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How to pick software for a Florida roofing contractor
Run a Florida roofing job from roof measurement through permit review, deadline tracking, payroll and payment. You never rebuild the record in a separate tool. FL Permit Pay keeps each step on the same customer and job, while your team reads the regulated details before acting.
What you will do
- Keep each job organized
- Keep the dates safe
- Move approved work into the bill
Why the best software for a Florida roofing contractor has to be Florida-specific
- A tool that only estimates leaves the Florida dates to you. License, permit and lien, all in a spreadsheet nobody checks
- A single missed Chapter 713 deadline can forfeit your right to collect on a job entirely
- You wait on a separate vendor to measure the roof, and they charge per report. Meanwhile the homeowner talks to your competitor
- Prevailing-wage public roofing work stalls on the weekly WH-347 that lives in a bookkeeper's head
Roofing in Florida is a compliance business as much as a construction one. The risk that costs a shop real money is not a missed nail count. It is a lapsed DBPR license. It is an expired permit that stops work before final. It is a lien deadline that quietly runs out. A national roofing app measures roofs and builds proposals well, but it treats those Florida rules as an empty text field.
Cash flow is the second squeeze. You finish the work, invoice, and then float payroll for 45 days while a draw sits unpaid. Software that only estimates will not turn field progress into a pay app. It will not chase what is late. So money you already earned just sits there.
That is why 'best' really means 'best fit.' For a Florida roofing contractor, one question decides it. Does the tool know Chapter 713 lien timing, county permit rules, retainage caps on public work, and certified payroll? And does it tie all of that to the same jobs, customers and payments you run every day?
How FL Permit Pay covers a roofing contractor's day
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Review the roof target and geometry preview
Open Aerial Takeoff from a job with an address and confirm the intended structure. Review the available roof linework and the evidence boundary shown with it. The current public example is illustrative and does not claim a measured provider result. Verify the roof on site before ordering material.
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Track Florida permits and inspections in one place
Track each permit and inspection from application to final. For supported Tampa Bay counties, the pre-check shows the local requirement, its source, and when it was last checked. Open permits with an expiration date return to the Today page before they lapse. Ask the building department what they want filed.
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Protect the right to get paid under Ch. 713
Enter your role and the first and last day you worked. FL Permit Pay shows the Chapter 713 dates that may apply and brings the closest one to the top. Use the worksheet to prepare the job information, then confirm every date and filing step. This is deadline tracking and form preparation, not legal advice or filing.
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Turn field progress into pay applications and collect
Carry percent complete into a G702/G703 pay app. Read the over-billed lines and the retainage warnings before you send. Where online payment is on for your account, the GC or owner can pay by ACH or card. The Today screen shows work ready to bill, and pay applications that need a follow-up.
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Build the certified payroll (WH-347) for public work
Log straight and overtime hours by worker and classification, choose the week ending date, and prepare the WH-347. Drafts stay marked until an authorized person reviews the rates, deductions, and Statement of Compliance. Confirm the finished form against the current DOL WH-347 before filing.
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Keep customers and files in one system, yours only
One customer record holds the contact. It holds the billing address and the site addresses. Every job for that customer sits underneath. Your company decides which roles can see the list, and which can change it.
What to check before you trust any Florida roofing software
- Your jobs, customers and documents stay private to your company. Your company decides which roles can see them or change them.
- We say how each roof was measured. A result says how we got it. A MEASURED stamp carries the LiDAR flight year. An ESTIMATE stamp means a footprint and an assumed pitch. Every output tells you to check on site before you order material.
- Lien protection is tracking and form prep, not legal service. Deadlines follow Fla. Stat. Ch. 713. Notice to Owner runs 45 days. Claim of Lien runs 90. You serve it within 15 days and enforce within a year. We do not file liens for you. This is not legal advice, so check every date against the statute or your lawyer.
- Online payment depends on your account being turned on. When it is on, the money settles into your own connected account. FL Permit Pay does not lend money, advance it, or factor it.
Common questions
What features should software for a Florida roofing contractor have?
Look past estimating and roof measurement. Ask what it does about Florida rules. That means lien dates under Chapter 713. County permits and inspections. Retainage on public work. And a WH-347 on prevailing-wage jobs. FL Permit Pay puts those with progress billing and online payment. For a Florida roofer, the deadline and the cash are what stop the losses. An estimating tool cannot.
Is there roofing software built specifically for Florida?
Yes. Florida permits sit on the job. So do Chapter 713 dates, certified payroll and progress billing. Local permit guidance shows its source and date checked, and the regulated decisions remain with your team.
Can it measure roofs without a separate service like a Roofr alternative?
Yes. Aerial Takeoff opens from the job address, lets you confirm the intended roof, and prepares a multi-sheet report with pitch, facets, and segment lengths. Results are labeled MEASURED or ESTIMATE. Verify on site before ordering material.
Does it handle certified payroll for public roofing jobs?
Yes. Log crew hours by worker and classification, then prepare the U.S. DOL WH-347 with its seven-day grid, overtime, and Statement of Compliance. Your team enters and confirms the applicable rates and deductions, then checks the finished form against the current DOL WH-347 before filing.
Put the guide to work.
See how it fits your shop. Start with aerial takeoff. Then permits and inspections. Then lien dates under Chapter 713. Then progress billing, certified payroll, and the job records.