AI Receptionist for Roofers — Catch Every Storm Lead

Why roofing companies miss the calls that matter

A single hailstorm rewrites a roofer's whole month in one afternoon. One storm can drop a large share of a season's leads into a day or two, and every homeowner on that street is dialing every roofer on Google at the same time. That stretch is the one where being the roofer who picks up decides who gets the job: the first company to answer books the inspection, and everyone who went to voicemail gets a callback that's already too late. The cruel part is that the surge lands exactly when you're up on a roof with your phone in your pocket, so the leads you spent the whole season waiting for are the ones you physically can't answer.

Roofing demand is storm-triggered, not calendar-triggered: a hail or wind event can generate more leads in two days than a slow month produces in thirty, and it gives no notice. The pattern that decides the season is the surge after a storm — whoever answers the wave of calls in the first hours books the street, and whoever misses it spends the next week chasing leads that already hired someone else.

Calls you can't afford to miss

• Storm-damage inspection request

  A homeowner just spotted missing shingles or a leak after a storm and wants someone out to look. Your agent captures the address, the type of damage, and when the storm hit, then books the inspection on your calendar before the caller moves down the list of roofers they're dialing.

• Insurance-claim intake

  Storm jobs usually run through insurance, so the first questions are about the claim. The agent collects whether a claim is already filed, the carrier, and the adjuster timeline, and flags the lead so your estimator walks in knowing the claim status instead of starting cold.

• Emergency tarp or active leak

  Water is coming through the ceiling and the homeowner needs it stopped today. The agent recognizes the urgency, captures the address and the extent of the leak, and routes it to your on-call crew for an emergency tarp instead of letting it sit until the office reopens.

• Quote or re-roof request

  Not every call is a storm — some are planned re-roofs and routine estimates. The agent qualifies the roof type and scope, books the estimate visit to your calendar, and keeps the non-urgent work on the schedule without tying up anyone who's on a job.

How it works

1. 1

   Sign up

   Create your account and pick a plan — most shops start on the Test Drive.

2. 2

   Connect your number

   Point your business line at ScepterIQ so missed and after-hours calls are answered.

3. 3

   Train your agent

   Add your services, hours, FAQs, and emergency keywords. Connect Google Calendar or Calendly for booking.

4. 4

   Make a test call

   Call in, hear it qualify and book, tune the script, then go live.

One captured job pays for the plan

One captured storm job changes the month. A full roof replacement runs well into the thousands, so a single booked inspection that converts covers the plan for a long stretch — and in a storm surge you're not capturing one lead, you're capturing the ones that would otherwise have gone to the roofer who answered first. Pricing is monthly: start with the $7 Test Drive (one-time, 7 days of full access), run on $39 Starter, or pick $99 Pro — recommended for trades — which carries enough conversations for a busy season plus the extra lines for your main and overflow numbers. Larger operations run $249 Business. Capacity is measured in conversations, not minutes, so a sudden wave of storm calls is answered at once without a busy signal, no matter how long each one runs.

• Test Drive

  $7 one-time

• Starter

  $39/mo

• Pro

  $99/mo

  Recommended for trades

• Business

  $249/mo

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