Roof Manager provides roof measurement reports for roofing contractors working in Houston and across Greater Houston. Order a report from the property address, get pitch-corrected squares, every edge length and a material list, and carry the job into your estimate, proposal and invoice without measuring every roof by hand.
No credit card required. Instant setup.
Total roof area (footprint + sloped), pitch analysis, and area multiplier from satellite imagery.
Ridge, hip, valley, eave, and rake lengths — everything you need for accurate material takeoff.
Shingles, underlayment, ice shield, ridge cap, drip edge — full BOM with waste factor and pricing.
Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands gained 126,720 residents between July 2024 and July 2025, more than any other US metro, and reached 7,904,627 people. Three of the ten US counties with the largest numeric gains are in Greater Houston: Harris (first, +48,695), Montgomery (fourth, +30,011) and Fort Bend (eighth, +24,163).
Population growth is not a measure of roofing demand. It does describe the service area: a roofing company based inside the Beltway can have quotes waiting in The Woodlands, Katy, Sugar Land and League City in the same week, at opposite edges of the metro. Measuring from imagery settles the squares and edge lengths before anyone drives out, so site visits go to the jobs that need a person on the roof.
Severe weather can leave a roofing team with many properties to assess across a wide metro at once. On July 8, 2024, Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda as a Category 1 hurricane, and its center passed over the western side of the Houston metro that morning. The National Hurricane Center reports hurricane-force gusts across and north of the metro, and the National Weather Service measured 84 mph at Houston Hobby and 83 mph at Houston Intercontinental. NOAA puts Beryl’s US property damage at $7.2 billion.
When the calls start, order a report for each address on the list, price the roofs from the office and send people first to the roofs that need an inspection. Most reports are delivered in under 60 minutes; roofs that need a manual trace review can take up to 24 hours. Every report stays in your account, so a supplement or a re-quote starts from the same numbers.
A report is not a damage inspection: the satellite image shows the roof’s shape and size and may predate the storm, so document the damage on site.
Sources: NWS Houston/Galveston, Hurricane Beryl; National Hurricane Center, Beryl report
Yes, inside the City of Houston. The Houston Permitting Center issues a Residential Roofing Permit for a re-roof or roofing overlay on a home, and the work is inspected.
The application is the Building Permit Application, the owner’s Declaration in Support of Application, and either the Roofing Overlay Only form (CE-1104) or the Residential Re-Roof Only Worksheet (CE-1109). A re-roof or roof repair needs no plans unless rafters or joists are being replaced. The permit and worksheet must be on site for the inspection, and the permit is valid for six months.
Small repairs are the exception: the city exempts roof-covering repairs that total 100 square feet or less, which is one roofing square, so measure the area you are replacing before you promise a no-permit repair. Houston also runs a voluntary registration program for roofing contractors that asks for proof of general liability insurance of at least $500,000 for death or bodily injury and $500,000 for property damage per occurrence.
Pasadena, Pearland, Sugar Land, League City and the other incorporated cities around Houston run their own building departments, so check the rules where the property is. Roof Manager is measurement and workflow software: it does not issue or file permits, and confirming current City of Houston requirements remains the contractor’s and property owner’s responsibility.
For what changes outside Greater Houston, from licensing to city permit rules, see roof measurement for Texas roofing contractors.
Sources: Houston Permitting Center, Residential Roofing Permit; Houston Permitting Center, Residential Plan Review
For some coastal properties south and east of Houston, a re-roof can involve an additional windstorm-inspection step. For a property to qualify for wind and hail coverage through the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), re-roofs and roof repairs in the Texas Department of Insurance’s designated catastrophe area must be built to TDI’s windstorm building specifications and inspected by TDI or a TDI-appointed Texas-licensed engineer. That area includes Galveston, Brazoria and Chambers counties and the parts of Harris County east of State Highway 146, where TDI names La Porte, Morgan’s Point, Pasadena, Seabrook and Shoreacres.
