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Adding roof measurement reports to a roofing CRM

How a roofing CRM or estimating platform offers measured roof reports under its own brand, what the integration looks like end to end, and the product decisions that matter more than the code.

Updated October 22, 2026

ProductsMeasured reports

Commercial roof report: apartments and businesses for $30

RoofQuery's commercial roof report measures every building at one address, from apartment buildings to offices and restaurants, for $30 in about eight hours.

Updated October 22, 2026

How it worksMeasured reports

How a roof measurement report is made

What happens between sending an address and receiving a measured roof. Aerial imagery, a trained technician, a normalized geometry document, and the files rendered from it.

Updated October 22, 2026

How it worksMeasured reports

How many structures does a roof measurement report cover?

One address, one report, every building on the property. How scope works, how a house, a detached garage and outbuildings come back as separate structures, and why the price does not change with the count.

Updated October 22, 2026

Getting startedStorm reports

How to order a storm report by API

Order a RoofQuery storm report with one POST: the request, the instant response, the five PDF links, a new date of loss on any read, and free sandbox tests.

Updated October 22, 2026

Getting startedMeasured reports

How to order your first roof measurement report by API

From a new account to a delivered PDF, XML and ESX in one afternoon. Sandbox first, then live, with the exact request and the webhook you will receive.

Updated October 22, 2026

Getting startedMeasured reports

How to resell roof measurement reports under your own brand

What a resellable roof report is, what RoofQuery lets you do with one, how to price it, and the mechanics of putting your customer's brand on every PDF.

Updated October 22, 2026

Getting startedMeasured reports

How white-label branding works on RoofQuery roof reports

Your logo, colors, contact details and license number on every PDF, set once for the account or per contractor you order for. What can be changed, what cannot, and how to brand a report for a contractor.

Updated October 22, 2026

ProductsMeasured reports

Rapid Squares: a roof squares report in under 30 minutes

Rapid Squares is $7 per address: each building outlined on an aerial photo with an estimated pitch and its squares with waste, delivered in under 30 minutes.

Updated October 22, 2026

ProductsMeasured reports

Residential roof report: what you get for $10 in about 2 hours

RoofQuery's residential roof report: a technician-measured roof as a white-labeled PDF, XML, diagrams and data, $10 in about two hours, with an optional ESX.

Updated October 22, 2026

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Roof measurements in insurance claims workflows

How claims platforms, adjusting firms and restoration software order measured roof reports with the claim number on them and deliver an Xactimate ESX straight into the estimate.

Updated October 22, 2026

ComparisonsMeasured reports

RoofQuery vs EagleView: pricing, turnaround and reselling compared

EagleView prices its Premium report by roof size and volume tier and licenses reports for internal use. RoofQuery prices its measured report flat by property type, delivers in about two hours, and lets you white-label and resell.

Updated October 22, 2026

By industryStorm reports

Storm reports in a roofing CRM: five branded PDFs per lead

How a roofing CRM gives every lead a branded storm report PDF: the homeowner summary, hail and wind verification, date of loss and full history, with samples.

Updated October 22, 2026

ProductsStorm reports

Storm Reports: hail and wind history and five PDFs for $5

RoofQuery Storm Reports, in open beta: five years of hail, wind and tornado history for an address in about 2 seconds, $5 or free, with five branded PDFs.

Updated October 22, 2026

Getting startedMeasured reports

Testing a roof report integration in sandbox before you spend

Sandbox keys run scripted order timelines against fixed addresses, with real webhooks, real XML and real PDFs. What each scenario exercises and how to test revisions and failures.

Updated October 22, 2026

By industryStorm reports

Verifying the date of loss on a roof claim

How to check a claimed hail or wind date of loss: what was recorded at the property and within 1, 3 and 5 miles, and the nearest storms either side.

Updated October 22, 2026

How it worksMeasured reports

What is an Xactimate ESX file, and what RoofQuery puts in one

The .esx format, why insurance and restoration work runs on it, and how a RoofQuery report becomes an ESX that opens in Xactimate under the claim number.

Updated October 22, 2026

How it worksMeasured reports

What's in a roof measurement report

Page by page and field by field, what a RoofQuery report contains, how the PDF and the API data line up, and which numbers a contractor, adjuster or solar designer actually uses.

Updated October 22, 2026

How it worksStorm reports

What's in a storm report

What a RoofQuery storm report contains: hail and wind by distance, date of loss, damage chance, confidence, the parcel and owner, and the five PDFs.

Updated October 22, 2026

How it worksStorm reports

Which storm report PDF to send

The five PDFs that come with every RoofQuery storm report, who each is for, how long it is, and which one to send to an adjuster, a homeowner or a sales lead.

Updated October 22, 2026

How it worksStorm reports

Hail size chart: which hail sizes damage a roof

Hail sizes from pea to softball in inches, what the National Weather Service calls severe, and the sizes at which common roofing materials start to be damaged.

Updated October 17, 2026

How it worksStorm reports

How radar hail estimates work, and how far to trust them

How NOAA radar estimates hail size, why it differs from hail on the ground, and how storm reports turn radar, reports and warnings into a confidence rating.

Updated October 17, 2026

How it works

Roof measurement glossary: facets, pitch, eaves, hips, valleys and more

Every term a roof measurement report uses, defined the way RoofQuery measures it. Areas, pitch, the ten edge types, derived values and file formats, with the matching API field for each.

Updated October 17, 2026

How it worksStorm reports

Wind speed and roof damage: what 58, 75 and 110 mph mean

What wind speeds mean for a roof, from the 58 mph severe threshold to the Enhanced Fujita scale, and how storm reports measure wind near a property.

Updated October 17, 2026

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