chit in the field
A roof inspection notes app for storm estimators
Who carries it: Estimator / crew lead
Two ladders and forty squares later, nobody remembers which slope had the wind creases. chit is a voice recorder for roofing contractors: count the hits out loud as you walk, hold the button through the recap with the adjuster, and come down with all of it captured. The scope narration becomes the estimate draft, and supplements queue as next steps instead of becoming the margin you lost.
The supplement you forgot to write down is the margin you lost.
When an estimator presses it
- Roof-walk narration
- hail and wind damage documentation
- adjuster meetings
- homeowner approvals
“Storm-restoration estimator; capture damage counts, slopes, and adjuster agreements.”
A context like this — typed once into the app — is how chit stops being a generic recorder and starts being yours.
Scope narration becomes the estimate draft; supplements queued as next steps.
Every roof-walk and adjuster conversation on record, searchable when a supplement is questioned.
An adjuster-conversation record is what a supplement gets argued from; data in your own VPC.
Storm season runs on what you documented
In a hail week you might walk fifteen roofs, and every one of them becomes a scope you have to defend to an adjuster who was not there. The count per square, the slope, the collateral on the soft metals, the vent that was already cracked — say it out loud as you find it, standing on the slope, instead of writing it on the back of an estimate at midnight. The evening digest turns the walk into the beginning of an estimate, with the supplements queued as next steps. And when the adjuster agreed to something on the phone, that conversation is a record rather than a memory of a call you took while driving.
See the app work
Good questions
Can I use it on the roof with my hands full?
chit is one card and one button — hold it, speak, let go. Most estimators narrate between measurements: slope by slope, hit counts, soft metal damage, and it is captured before the next square.
How do I document hail damage for the claim file?
Count hits aloud by slope and elevation as you find them. The transcript keeps the counts, locations and your test-square notes together, and supplements you spot get queued as next steps instead of forgotten.
Can I record what the adjuster agreed to?
Many estimators hold the button and recap the agreement aloud the moment the meeting ends. Where you record the conversation itself, your state's consent rule is yours to check first.
Will it last a storm week?
The battery runs about a month of typical use, and chit records offline and syncs later — a full week of inspections in a dead zone still comes home.
What about crews and multi-office roofing companies?
Teams get branded device fleets with data resident in your own VPC. See hichit.com/enterprise, and ask us about compliance deployments.
How many hail hits per square do I need to document?
Carriers commonly look for eight to ten strikes inside a ten-by-ten test square before they will total a slope, but the threshold is the adjuster's call and it varies by carrier and state. chit's job is the count and the context: call out the square, the slope and the number as you walk, and the evening digest hands back what you said with the supplements queued.
Recording laws differ by state, and several require every party's consent. chit only captures while the button is held — know your state's rule before recording another person.
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