Trade library · Service and build

Roofing

What the platform does for a roofing contractor: it runs the tear-off and the insurance-claim job, with the inspection points and the product approvals on the record.

What it does for you

What she already knows

She can cite your code, and she knows where to stop.

Annabelle carries verified Roofing code facts and the source for each one, so she speaks credibly to a customer instead of guessing. She is also told, in the same breath, what she may never do with them.

Governing code: Florida Building Code 8th Ed. (2023) + ASCE 7-22; Florida Product Approval / Miami-Dade NOA.

  • The Treasure Coast is a Wind-Borne Debris Region: replacement windows and exterior doors must be impact-rated or have approved shutter protection, and every roofing/opening product needs a Florida Product Approval (FL#) or Miami-Dade NOA sized to the home's design pressures.
  • A secondary water barrier / sealed roof deck is required on reroofs (FBC).
  • The 25% rule has a large exception: under Fla. Stat. 553.844(5), if the existing roofing system or roof section was built, repaired or replaced in compliance with the 2007 Florida Building Code or later, then even when 25% or more is repaired, replaced or recovered, ONLY the worked-on portion must meet the current Code. A local government may not adopt an ordinance amending that exception. Whether a given roof qualifies turns on its build/repair history, which the building department and the contractor establish -- never assume it either way.

Source: FBC Building/Residential 8th Ed.; ASCE 7-22; FL Product Approval; Fla. Stat. 553.844(5) as amended by s. 1, ch. 2022-269 (leg.state.fl.us, verified 26 Aug 2026).

And the line she will not cross. She states the governing code and the standard. She will not give you a permit filing deadline or a county-specific requirement as settled fact, because those vary by jurisdiction and a wrong one costs a contractor real money. Her answer is that the building department and the licensed contractor confirm the specifics, which is both the truthful answer and the one that sounds like someone who has done this before.

Your Command Center, in your words

Roofing has its own configuration.

Stinger is one system, not a different product per trade. What changes is the configuration it runs on: the words on the screen, the columns on the board, the stages a job moves through, and the rules that decide what comes first. This is the Roofing configuration, as it ships.

The words on the screen

A piece of work is called
Job
An incoming call is called
Inspection request
The board is called
Job board

Job types: Inspection, Repair, Reroof, Storm claim.

The columns on your board

  • Inspection
  • Quoted
  • Insurance review
  • Scheduled
  • Completed

An incoming caller is a homeowner.

The stages a job moves through

  1. Captured
  2. Inspected
  3. Quoted
  4. Insurance review
  5. Approved
  6. Completed
  7. Paid

The rules that decide what comes first

  • Insurance paperwork filed before work begins on a claim
  • Permit pulled for every reroof
  • Material delivery scheduled after permit approval

The price list it starts with

Inspection
Free
Repair
Estimate
Reroof
Estimate
Storm claim assist
Included

These are example figures, not our prices. They are what the configuration ships with so the screens are not empty on day one. You set your own.

Questions she is set up to answer

  • Do you help with insurance claims?
  • Is the inspection free?
  • How long does a reroof take?

Vocabulary is inspection, claim, and permit; insurance paperwork is filed before work begins.

How you get it: tell us your trade and we set the configuration up with you during onboarding. See every trade's setup questions side by side.

How it differs

Config-backed. All three license classes are graded standard with citations, and the config keeps the Chapter 713 contract-notice duties that ride along with a roofing contract.

Florida licensing classes

Roofing contractor

Unlimited in the roofing trade: installation, maintenance, repair, and alteration of all roofing, plus waterproofing, coating, and roof-to-wall connections.

Fla. Stat. 489.105(3)(e) (2025)

Certified contractor

Holds a certificate of competency and may contract anywhere in the state without meeting local competency rules.

Fla. Stat. 489.105(8) (2025)

Registered contractor

Registered with the department having met local competency requirements.

Fla. Stat. 489.105(10) (2025)

The dashboard layout is shared across every trade. The build stages, job types, permits, and compliance rules below are generated from this trade's own config pack, so they are specific to Roofing.

