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Roofing software for quotes,
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Quote, schedule around the weather, and get paid

Traddie is job management software for UK roofers handling repairs, re-roofs and insurance work. Quote materials and labour separately, reschedule around the weather in seconds, and invoice completed work the same day.

Keep photos, quotes, jobs and invoices in one place, with CIS handled on subcontract work and the VAT threshold tracked for you.

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  • Price what you found, on a link
  • Margin checked before you send
  • Deposit before the scaffold goes up

Everything a roofer needs in one app

From the first quote to the final payment, Traddie keeps your whole job in one place.

Quote repairs and re-roofs

Itemise materials, labour, scaffolding and access as separate lines, and send a clear quote the customer can accept online.

Reschedule around the weather

Move jobs and reassign teams in seconds when the forecast turns, and keep everyone updated.

Photos and reports with the job

Attach before-and-after photos and condition notes, useful for insurance and remedial work, straight to the job and invoice.

Invoice the same day

Turn a finished re-roof into an invoice on site, with materials and labour carried across automatically.

Get paid without chasing

Send a card link with every invoice and let automatic reminders chase the slow payers for you.

What you find when you strip it

The job you quoted is not the job you found

You price a roof from the ground and a photo. Then the felt comes off and there are eleven rotten battens and a purlin nobody could see. Getting paid for that is the whole game, and it is what Traddie is built around.

Price the extra from the scaffold and get it agreed

Raise a variation against the job, price the battens and the timber, and send the customer a link. They approve a gross figure on a public page and that exact number lands on the invoice. The conversation happens while the roof is open, not when the bill arrives.

  • A one-time cryptographic token, not a guessable link
  • Expires after 30 days so a stale price cannot be approved later
  • Approved extras become invoice lines automatically

Deposit up front, because you buy the materials

Tiles, lead and scaffold hire all get paid for before you earn anything. Set a deposit on the quote as a percentage or a flat sum, take it by card, and the final invoice arrives with it already netted off.

Check the margin before it goes out

Roofing is priced on area and wastage, and a wrong allowance is invisible until the job is finished. Traddie checks the quote against your own cost rates and flags the estimated cost being above the quote value, the margin sitting under your target, or no materials being entered at all.

What the roof actually cost you

Materials from receipts and purchase orders against labour actually logged on site, compared with what you billed. Enough to know which kind of roof is worth quoting for and which one only looks profitable.

The photos live on the job

Before, during and after, attached to the job rather than scattered across a camera roll. It is the difference between a defect argument you win and one you settle.

Time back

The small things that keep a roof profitable

Roofing loses money in two places: work you did and never charged for, and materials you bought and never recovered. Both are admin problems, not skill problems.

A variation takes a minute

Price it on the scaffold, send the link, carry on. The customer agrees it in their own time and the number is committed on both sides.

The quote check runs before you send

Cost above value, margin under target, labour eating the job, no materials entered. It looks at the numbers while you can still change them.

Photograph the merchant invoice

Scan a supplier invoice against its purchase order rather than keying it, so what you ordered and what you were charged are actually compared.

Deposit, then final, netted off

The final invoice already knows what was paid up front, so nobody works out the balance twice.

The property keeps its history

What you did to that roof, when, and what you charged. Useful when they ring three winters later about a different slope.

Chasing on a ladder you set

A reminder before the due date, then nudge, firm and final, with late-payment interest and the statutory fee available on commercial work.

Why UK roofers choose Traddie

Quote repairs, re-roofs and inspections professionally
List materials, labour and scaffolding as separate items
Attach before/after photos for insurance and remedial work
Reschedule weather-hit jobs and reassign teams quickly
Apply CIS deductions on subcontract roofing work
Take card payments and chase overdue invoices automatically
Sync invoices and expenses to your accounting software

Practical for roofing crews

Roofing is weather-driven, access-heavy and often insurance-led. Traddie keeps the commercial side flexible so a changed forecast does not become a billing mess.

