Trade case · Roofing
On the roof or at the desk, you lose less time
A leak to find on Monday, a full overhaul to price on Tuesday, a week of rain that pushes everything back: roofing lives with the unexpected. MaitreChantier holds the quotes, the schedule and the invoicing so a moved job does not become a forgotten one.
Your day-to-day, point by point
The situations that eat your evenings — and what the platform does about each of them.
Today
Three days of rain and the whole month shifts
With MaitreChantier
Move the job in the planning: its slots follow in one move, and you see immediately what it pushes into next week.
Today
The leak call-out is done, the invoice is not
With MaitreChantier
A direct invoice covers the hours, the materials and the travel, and leaves by email before the next ladder goes up.
Today
The insurer wants a detailed quote, line by line
With MaitreChantier
Each line takes a description — surface, material, method — and the PDF is clean enough to hand over as it is.
Today
Scaffolding and skips eat the job quietly
With MaitreChantier
Book them as purchases on the job: the margin shown is the real one, not the one you hoped for when quoting.
What you gain, every week
A schedule that survives the weather
Shift a job and its days follow; the week of the whole company stays readable at a glance.
Emergency work invoiced fast
A leak repair becomes a direct invoice with hours, materials and travel — no quote step in between.
Documents an insurer accepts
Detailed lines, clear totals, legal wording and a clean PDF, ready to attach to a claim.
Your roofing works, priced
Tile overhaul, underlay membrane, zinc gutter: stored per square metre or linear metre with your cost price.
Deposit before the scaffolding
Invoice a deposit on signature so materials and access equipment are not funded out of your own cash.
The real cost of a roof
Purchases, hours and invoicing on the same page: you know which roofs are worth quoting again.
What a roofing quote looks like
An extract from an overhaul: roof surface, membrane and gutter, each with its own unit.
| Description | Qty | Unit price | VAT | Total excl. VAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tile overhaul (leak tracing included) | 85 m² | €48.00 | 10 % | €4,080.00 |
| Underlay membrane fitted | 85 m² | €18.00 | 10 % | €1,530.00 |
| Zinc gutter replacement | 24 ml | €68.00 | 10 % | €1,632.00 |
| Total excl. VAT | €7,242.00 | |||
Detailed enough for an insurance claim, and one click away from the deposit invoice.
The week it rains for three days
You drag the job's bar in the schedule: its jobs and its deliveries follow, the jobs behind it shift too if you ask for it, and the clients concerned get the e-mail.
How it goes, from quote to payment
Survey, then quote
Note the surfaces and the state of the roof, add a description per line, send a PDF the customer can show to their insurer.
Plan, and replan
Book the days per job; when the forecast turns, move the job instead of rebuilding the week from scratch.
Invoice while it is fresh
Deposit on signature, balance on completion, direct invoice for the emergencies — nothing waits for the weekend.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I move a job without redoing the whole schedule?
- Yes: shifting a job moves its planned days with it, and the rest of the week stays untouched.
- Are the quotes detailed enough for an insurer?
- Each line can carry a full description and its own unit; the PDF shows the totals, the VAT breakdown and your legal wording.
- And for a leak repaired in two hours?
- Create a direct invoice with the hours and the materials — no quote required.
The modules this trade leans on
Team planning
Assign your teams, keep an eye on the week — and catch delivery delays before they hold up the site.
Learn moreConstruction quotes & invoices
Deposit, progress statements, balance, credit note, retention money: the building trade's document chain, signed online by your client.
Learn moreClient management
Contact details, full document history — and clients kept informed at every step of their job.
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Try it on your own jobs
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