Show Exactly What's Going on the Roof

Panel Takeoff generates a professional PDF report with every panel numbered and measured, every trim type totaled, and a scaled roof sketch with annotations. Your company name goes on every page.

Use it to show your client you know exactly what they're paying for. Use it to show the adjuster that your material quantities are real measurements, not a percentage guess.

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Prove You Know the Job

When a homeowner is looking at a five-figure metal roof, they want to know the contractor has it dialed in. The Panel Takeoff report shows them exactly that.

Every panel on the roof is numbered and listed with its individual length. The roof sketch shows where each one goes. Trim quantities are broken out by type. Total squares, total linear footage, and total panels are all on the page.

Hand this to a client and the conversation changes. You're not quoting a price and asking them to trust you. You're showing them the exact material going on their roof, measured to the tenth of a foot.

Justify Every Foot of Material

If you've fought an adjuster over waste allowance, you know the problem. They see 10% waste in their software and that's what they approve. But standing seam doesn't work like shingles. Every panel is a specific length cut for a specific spot on the roof. The waste isn't a percentage you can negotiate. It's built into the geometry.

The Panel Takeoff report makes this argument for you. The cut list shows every panel individually. Panel A-1 is 18.3 feet. Panel A-7 is 20.6 feet. Panel L-4 is 14.2 feet. There's no rounding, no rule-of-thumb, no square-footage multiplier. The material quantities come directly from the measured geometry of the roof.

When the adjuster can see that 154 panels at specific lengths add up to 1,587.4 linear feet, the conversation isn't about waste percentage anymore. It's about the actual material required to cover the roof.

What's Included

Cover page

Your company name, job name, and an explanation of how the report was generated. The “About This Report” section explains that every panel is measured individually from the roof geometry, not estimated.

Roof sketch with panel lengths

The scaled 2D plan view with every panel length annotated on the drawing. One look and you can see the layout.

Tiling summary

Total panels, total panel linear footage, coil square footage, and trim linear footage broken out by type: drip edge, rake, hip cap, ridge cap, valley, apron, J-strip, and Z-closure. Plus line footage totals for every edge type on the roof.

Panel cut list

Every panel on every facet, numbered and listed with its length. Facet A: 29 panels. Facet B: 12 panels. All the way through. This is the list your crew uses to cut material and the list your adjuster uses to verify scope.

Line measurements diagram

Every edge measurement on the roof, annotated on the plan view.

Facet map

Labeled diagram showing which facet letter corresponds to which area of the roof.

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