get a complete estimate. A roof has no rooms, so the sections are slopes. Name each face the way you say it on site ("back slope", "south slope"), or scope a full re-roof as one section.

Start a roofing estimate

  1. On Home, type or dictate into the command box, for example "roof tarp on the back slope tonight at 482 Sycamore". Or open the job and tell Wave in the chat beside it.
  2. Make sure Wave has the property address, at least the ZIP. Prices are regional, so Wave asks for the property address before it prices anything.
  3. Answer Wave's questions. It asks what it needs to scope the roof, one question at a time, and skips anything your job notes already say.

To add a roofing estimate to a job that already has one, ask for it in the job's chat. It uses one estimate credit, and Wave tells you when it has started it.

Four roofing jobs, your choice

A roofing estimate covers one of four jobs:

  • Emergency tarping
  • Repair a patch or damaged shingles
  • Replace one roof slope
  • Replace the whole roof

One estimate covers one of them. If your description doesn't settle which job this is, Wave shows these four choices and waits for your tap.

Tarp tonight, repair later

A tarp now and the permanent repair later are two roofing estimates on the same job. Write the tarp first, then ask Wave in the job's chat for another roofing estimate, which uses one estimate credit. The later estimate references the tarp, so the tarp isn't billed twice.

What you tell Wave, and what it adds

Give Wave the measurements you took, and Wave works out the rest of the estimate from your answers and names what it added. If a measurement is missing, Wave asks you for it. If you can't measure something, say so, and Wave tells you what it assumed.

When Wave builds a roofing estimate, it asks whether you want overhead and profit and on which lines, and it adds a minimum charge when a small job needs one. Then it tells you what it applied. To remove either one, delete that line. See Overhead, profit and minimums.

Add a sub's quote as a bid item

Some roofing-related work goes on the estimate as a bid item, using a subcontractor's written quote:

  • Low-slope roofs. Add a flat roofer's written quote to this estimate as a bid item.
  • Soffit and fascia. Add a sub's written quote as a bid item.

Gutters are priced by Wave. Mention gutters and give the run in feet, and Wave adds the gutter line priced for the loss's region.

Shingles that can't be matched

If the existing shingles can't be matched, Wave explains the matching argument and offers to rescope the full slope alongside the patch, so you can compare both versions. Review the argument before you send. The carrier makes the final coverage decision.

Interior damage and drying

If water came in through the roof, add a water estimate on the same job for the interior drying, and a repairs estimate for the ceiling and paint that go back.

Billing checks

On plans that include Billing checks, roofing estimates are checked against your carrier's program too, once you confirm it.

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