A roof read, with its limits left visible.
Enter an address and Roofprint checks the property, the roof structure in scope and the Ontario data available for it. We show what is preliminary, what has been reviewed and what still needs a person on site. If the roof cannot be read defensibly, we stop instead of drawing an answer.
What happens after you enter an address?
Identify the right property
The address must resolve to one Ontario residential structure and the correct roof scope. Detached homes are the simplest case. A semi or townhouse needs an independently defensible unit boundary; if the requested unit cannot be separated, the tool asks for review instead of dividing the block by guesswork.
Property identity · structure scope · unit boundaryCheck available sources
Roofprint checks the approved Ontario data and licensed imagery available for the property. The source manifest retains where the data came from, when it was captured and the attribution or licence that applies. Old, incomplete or conflicting coverage lowers confidence or stops the automated path.
Source · capture date · coverageBuild and validate the roof artifact
Area, pitch, planes and edge classes are reconstructed and checked as separate measurements. The artifact is immutable: the same identified version must feed the range, report and later review. A clean total area does not make uncertain flashing or edge lengths disappear.
Artifact ID · metric checks · no silent replacementReview where confidence stops
An eligible artifact can be released automatically only under an active, proven release rule. Otherwise a specialist checks the roof, a professional report is obtained, or the roof is measured on site. A correction creates a new reviewed version; the original source record remains intact.
Auto-approved or reviewed · reviewer · timestamp
The status beside a number matters as much as the number.
Use these states consistently in the planning flow, report and proposal.
Preliminary
An initial property read used to start planning. It may use incomplete geometry and is not a professional roof report.
Review required
One or more identity, source, geometry or confidence checks did not clear. Roofprint withholds unsupported detail and routes the roof to a person.
Specialist checked
A named reviewer approved a versioned artifact. Show reviewer role, timestamp and the metrics reviewed.
Confirmed on site
Physical conditions observed on the property have been added to the scope. This does not convert an unseen condition into a known one.
- Currently unavailable
Measured automatically
Render this state only when the live release certificate exists and this exact artifact passes it. It must remain unavailable under the current default-deny state.
What remote roof data can and cannot tell us.
Can show
The property and structure in scope; the source and capture date; defensible roof area, pitch, planes and edges where the available data supports them; the assumptions used for a planning range.
Cannot show by itself
The number of shingle layers; the condition of concealed deck boards; hidden flashing or fasteners; attic conditions; safe access and staging; damage that happened after the source was captured.
Some roofs should take the human path.
Tree cover, recent construction, low data coverage, unusual geometry and unresolved attached-home boundaries can all make a remote result unsafe.
What homeowners ask about this.
Does the address result mean my roof is fully measured?
No. The address flow can produce a preliminary property read and planning range, but the screen must show its status. A professional measurement or firm scope requires an approved artifact and confirmation of conditions remote data cannot see.
How accurate is the measurement?
There is no honest single percentage for every roof and every metric. Area, pitch, roof planes and each edge class have separate tolerances and confidence. Roofprint should publish accuracy only for a named metric, source, market and validated release set—not as an undefined percentage on every address.
Why might my roof need specialist review?
The tool may find an ambiguous structure, an attached-home boundary it cannot resolve, outdated or incomplete source coverage, heavy canopy, unusual geometry or disagreement between sources. Review is the correct result when forcing an answer would be less trustworthy.
What changes after the on-site roof check?
The check can confirm layers, visible deck and flashing conditions, ventilation, access, staging and other scope details the remote read cannot establish. The firm proposal should show what changed from the planning range and why.
Do I need to provide contact information to see the planning range?
No, provided the current funnel continues to show the range before contact capture. Contact details are needed only when you choose to save the file, request review or request roof-check windows. This claim must remain covered by an automated end-to-end test.
Start with the address. Keep every assumption in view.
See whether your property can produce a preliminary roof read and planning range. If it needs a person, Roofprint should tell you before unsupported geometry becomes a promise.