Tampa, FL
ROOFING ESTIMATING.

## Roofing Estimates in Tampa Move Fast — Your Bidding Should Too Tampa's roofing market doesn't slow down. Back-to-back storm seasons keep your phone ringing, and homeowners in Hillsborough County want bids the same day they call. If you're still building estimates in a spreadsheet or writing them up by hand the night after a walkthrough, you're leaving jobs on the table. Estimate.Pro takes you from jobsite photos or AR walkthrough to a priced, sendable bid in a median of 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes Tampa Roofing Estimates Different **Florida Building Code compliance is non-negotiable.** The 2023 Florida Building Code (FBC) requires specific wind mitigation features — secondary water barriers, reinforced deck attachments, and approved shingle products — on all new and reroof work in Hillsborough County. Your estimate needs to reflect these requirements line by line, not as a footnote. **Insurance supplement work is the norm here.** A large share of Tampa roofing jobs start with an insurance claim after a named storm or hail event. Xactimate-adjacent line items, depreciation breakouts, and supplement documentation matter to adjusters. Estimate.Pro lets you export clean, itemized scopes that hold up in that conversation. **Material costs shift fast.** Post-storm demand spikes drive shingle and underlayment prices up quickly in the Tampa Bay region. Your material cost workspace in Estimate.Pro is editable at any time, so your template pricing reflects what you're actually paying at the supply house this week — not what you paid six months ago. **Permit fees add up.** Hillsborough County charges a base permit fee plus a per-square surcharge on roofing work. A standard 30-square reroof runs roughly $150–$250 in permit fees alone before inspections. Getting that number wrong on a bid erodes your margin before the first shingle is nailed. --- ## How the Walkthrough Works On supported devices, Estimate.Pro uses ONNX-assisted live AR measurement to capture roof planes, ridges, and eaves while you walk the property. On any device, you can measure from photos — those measurements are marked as estimates in the generated scope so you and the customer both know the basis. The AI scope generator then builds out your line items: tear-off, decking inspection and replacement allowance, underlayment, drip edge, field shingles, ridge cap, flashing, and permit fee placeholder. You review, adjust, and send — directly from the app. --- ## Built for 25 Trades, Tuned for Roofing Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades on the same platform. If you sub out gutters, fascia repair, or attic insulation alongside your roofing work, your subs can run their own scopes in the same system. One project, one file. --- ## Pricing That Works for Roofing Crews - **Free tier** — full estimating, no credit card, no time limit - **Pro — $39/seat/mo** — saved material cost workspaces, faster scope templates - **Elite — $79/seat/mo** — Stripe Connect invoicing (0% platform fee), invoice exports for QuickBooks or your accountant - **Crew — $399/mo flat** — one price for your whole team, no per-seat math On the Free tier, Stripe Connect carries a 3% platform fee. On Pro and above, that drops to 0%. --- ## Tampa-Specific Estimating Considerations Hillsborough County sits in a High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ)-adjacent region. While the full HVHZ designation applies to Miami-Dade and Broward, Hillsborough County roofing still requires FBC wind speed compliance for 150 mph design loads in many zones. Product approvals — Florida Product Approval numbers for shingles, underlayment, and fasteners — must be specified on permitted jobs. If you're bidding in the City of Tampa limits versus unincorporated Hillsborough County, the permitting authority differs. City of Tampa Building and Development uses a separate fee schedule from the county. Know which jurisdiction you're in before you submit your permit application or quote a permit allowance to the customer. Seal, permit, and inspect. Tampa area inspectors check nail patterns, deck attachment, and underlayment laps. Build those inspection-ready steps into your project schedule, and make sure your scope of work reflects what the inspector will actually verify on the job. --- ## Start Your First Estimate Free No credit card. No sales call. Open a job, walk through the scope, and have a bid ready to send before you leave the driveway.