  • Keep before-and-after photos and condition reports with each job for insurance and storm-damage claims.
  • Quote scaffolding and access as their own lines so the customer sees the full cost clearly.
  • Apply 20% / 30% CIS deductions automatically when you subcontract, with materials excluded per HMRC rules.
  • Reschedule and reassign weather-affected jobs without losing the quote or invoice trail.
  • Track turnover against the £90k VAT threshold as the business grows.
One link, no chasing

Prove you are covered before you get on site

Commercial clients and main contractors want your public liability and your cards before the scaffold goes up. Keep them in one place and send one link.

  • Store public liability, employers’ liability, CSCS cards, waste carrier registration and trade body membership with their expiry dates, and get a reminder before any of them lapse.
  • Send one revocable link instead of emailing the same PDFs to every new client.
  • Nothing on it is labelled verified, because Traddie has not verified it: a row is either checkable, with a deep link to the official register, or self-declared with your own document attached.
  • Expired credentials never render, on the page or in the footer of a quote.

It is a way to hand over what you hold, not a claim that anybody has checked it for you. Expiry reminders for both

How it runs for a roofer

From inspection to paid in four steps

  1. 1

    Inspect & quote

    Take photos on the roof, quote the repair or re-roof with materials and labour split out, and send for acceptance.

  2. 2

    Schedule

    Book the crew in, ready to shuffle if the forecast changes.

  3. 3

    Complete

    Finish the work, attach the after photos, and mark the job done.

  4. 4

    Invoice & get paid

    Invoice on site with a card link and let reminders handle any chasing.

Quote Q-0773: built on siteAccepted from a link, straight into the diaryPhotos on the job for the insurerInvoice INV-0570: paid

Quote Q-0773

Draft

Tom Hughes · Re-roof, rear elevation

Strip and re-felt, 42m²

£1,890.00

Concrete tiles, supplied and laid

£2,310.00

Scaffold, 1 week

£640.00

Total inc. VAT

£5,808.00

Automations

Weather-proof admin

Roofing reschedules more than any trade. These keep customers informed and invoices paid while you move jobs around.

Invoice INV-0570 goes out, due in 14 daysDay 3 past due: first nudge, on its ownA day after payment: one ask for a Google reviewPaid, and the chasing stops itself

Invoice INV-0570

Sent

Tom Hughes

Re-roof, rear elevation

£5,808.00

Due 14 days from today. Chasing is on.

  • Appointment reminders

    Customers get a text or email the day before so you stop turning up to empty houses.

  • Quote follow-ups

    An unanswered quote gets a polite nudge on day 3 and day 7 without you remembering to send it.

  • Invoice chasing

    A reminder before the due date, then nudge, firm and final letters on a ladder you set. Late-payment interest and the statutory fee can be added for business customers.

  • Review requests

    A day after an invoice is paid the customer gets one message asking for a Google review, with your link in it.

  • Invoice on completion

    Mark the job done and the invoice is drafted from the quote, labour and materials, ready to send.

  • Accounting sync

    Invoices, payments and expenses land in Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or FreeAgent as they happen, VAT and CIS included.

Every automation is off until you switch it on, and each one has a test-send so you can see exactly what the customer gets. See how chasing works

FAQ for UK roofers

Can I add materials and labour separately?+
Yes. Quote materials, labour, scaffolding and additional works as separate line items so the customer sees exactly what they are paying for.
Can I manage weather-related schedule changes?+
Yes. Move jobs and reassign team members quickly from your calendar when the forecast changes, without losing the quote or invoice history.
Can I keep photos for insurance jobs?+
Yes. Attach before-and-after photos and condition notes to the job and invoice, which is useful evidence for insurance and storm-damage claims.
Does it handle CIS for subcontract roofing?+
Yes. When you work as a subcontractor, Traddie applies the correct CIS deduction, excludes materials, and produces the payment and deduction statement.
Can customers pay online?+
Yes. Every invoice can include a card payment link, and automatic reminders chase overdue invoices so you do not have to.
Is it suitable for both small repairs and full re-roofs?+
Yes. Quick repairs can be invoiced in seconds, while larger re-roofs can be quoted in detail and scheduled across your team.

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