The promise
If Avidra doesn't recover 3 booked jobs in your first 30 days, I refund everything and disconnect you myself.
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ROOFING · MILTON
After-hours call answering for Milton roofers
Phone rings first4.2s response30-day guarantee
Insurance leads are the lifeblood and they don't wait. An adjuster's quote window is usually 72 hours. If you miss the first call, you've usually missed the work too.
A Tuesday in Milton
Tuesday at 9am you're loading the truck in Milton. The first call of the day is a soffit and fascia replacement tied to a roof job. You're already booked solid by the time it's transcribed and sent back to your inbox. You hear the phone vibrate on the workbench. The torque wrench is mid-turn and there's no putting it down.
The 4pm call is a homeowner with a water stain on a bedroom ceiling. You can't take it. By 6:30pm there's an after-hours job too, a tarp call after storm damage, can't wait until morning. Two missed calls, one half-day of revenue, no way to triage from a ladder.
What changes
Avidra is a text-back system that runs the second you miss a call. The caller gets a real reply, not a voicemail loop. You get a structured lead with the basics filled in.
The Tuesday morning call still happens. You still can't answer mid-job. Now the homeowner gets a text in under five seconds asking the basics. By the time you're back in the truck the lead is qualified and sitting in your inbox.
How you wire it up
Avidra runs two ways. Keep your existing business number and forward to Avidra only when you can't pick up. The caller reaches you first. The AI handles the miss. Or use the Avidra number directly and let AI pick up every call, transferring to you when the caller asks. Most shops start with the first setup. The second works better once you've grown past one person on the phone.
Both pickup modes run on the Free tier. AI voice answering and SMS text-back are included at $0, with 30 voice minutes a month.
What it costs
Free for 14 days. No card to start. Plans after the trial run from a flat monthly rate, not per-call. Most roofers pay less per month than the value of one recovered job. See the pricing page for current numbers.
The phone end of your shop
Avidra owns the phone end of your shop. It picks up calls, runs the qualifier, captures the job, and relays the messages you ask it to send. Everything past the phone stays with you. Pricing, scheduling, dispatch, billing all live in your existing tools.
The text won't quote a tear-off. It won't estimate a roof age over the phone. It won't promise an insurance-approved scope. The intake captures enough to triage. The actual roof and the actual quote stay yours, after you've been on the ladder.
The math on your missed calls
The numbers on a roofing shop your size.
4 calls/week missed$1,200 avg job$4,800 / week$20,800 / month$249,600 / year
73% of homeowners don't leave a voicemail. They call the next roofer on Google.
Avidra catches them in 4.2 seconds.
Calls roofers in Milton actually take
Here's what your line catches on a normal week. Flashing repair around a chimney. Missing shingles after a high-wind day. Soffit and fascia replacement tied to a roof job. Skylight that started dripping after a heavy rain. Pick up first and you book the job. Pick up second and you don't.
Off-hours calls run differently. Tighter, more urgent, less willing to wait until morning. Tarp call after storm damage, can't wait until morning. Tree limb through the roof after a wind event. The shop that picks up fast keeps the work.
What the year looks like
Peak roughly April through October. Storm-driven spikes outside that window. Winter work is mostly emergency repair and tarp jobs.
For most roofers, the call volume isn't flat. You probably already plan staffing and on-call coverage around the peaks. Avidra runs the same in busy season as in slow. No per-call charges, no surge pricing when the inbox gets loud.
Setup is short
Setup is a 10-digit phone number and a short script. You forward your missed calls to the Avidra number that gets assigned at signup. You edit the default intake script to match how you talk to a new lead. That's the whole setup.
Most owners run their first real test inside an hour of signing up. The honest test is to miss a call on purpose from a friend's phone and watch what happens. The text fires. The follow-up questions land. You see the lead summary on your phone.
The five-second window
Speed is the whole game. A caller who got voicemail and then got a confirmation email twenty minutes later has already booked the next number on the list. A text-back inside five seconds reads as a real reply. The caller responds while they're still mentally on the call. The human callback then lands into a warm conversation, not a cold one.
After-hours and on-the-ground in Milton
Ice dam season in Milton brings active-leak calls during the first warm-up after a deep cold snap. Working-at-Heights training is mandatory for any crew working over three metres above grade in Ontario, and WSIB clearance is required to set foot on a customer's property.
Common questions
Does it handle commercial flat-roof inquiries?
Yes. Commercial intake is a separate path that captures roof type, building age, and existing warranty status.
Can it pause during off-season?
Yes. By month, by week, or any time you want.
What about active-leak calls in the middle of a rain storm?
Active-leak calls trigger a 'we'll be in touch within the hour' script and route to your dispatch immediately.
Will it work for storm-chase calls?
Yes. The intake can branch on hail or wind events and capture the storm date for insurance correlation.
Can it ask if it's single-family or multi-unit?
Yes. Property type and number of stories are standard intake questions.
Try Avidra on your own number
Start free for 14 days. No card required. Plug your business number in, miss a call on purpose, and see the text fire. Try Avidra on your real business number for 14 days. Picks up your missed calls. Picks up live if you let it. No card up front.
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