Raleigh, NC
ROOFING ESTIMATING.

## Roofing Estimates in Raleigh Move Fast — Your Bids Should Too Raleigh sits in a hail and wind corridor that runs through the Triangle every spring and late summer. When a storm system tracks through Wake County, your phone rings for two weeks straight. The roofers who win those jobs are the ones who get a professional bid in front of the homeowner before the next guy knocks on the door. Estimate.Pro is built for that pace. Median time from walkthrough to a sendable bid: 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes Roofing Estimating Different in Raleigh **North Carolina Residential Code compliance.** The 2018 NC Residential Code (still the adopted standard in Wake County as of 2024) requires a minimum 4:12 roof pitch for asphalt shingles in most residential applications and mandates ice-and-water shield at eaves and valleys. Your scope-of-work output from Estimate.Pro references these requirements by default so nothing gets missed in the write-up. **Wind uplift and insurance documentation.** Raleigh sits in ASCE 7 Wind Zone II. Many jobs you bid will be insurance replacement work. Adjusters want itemized line items, not a single lump-sum number. Estimate.Pro generates a structured scope you can hand directly to a Xactimate-familiar adjuster without reformatting. **Permit fees at Wake County.** A standard residential re-roof permit through the Wake County Inspections Department runs roughly $75–$150 for most single-family jobs, based on project valuation. New roof construction on additions is priced on a per-square-foot basis. Your estimate can include permit allowances as a named line item so there are no surprises at close. **Material costs tied to your own workspace.** Lumber and shingle prices at Triangle-area suppliers swing with demand after storm events. Estimate.Pro lets you save your own material cost workspace — your actual supplier pricing, not a national average from six months ago. Update it once after a storm-driven price spike and every new estimate reflects it. **Labor rates in the Triangle.** Roofing crew labor in the Raleigh metro runs roughly $85–$110 per square for tear-off and reinstall on a standard 3-tab or architectural shingle job, based on prevailing market rates. Steep-slope, metal, or commercial TPO work commands higher margins. Build your own rate cards in Estimate.Pro so the math is right for your crews, not someone else's. --- ## How the Walkthrough Works On a supported device, Estimate.Pro uses ONNX-assisted live AR measurement to trace roof planes in the field. Measurements taken from photos are clearly marked as estimates. Either way, the dimensions feed directly into the AI scope-of-work builder. You answer a short set of job-specific prompts — material type, layer count, decking condition, flashing scope, ventilation — and the app drafts a line-item estimate. Review it, adjust your margin, and send it. That's the 8-minute target. --- ## Pricing That Makes Sense for a Roofing Company Estimate.Pro has a free tier with no credit card required. When your volume grows: - **Pro** — $39 per seat per month - **Elite** — $79 per seat per month, adds Stripe Connect invoicing with 0% platform fee and export-ready invoice formats - **Crew** — $399 per month flat for unlimited seats Stripe Connect on the Free tier carries a 3% platform fee. Pro and Elite drop that to 0%. For a roofing company running multiple crews through a storm season, the Crew plan pays for itself fast. --- ## Built for 25 Trades, Tuned for Roofing Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. Roofing gets dedicated line-item categories: shingles by square, underlayment, ice-and-water shield, ridge cap, drip edge, flashing, ventilation, and decking repair. You are not retrofitting a generic construction template. If you also hold a license for gutters, siding, or exterior repairs — common in the Triangle market — those trades are in the same app under the same account. --- ## Start Without Risk The free tier is free indefinitely. No credit card. No trial clock. Build your first Raleigh estimate today and see what 8 minutes gets you.