Build stages and phases

Tear-off and replacement build

  1. Permit
  2. Tear-off
  3. Deck inspection and re-nail
  4. Secondary water barrier
  5. Dry-in
  6. Drip edge and valley metal
  7. Starter, field, ridge and hip
  8. Inspection
  9. Punch list and magnet sweep
  10. Permit close-out

Insurance-claim job build

  1. Damage documentation
  2. Good-faith itemised estimate
  3. Contract signing
  4. Cancellation window
  5. Official start date

Leak chase and repair service

  1. Call taken
  2. Leak chase
  3. Flashing and pipe boot repair
  4. Magnet sweep

Emergency tarp and dry-in service

  1. Emergency call
  2. Dry-in and stabilise
  3. Official start date check
  4. Permanent repair

Job types

Full tear-off and replacement, asphalt shingle buildpermit

The most common residential job. Tear-off, deck inspection and re-nail, secondary water barrier, underlayment, drip edge, valley metal, starter, field, ridge and hip, vents.

Tile (concrete or clay) buildpermit

Heavier, slower, more expensive. Tile relay versus new tile is a distinct scope, and battens, foam set and mortar set are separate systems with separate approvals.

Metal (5V crimp, standing seam) buildpermit

Growing in Florida residential. Standing seam is a premium architectural product with panel-specific approvals.

Low-slope / flat (TPO, modified bitumen, built-up) buildpermit

Commercial work, and Florida additions and lanais. Edge metal and termination detail are where these fail.

Repair service

Leak chase, slipped or broken tile, flashing, pipe boots. The most common call and the least profitable.

Roof-over / recover buildpermit

Governed by the existing-roofing provisions and restricted by the number of existing layers and by deck condition.

Wind-mitigation retrofit build

Deck re-nail, roof-to-wall connectors, secondary water barrier - done at reroof under the Fla. Stat. 553.844 framework, and directly tied to the homeowner's insurance premium.

Emergency tarp / dry-in service

Post-storm stabilisation. A temporary repair in compliance with the Florida Building Code can constitute the contract's 'official start date' and close the storm-period cancellation window.

Permits

Permit triggers from the pack. The pack does not name the local permit or its filing window on purpose, so this page does not either. The building department confirms those.

  • Tear-off and replacement, roof-over or recover, and reroof work generally

    Permit required · inspection required

  • Taking more than 10 percent of the contract price as a deposit on residential real property

    Permit required · Fla. Stat. 489.126 (2025)

  • Issuance of a permit on a roof repair or replacement contract

    Permit required · Fla. Stat. 489.147(6) (2025), as revised by ch. 2025-40

Compliance rules

Obligations that fire on a job, from this trade's pack. Items marked as an open question were not fully settled by the research and should be confirmed, not asserted.

  • The 8th Edition clock runs out at the end of 2026 state

    Open question The permit-grandfathering mechanics at the 8th-to-9th changeover - which permits stay under the 8th Edition, and whether that turns on application date or issue date - were not confirmed against the Commission's own rule. Do not tell a contractor which edition their pending permit falls under. Defer to the local building department and the Florida Building Commission.

    Florida Building Commission / floridabuilding.org code-development pages; Florida Roofing & Sheet Metal Contractors Association, 'Changes in the 2026 9th Edition of the Florida Building Code'

  • Licence number on every offer, proposal, contract, advertisement and vehicle state

    Fla. Stat. 489.119(5)(b)-(c) (2025)

  • A registered licence limits the service area state

    Fla. Stat. 489.105(8), (10); 489.128 (2025)

  • Deposit over 10 percent starts a permit and commencement clock state

    Fla. Stat. 489.126 (2025)

  • Lien-law and recovery-fund notices state

    Fla. Stat. 713.015; 489.1425 (2025)

  • Notice of Commencement before the first inspection state

    Open question A roofing-specific Notice of Commencement exemption at the higher figure was referenced by one secondary source and could not be found in the statute. Do not tell a roofer that a mid-sized repair is exempt. Defer to the issuing authority and the recorded statute.

    Fla. Stat. 713.135 (2025)

  • How a roofing product proves it meets the wind load state

    FBC 8th Ed. (2023), Building, Section 1504

  • Edge metal to ANSI/SPRI ES-1 on low-slope industrytrade convention

  • Secondary water barrier on reroof - where it actually lives state

    FBC 8th Ed. (2023) Existing Building Section 706.7.2; FBC Building Section 1507.1.1; Fla. Stat. 553.844(2) (2025)

  • Where existing-roofing work sits in the code state

    FBC 8th Ed. (2023) Building Ch. 15 and Section 1511; FBC Residential Ch. 9; FBC Existing Building Section 706.1.1

  • Cite the chapter law, not the bill designation state

    Open question Which special-session bill designation maps to which chapter law could not be confirmed. Defer to the statute's own History line.

