For roofers
Quoting for roofers
A roofer quotes from a ladder, a drone photo or the ground with a tape and some experience. The customer is usually standing under a leak and wants a number today. Quote Desk turns the number into a sent quote with an accept link while you are still in the street.
Quote from Harbourline Plumbing
Hot water unit replacement
| Remove old unit and dispose | $180.00 |
| 250L electric unit, supplied | $1,290.00 |
| Install, valves and compliance | $420.00 |
| Total | $1,890.00 |
Sent from the ute. Follow-up goes out Thursday if there is no answer.
What gets in the way for roofers
The leak that will not wait
Storm season fills the phone. The first roofer with a readable quote and an accept button gets the job. A quote emailed from the driveway beats one typed up that night.
What is under the tiles
You cannot see rotten battens or perished sarking until the tiles are off. The quote needs a fixed price for what you can see and a sentence about the rest. The note is for that sentence.
Insurance jobs and paperwork
An insurer or an owner's corporation wants it in writing with each item listed. Lines with quantities and prices do that without a separate document.
Height and access
Scaffold, edge protection and a boom lift are real costs that customers do not see. A line for each, named, stops the customer thinking the price is padding.
A worked example
Roofer work, with Quote Desk
Think of a fictional roofing business, Ridgeline Roofing, with a crew of three. Price list: call-out and inspection $160 each, tile replacement per tile $18, ridge capping re-bed and re-point per metre $65, valley iron replacement per metre $120, gutter replacement per metre $68, edge protection per day $380, sarking per square metre $14.
An enquiry arrives through their website form (they are on Crew) describing a leak above the bathroom after a storm. The roofer inspects, finds eleven cracked tiles and twelve metres of ridge capping that has let go. Quote this: inspection x1, tile replacement x11, ridge capping per metre x12, edge protection per day x1. Note: price includes GST, matching second-hand tiles where available, work weather permitting within seven days. Total $1,518. Sent from the ute. Accepted from the customer's kitchen within the hour.
A full re-roof goes out as a longer quote with a typed-in line for the new roof sheets and a note that any replacement of battens found rotten is charged per metre at the rate stated. He presses Follow up automatically because re-roofs take people a week to decide.
Talk of the Trade
Roofers on Talk of the Trade
Talk of the Trade ranks roofers by how many Google reviews they have. Figures as of October 2026.
See the lists on Talk of the Trade. Being listed there has nothing to do with using Quote Desk: no listing is sold and no rank changes.
Questions from roofers
Can I quote a repair I have not fully inspected?
Quote what you can see as fixed lines and say in the note what is excluded and what rate applies if more is found. If the scope changes, send a second quote; the customer accepts the new one on their phone.
Do customers need to print anything?
No. The quote is an email and a page on their phone. Insurers and property managers who want a copy can be forwarded the email.
How many roofers are on Talk of the Trade?
As of October 2026 there are 164 ranked lists of roofers on the directory, with 1,910 businesses listed in New South Wales, 1,248 in Victoria and 976 in Queensland. Quote Desk does not touch the rankings.
Also for
Other trades and shops
Send the next one from the ute.
Free is five quotes a month with no card. If you send more than that, Starter is $39 a month. Either way the set-up is typing in your price list.