Baltimore, MD
ROOFING ESTIMATING.

## Roofing Estimates in Baltimore Move Fast — Your Bids Need To Match Baltimore's housing stock is old. Rowhomes from the 1890s through the 1950s dominate neighborhoods from Hampden to Highlandtown. That means steep-pitched slate, worn flat-membrane systems on attached row house rooftops, and a lot of hidden deck rot you only find mid-job. Writing a bid that accounts for all of that — fast enough to beat three other roofers to the homeowner's inbox — is the actual work. Estimate.Pro is built for exactly that job. ## What Makes Baltimore Roofing Estimating Different **Mixed roofing systems on the same block.** A single street in Pigtown might have asphalt shingle on one house, modified bitumen on the flat rear addition, and original slate on the next door neighbor. You need an estimating tool that can scope all three without rebuilding your template from scratch every time. **Permit requirements through Baltimore City DHCD.** Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development requires a roofing permit for most replacement jobs exceeding minor repairs. The permit fee schedule is tiered by project valuation. Missing that line item in your bid — or forgetting to price the inspections — puts you underwater before you nail the first shingle. **Storm season cycles.** The Chesapeake Bay and Patapsco River corridor generates real hail and wind events. After a named storm, you are competing against every roofer within 90 miles for the same insurance-claim jobs. Speed of bid matters more in that window than almost any other variable. **Tear-off weight on narrow streets.** Rowhome streets in Baltimore often have no driveway. Dumpster placement, haul distance, and debris disposal costs are line items that suburban roofers skip. Baltimore roofers know they can't. ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Roofers You walk the job. You open the app. You start a walkthrough — AR measurement on supported devices gives you ridge length, eave-to-peak run, and square footage without climbing back down to find your tape measure. Camera and photo measurements are marked as estimates so you know exactly what's confirmed and what still needs verification. The AI reads your walkthrough notes and drafts a scope of work: tear-off layers, deck inspection allowance, ice-and-water shield at eaves and valleys (required under the International Residential Code as adopted by Maryland), underlayment, field material by square, ridge cap, flashing at walls and penetrations, drip edge, and haul. You review, adjust the quantities, and the system prices against your saved material cost workspace. Median time from walkthrough start to sendable bid: 8 minutes. That is not a marketing number. It is the median across jobs logged in the platform. ## The Codes That Matter on Baltimore Roofs Maryland follows the International Residential Code (IRC) with state and local amendments. Baltimore City enforces: - Ice-and-water shield on the first two feet from the eave (and in valleys), per IRC Section R905 - Minimum 2:12 pitch for asphalt shingles - Flashing requirements at all roof-wall intersections and penetrations - Ventilation area ratios per IRC R806 Estimate.Pro's roofing scope template references these requirements by default. You are not starting from a blank document written for a Phoenix tract home. ## Pricing Free tier costs nothing and requires no credit card. You can draft and send bids on day one. Pro is $39 per seat per month. Elite is $79 per seat per month and adds Stripe Connect invoicing and invoice exports — useful when you are collecting deposits on insurance-replacement jobs. Crew is $399 per month flat for unlimited seats — the right move if you are running multiple crews across Anne Arundel, Baltimore County, and the city simultaneously. Stripe Connect platform fee is 3% on Free and 0% on Pro and above. If you are sending $40,000 in roofing invoices through the platform monthly, that difference is $1,200 in your pocket. ## Built for 25 Trades, Tuned for Roofing Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. The roofing workflow is not a generic construction template with a roofing label on it. Squares, pitch multipliers, drip edge linear footage, valley metal — these are native inputs, not workarounds. If you also do gutters, siding, or skylights on the same job, those scopes are available in the same estimate without switching tools. ## Start Without Risk Create a free account. No credit card. Walk your next Baltimore job through the app and send the bid. If it saves you time, keep using it. If it does not, you are out nothing. Baltimore roofing is competitive and the margins are tight. A bid that takes 8 minutes instead of 90 minutes lets you price more jobs, respond faster after storms, and spend less time at the kitchen table with a calculator.