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Illinois
Roofing Contractor Software in Illinois
Most roofing CRMs were built for enterprise shops with a full office staff. This one wasn't. ExteriorPro is for the crew doing 40 to 200 roofs a year who are tired of tracking inspections in a notebook, chasing adjusters by text, and wondering which estimates actually went out. Log a lead the second it comes in. Pull the measurements into an estimate without re-keying. Attach inspection photos to the job, not a random phone gallery. Send the invoice the same day the crew comes off the roof.
Storm season in Illinois means the phone won't stop — ExteriorPro makes sure every call turns into a logged lead and a same-day callback, not a sticky note on the dashboard.
From $199/month per location. No credit card required to start.
What Roofers Actually Use This For
Leads that don't go cold
Log a call the moment it comes in and see what needs a callback today.
Measurements to estimate
Enter measurements once; packages turn them into priced line items.
Proposals customers sign
Send a branded proposal and collect a signature on the spot.
Crews and scheduling
Assign crews, see the week, and hand out a clean work order.
Photos on the job
Site and progress photos attached to the job, not lost in a phone gallery.
Invoicing and payments
Invoice when the crew comes off the job and track what's still owed.
Illinois licenses roofers at the state level, and it is one of the stricter licenses in the country. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation issues two kinds under the Roofing Industry Licensing Act. A Limited license covers residential buildings of eight units or fewer and takes one exam and a $10,000 bond. An Unlimited license covers everything, including commercial and industrial work, and takes three exams and a $25,000 bond. Either way the company needs $500,000 in liability insurance and $250,000 in property damage coverage, and one person has to be named as the qualifying party who passed the test and supervises the work. The license expires on December 31 of every odd-numbered year. Chicago adds its own general contractor license on top of the state one.
The Limited license reaches further than it sounds. A Chicago six-flat is eight units or fewer, so a lot of the city's flat-roof work on two-flats and three-flats is done by Limited license holders using torch-down and modified bitumen rather than shingles. A roofer who moves from the suburbs into the city finds a different roof on almost every building.
Storms run the calendar downstate. Central Illinois, from Peoria through Bloomington-Normal to Champaign and Springfield, sits in the same hail and tornado track as Indiana and Ohio, and spring brings insurance work with it. The Chicago suburbs get hail too, and the North Shore gets lake-effect snow and the ice dams that come with it.
The contract has its own law. The Home Repair and Remodeling Act requires a written contract on any job over $1,000, with the total cost and the parts and materials listed with reasonable particularity. Before it is signed, the contractor hands the homeowner a state pamphlet called Home Repair: Know Your Consumer Rights, and the homeowner signs a form saying they received it. Illinois courts have taken the pamphlet rule seriously enough that skipping it can put the whole contract at risk, so it is not paperwork to be casual about.
Illinois Roofing Contractors — Get Started Free
Join roofing contractors across Illinois who use ExteriorPro to manage their business. Free 30-day trial, no credit card required.
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