    Fla. Stat. 553.844 History line (2025)

  • HVHZ is a parallel code, not a stricter version of the same one state

    Open question Whether a statewide Florida Product Approval is sufficient inside the HVHZ, and in which direction acceptance runs, was not confirmed against Rule 61G20-3, F.A.C. Treat product-approval sufficiency as a question for the authority having jurisdiction and never assert interchangeability either way. Defer to the authority having jurisdiction.

    FBC 8th Ed. (2023) Building Sections 1512-1525; Fla. Stat. 553.73 (2025); Miami-Dade County, 'HVHZ Code Changes to FL Building Code 8th edition, 2023'

  • Fla. Stat. 489.147 has been amended four times in five years state

    Fla. Stat. 489.147 (2025) History line

  • The three disclosures a roof-damage-claim solicitation must carry state

    Fla. Stat. 489.147(1)(a), (2)(a) (2025)

  • 'Free inspection' standing alone is permitted - and easy to break state

    Fla. Stat. 489.147(1)(a), (2)(b) (2025)

  • No rebate, gift or deductible waiver to get an inspection or a claim state

    Fla. Stat. 489.147(2)(b), (3), (4); 817.234(7) (2025)

  • No compensation for referrals where insurance proceeds are payable state

    Fla. Stat. 489.147(2)(c) (2025)

  • No interpreting policy provisions or advising on coverage state

    Fla. Stat. 489.147(2)(d) (2025)

  • No repair authorisation without a good-faith itemised estimate state

    Fla. Stat. 489.147(2)(e) (2025)

  • The two notices a roof contract must carry state

    Open question The notice text is reproduced in the research from the statute. A contract generator must pull the current statutory wording rather than a cached copy, because this subsection is the newest amendment in a statute amended four times. Defer to the current text of Fla. Stat. 489.147(7).

    Fla. Stat. 489.147(5), (7) (2025), as added by ch. 2025-40

  • The storm-period cancellation right, and what closes it state

    Fla. Stat. 489.147(6) (2025), as revised by ch. 2025-40

  • The door-to-door cancellation right stacks on top state

    Fla. Stat. 501.025 (2025)

  • Post-loss benefits may not be assigned state

    Open question How renewals of pre-2023 policies are treated could not be established. Do not answer that question. Defer to the carrier and the policy documents.

    Fla. Stat. 627.7152(13) (2025); SB 2-A enrolled text

  • The statute is enforceable; its constitutionality is not adjudicated state

    Open question No merits ruling testing the amended text against the First Amendment was found. Describe the current statute as the law; do not represent that its constitutionality has been finally adjudicated in either direction. Defer to counsel.

    Gale Force Roofing & Restoration, LLC v. Brown, 548 F. Supp. 3d 1143 (N.D. Fla. 2021); Fla. Stat. 489.147 (2025)

  • The open-permit trap localtrade convention

  • Advertising a warranty triggers a disclosure duty federal

    Open question Whether Magnuson-Moss reaches roofing materials permanently incorporated into real property turns on 16 C.F.R. 700.1, which could not be retrieved. Do not tell a roofer whether Magnuson-Moss applies to their shingle warranty. The advertising-substantiation duty and the Part 239 disclosure guidance apply to the advertising regardless. Defer to counsel and the current text of 16 C.F.R. 700.1.

    16 C.F.R. Part 239; 16 C.F.R. Part 702

  • Performance claims need a reasonable basis federal

    FTC advertising-substantiation duty

  • FDUTPA is the general deception backstop state

    Fla. Stat. 501.204 (2025)

Vocabulary the trade actually uses

  • deck
  • re-nail
  • secondary water barrier
  • dry-in
  • starter course
  • drip edge
  • valley metal
  • hip / ridge / valley
  • boot
  • counterflashing
  • magnet sweep
  • FL#
  • Miami-Dade NOA
  • design pressures

The screens

Roofing on Command Center, its own configuration: the trade’s vocabulary, live queue, and jobs (demo data). Review the roofing stages before opening a job, keeping the trade's workflow visible from the console.
Roofing on Command Center, its own configuration: the trade’s vocabulary, live queue, and jobs (demo data). Review the roofing stages before opening a job, keeping the trade's workflow visible from the console.

The screens above are the shared dashboard the app renders for every trade. The service, build, and command screens are the same across trades. What changes for this trade is the licensing, compliance, stage sequence, and vocabulary on this page, not the screen layout.

Where it stands today

Config-backed for licensing, stages, and vocabulary. Roofing runs on the shared build and service screens.

Talk to Vincent

Want to see it configured for your work?

Call or text (772) 529-4144 or email StingerIndustries1@gmail.com. He answers the phone.

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