Answering service for roofers in Chicago, IL

Roofers in Chicago miss a third of their calls. Hank picks up.

You’re running a shop covering the Chicagoland (312, 773, 872area codes). Phone’s ringing, you’re on a job. Hank picks up, qualifies the work, and texts you back a clean job card. Hailstorm season is the make-or-break window for roofing shops in this region — first roofer to pick up wins the roof.

Local context · Chicago, IL

Cook County's freeze-thaw cycle and the lake-effect winters drive Chicagoland's biggest emergency surges — frozen pipes, ice dams, furnace failures all cluster in the same January weeks.

● founder-led · onboarding the first 25 shops

The math, for a Chicago-area shop

Storm season is feast or famine. Voicemails turn it into famine.

50%

of post-storm roofing calls go unanswered as crews are out climbing

$8,400

average value of a roof-replacement job lost when the homeowner calls the next roofer (service tickets average less; we model the upside)

90%

of homeowners who can't reach a roofer call the next one within 10 minutes

Estimates from public industry benchmarks. Run the math for your Chicago shop →

Sample call · what a roofer call sounds like

He sounds like the office manager who's been in the metro through three storm seasons.

Transcript · live
Hank
Northwind Roofing, this is Hank — what's going on?
Caller
We had that hail storm last week and my neighbor told me to get the roof checked.
Hank
Good call — the 8/14 storm hit your area pretty hard. We do free estimates for hail damage. What's the address?
Caller
4416 Maple Drive.
Hank
Got it. We've got an inspector in your neighborhood tomorrow morning. Does 9am work?
Caller
Yeah, 9am is good.

Don't lose the next storm to the next roofer.

Founder-led early access for Chicago-area shops. Hand-walked setup with the first 25.

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