TDI issues the certificate of compliance, and TWIA says a structure without one may be considered uninsurable and ineligible for its coverage. On impact-resistant roofing, TDI leaves the premium credit to each insurer, with a Class 4 roof earning the highest; for TWIA policies the roofing contractor completes TDI form PC068 once the roof is installed.
Roof Manager does not inspect or certify roofs. The report gives you the squares and edge lengths to price the job with the inspection, the permit and any upgraded materials already in it.
Sources: TDI, Windstorm Inspection Program; TWIA, windstorm certification; TDI, impact-resistant roofing credits
Available in all 50 US states, all 10 Canadian provinces and 34 countries in total — anywhere high-resolution satellite imagery reaches. That includes:
A measurement is where a Houston job starts, and the same customer record carries it to payment. CRM, invoicing, proposals, the leads board and door-to-door canvassing are free with every account.
Step 1
Order the report from the property address, in your account or from the lead.
Ordering a report →Step 2
Most reports arrive in under 60 minutes, as a PDF in your account and by email.
Step 3
Your catalog and supplier prices turn the measured quantities into a priced material list.
Setting up your catalog →Step 4
Send a branded proposal built from the report, with e-signature.
Creating a proposal →Step 5
The pipeline and history stay on the same customer record, with Gmail and Google Calendar connected.
Step 6
Invoice with a payment link from your own Square account, and export to QuickBooks Online if your books live there.
Creating an invoice →2 free reports
On signup, with no credit card required.
CA$10 per report
Pay as you go after that, with no subscription required.
CA$199 per month
The monthly plan (Pro 30) includes 30 reports a month, for teams ordering through storm season.
Prices are in Canadian dollars. A US card is converted by your card issuer at checkout, and there is no separate USD price.
Create an account, enter the property address and order the report. Nothing is scheduled and nobody climbs the roof: the report is measured from satellite imagery and arrives in your account and by email.
Yes, inside the City of Houston. A re-roof or roofing overlay on a home needs a Residential Roofing Permit and an inspection, but no plans unless rafters or joists are replaced. Roof-covering repairs totalling 100 square feet or less are exempt, and surrounding cities set their own rules.
For wind and hail coverage through TWIA, yes. In the Texas Department of Insurance’s designated catastrophe area, which includes Galveston, Brazoria and Chambers counties and the parts of Harris County east of State Highway 146, re-roofs and roof repairs must meet TDI’s windstorm building specifications and be inspected by TDI or a TDI-appointed engineer.
Yes, for measuring and estimating. Reports export as PDF, Excel, CSV and JSON, and there is an Xactimate XML export (not ESX), so confirm what the carrier or adjuster accepts. A report measures the roof from imagery; it is not a damage inspection.
Yes. 2 free reports on signup, no credit card required. Try them on two Houston roofs you have already measured and compare the numbers.
Any address in and around Houston that has high-resolution satellite imagery. Available in all 50 US states, all 10 Canadian provinces and 34 countries in total — anywhere high-resolution satellite imagery reaches.
Accuracy depends on the imagery over each roof: sharp, recent imagery and a clearly visible roof give the most reliable measurements, while tree cover, shadows and complex rooflines reduce certainty. Confirm key dimensions on site before ordering materials.
Total roof area (both the flat footprint and the pitch-corrected sloped area), the pitch of every facet, every edge length (ridge, hip, valley, eave and rake) and an itemized material list with a waste factor you set, delivered as a PDF.
A report costs CA$10 after your first 2 free reports, with no monthly subscription required. Reports are billed in Canadian dollars (CAD); a US card is converted by your card issuer at checkout, and there is no separate USD price. CRM, invoicing, proposals, the leads board and door-to-door canvassing are free with every account.
Most reports are delivered in under 60 minutes; roofs that need a manual trace review can take up to 24 hours.
Start with two Houston roofs you already know. Compare the measurements, test the workflow, and decide for yourself.
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