AI Receptionist for Roofers: Own Storm Season

A hailstorm rips through your service area. Your phone explodes — 50 calls an hour. But you're three stories up on a roof doing emergency tarping while water pours into someone's living room.

Every call you miss? A $8,000 to $25,000 job walking straight to the roofer who answers first.

This isn't a slow leak. This is a fire hose of revenue blasting past you while your hands are full of shingles and safety harnesses.

Roofing Has the Highest Stakes of Any Trade

Every contractor misses calls. But roofing is uniquely brutal because of one thing: storm season compresses an entire year's revenue into a few weeks.

A single missed call from a homeowner with hail damage isn't a $200 drain snaking. It's a full roof replacement. And here's what makes it worse:

• Storm surges are unpredictable. You go from 5 calls a day to 50 calls an hour with zero warning. No receptionist — human or otherwise — can handle that without AI.
• Insurance claim urgency. Homeowners are frantic. Their adjuster is coming. They need someone NOW. If you don't answer, they're calling the next roofer on Google before your phone stops ringing.
• Storm damage leads have a 24-72 hour shelf life. After that, the homeowner has already signed with someone else. These aren't leads you can "follow up on Monday."
• You physically can't answer on a roof. You're harnessed in three stories up with power tools. Pulling out your phone isn't just impractical — it's dangerous.

That 27% isn't just phone calls for roofers. During storm season, that's 27% of your annual revenue disappearing.

Storm Day Math

Let's run the numbers on what a single bad storm day costs when nobody's answering your phone:

That's not a typo. One bad storm day with no one answering the phone can cost your roofing company $40,000 in lost revenue. And storm season isn't one day — it's weeks.

What an AI Receptionist Does During Storm Surge

An AI receptionist like Lisa doesn't panic when 50 calls hit at once. She handles every single one — simultaneously. Here's what she does for roofing companies specifically:

• Answers every call instantly. No hold music. No "please leave a message." Every caller talks to someone immediately, even during the worst storm surge.
• Captures insurance information. Collects the caller's insurance provider, claim number, and adjuster details — so your team is prepped before the first site visit.
• Books roof inspections. Schedules appointments directly into your calendar, prioritizing by damage severity and location to optimize your crew's route.
• Qualifies damage type. Asks the right questions: hail, wind, fallen tree, leak? This lets you dispatch the right crew with the right materials.
• Handles 40+ languages. Storm damage doesn't discriminate by language. Neither does Lisa.
• Works 24/7. Storms don't happen on a 9-5 schedule. Neither does your AI receptionist.

The Real Cost Breakdown

The AI receptionist costs less per month than the revenue you lose from one missed call during storm season.

Why Roofers Need This More Than Any Other Trade

1. Highest job value. At $8,000-$25,000+ per roof, every missed call is catastrophic. A plumber loses a $300 drain cleaning. You lose a $15,000 replacement.
2. Most extreme volume spikes. No other trade goes from 5 calls to 200 calls in a single day. You can't hire for that. AI scales instantly.
3. Most time-sensitive leads. A homeowner with a leaking roof isn't comparison shopping for a week. They're calling until someone answers — right now.
4. Insurance documentation matters. Getting the right info upfront — carrier, policy number, damage type — means faster claims and faster payment for you.

Storm season is when roofing companies are made or broken. The ones who answer every call build their year. The ones who don't? They spend the off-season wondering what happened.

How Lisa Works for Roofing Companies

1. Forward your calls

Set up call forwarding — during storm days, after hours, or always-on. Your existing number doesn't change. Customers don't know the difference.

2. Lisa answers, qualifies, and books

She picks up on the first ring, asks about damage type (hail, wind, tree, leak), collects insurance info, and books a roof inspection directly into your calendar. If it's an active leak emergency, you get an immediate alert.

3. You get everything in a notification

Full call transcript, recording, insurance details, damage description, and the booked inspection — all sent to you instantly. The homeowner gets an SMS confirmation. Your calendar is updated. Your crew knows where to go.