Missed Material Line Items
Forgetting flashing, drip edge, ridge cap or starter strips means you fund those materials out of pocket — after you've already won the job.
Avg. loss: –$1,200 per job
Stop losing money on roofing jobs. QuickEstimate auto-calculates shingles, underlayment, labor, equipment and overhead — so every roof quote is accurate, profitable and client-ready in under 3 minutes.
Most roofers don't have a skills problem — they have an estimating problem. These are the silent profit-killers hiding in every manual roofing quote.
Forgetting flashing, drip edge, ridge cap or starter strips means you fund those materials out of pocket — after you've already won the job.
Your truck, insurance, tools, admin and office costs eat 18–25% of every dollar. Guess what most roofers forget to add to their quotes?
Estimating crew time without structured line items leads to underquoting by 10–15% — especially when the job runs one day longer than expected.
Rounding up a few hundred dollars and calling it profit is not a margin strategy. Most roofers are charging 5–8% when they need 20%+ to grow.
Emailing a rough spreadsheet signals low quality before the client reads a number. Clients pay premium prices for contractors who look premium.
Manual roofing estimates in Excel take 45–90 minutes each. That's time you could spend on the job — or winning the next one.
QuickEstimate is the only estimating tool that treats overhead and profit as automatic rules — not afterthoughts. Every roofing estimate you build is protected before it ever leaves your screen.
Line-item inputs for shingles, underlayment, flashing, ridge cap, labor by crew size, equipment and subcontractors — nothing gets missed.
Set your overhead rate once. QuickEstimate embeds it automatically into every future roofing estimate — no manual calculation, no skipping it under pressure.
See your exact profit margin update in real time as you build the estimate. Know before you send whether you're hitting your target or leaving money on the table.
Generate a professional, client-ready roofing proposal with your logo and branding. Track when they open it, approve it or request changes — all from your dashboard.
One platform that covers costing, profit protection and professional proposal delivery — so you never have to stitch together spreadsheets again.
Itemise every material with quantity, unit cost and supplier notes. Nothing gets absorbed into your margin.
Calculate crew costs by hours, crew size or lump sum — with different rates per trade or phase of work.
Track owned and rented equipment costs — dumpsters, lifts, cranes — by day, week or full job duration.
Add individual sub quotes within each estimate and compare bids without losing control of your totals.
Set your real overhead rate once across all 12 cost categories. It applies to every roofing estimate automatically — no matter the job size.
Real-time margin health indicator shows exactly what you'll earn as you build — before the quote goes out.
One-click export of a polished, professional roofing proposal with your logo and brand colours — clients won't compare you to the guy with a scribbled sheet.
Know the moment a client opens your roofing proposal, requests a revision or signs off — all tracked inside your dashboard.
Every roofing estimate is saved. Reference past jobs to bid faster, spot patterns and build benchmark pricing for similar projects.
QuickEstimate walks you through a structured workflow that protects your margin at every single step.
Name the job, add client details and set location in under 60 seconds.
Enter materials, labor, equipment and subcontractors with full line-item detail.
Your saved overhead rate embeds itself automatically — zero manual work.
Define your margin and see exactly what to charge to hit it before you send anything.
One click exports a branded, professional PDF ready for client review.
Send and watch your dashboard for opens, revisions and sign-offs in real time.
Whether you're a solo roofer quoting your next job or a multi-crew firm managing dozens of bids, QuickEstimate scales with you.
Your time is your money. QuickEstimate handles the numbers in minutes so you spend more time on the roof — and less time at the desk.
Juggling re-roofs, new builds and repairs across multiple crews? Keep every bid consistent, professional and profitable.
Large flat roofs, TPO, EPDM and metal jobs demand precision. QuickEstimate gives you the structure to quote big jobs without missing a line item.
When multiple estimators are quoting, consistency is everything. Standardise overhead rules and margin targets across the entire team.
See exactly how QuickEstimate stacks up against the methods most roofing contractors are still using today.
| Feature | ✅ QuickEstimate | Excel / Spreadsheets | Generic Estimating Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auto overhead on every estimate | ✓ | ✗ | Manual only |
| Live profit margin display | ✓ | ✗ | Some |
| Roofing-specific cost categories | ✓ | ✗ | Generic only |
| Branded PDF proposal export | ✓ | ✗ | Basic |
| Client approval tracking | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Subcontractor quote management | ✓ | Manual | Limited |
| Revision management & history | ✓ | ✗ | Some |
| Estimate archive & past-job reference | ✓ | Manual filing | Some |
| Zero formula errors | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| SOC 2 certified, AES-256 security | ✓ | ✗ | Varies |
| 14-day free trial, no credit card | ✓ | Free (no features) | Varies |
"I was losing money on every residential re-roof and couldn't figure out why. QuickEstimate showed me I was charging 8% margin when I needed 22%. Within two weeks of switching, I was making real profit again."
"The overhead automation is the game-changer. Before QuickEstimate, I was manually adding overhead to every quote and sometimes forgetting it entirely. Now it's automatic. I recouped the subscription cost on my first job."
"My clients used to get a spreadsheet from me. Now they get a branded PDF proposal that looks like it came from a $10M company. I've won three jobs in a row specifically because the proposal stood out."
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