A storm comes through overnight and by eight in the morning your phone is full of slipped tiles, missing ridge and water coming through a bedroom ceiling. You can't take calls from a scaffold. Ringzel's AI receptionist answers them for you, in your business name, and hands you a list you can work through when you're back on the ground.
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Roofing calls come in bursts. A windy night, a week of heavy rain or the first frost, and suddenly everyone wants someone to look at their roof today.
That's exactly when you're least able to answer. You're up a ladder, on a scaffold, or on a roof where you can't safely stop to take a call. Your receptionist picks up the calls you can't, so the busy days after a storm don't turn into a pile of voicemails you never get through.
Our guide to what missed calls cost a roofing business works through those storm weeks with real UK repair and re-roof prices.
It answers in your business name and tells the caller it's automated.
You decide what it gathers, such as the address, the type of roof, what they can see from the ground, whether water is coming inside, and whether it's a house they own, a rental or a business.
If a caller says water is coming through the ceiling, you can configure that type of call to be treated as urgent, while a price for new fascias and guttering in spring is taken as routine. It doesn't assess the roof itself.
It won't tell anyone whether their roof is safe, what's wrong with it or what they should do about it. If you have a standard instruction for callers, it passes it on exactly as you've set it.
For call types you mark as urgent, it gives your emergency instruction and texts you straight away. If someone says there's an immediate danger to life, such as a collapse or falling debris, it tells them to hang up and call 999.
For each call, you get the recording, the transcript, a summary and a check report. That's included on every plan.
The summary gives you the address, the roof type, the damage the caller described and how urgent it is. After a storm, that turns a day of missed calls into a list you can sort by urgency and area.
The check report looks back over each call, checking the key details were captured and that urgent leaks were escalated in the way you'd want.
Tiles on the drive. A damp patch spreading across the landing ceiling.
Example call scenario. An illustration, not a recording of a real call.
The morning after high winds, a homeowner rings at 7.30am. Several tiles are lying on the drive and there's a damp patch spreading across the landing ceiling.
Your receptionist answers in your business name, says it's automated and takes the address and callback number. It asks what kind of roof it is, where the water is showing inside and whether it's getting worse, as you've set it to. You've marked water coming inside as urgent, so it follows your emergency instruction and texts you straight away.
The summary, recording and check report are waiting for you, so the call back takes a minute rather than twenty.
Example call scenarios. These are illustrations, not recordings of real calls.
A homeowner wants a price for replacing their roof.
What happens: The address and details are taken for you. On Professional and Premium, a quote visit can be booked into your calendar.
A caller asks whether their roof is safe after a storm.
What happens: It won't judge a roof. It takes the details and passes them to you.
A caller asks for something you haven't given it an answer to.
What happens: It says so, takes a message with a good time to call back and flags it for you. It doesn't bluff.
Bigger roofing jobs are often researched online first. Your bespoke AI chat widget talks to those visitors for you, so nobody needs to sit behind a live chat window.
Someone on your website is thinking about replacing a tired flat roof on their garage extension. The chat answers their questions from the information about your business, asks about the size of the roof, its age and when they'd like the work done, and captures the enquiry.
When the conversation ends, the transcript and a summary are saved in your Ringzel account. You can ring them to arrange a quote or, where available, contact them on WhatsApp.
Flat roof replacement on a garage extension, about 4m by 3m. Wants it done before winter.
On the Professional and Premium plans, your receptionist can also:
On Basic, your receptionist takes the details and you arrange the visit yourself.
Type in your business name and Ringzel builds a receptionist from your website and Google listing. It takes about two minutes. Then talk to it in your browser as a customer would: report missing tiles, ask for a quote on guttering, ask if you do flat roofs.
No phone needed. No card.
There are no call limits on any plan, which matters on the day after a storm. Basic is £99 a month. Professional is £179 a month and adds bookings, call transfers and team routing. Premium is £299 a month. Every plan includes the recording, transcript, summary and check report for every call, and a 14-day free trial with no card to start.
Answers and captures.
Answers, books and routes.
Connects to the rest of your business.
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Really happy with Ringzel. It was easy to get set up, and it's been working great for us at Art on Film. The whole experience has been refreshingly simple.
Yes. It answers the calls you can't take, in your business name, using an AI receptionist that asks your questions and gets the details to you.
Yes. It captures the address, the damage and whether water is coming inside, then follows your rules for urgent calls, including texting you straight away.
No. It never assesses a roof or gives safety or repair advice. It only passes on instructions you've set, exactly as you've written them. If someone says there's an immediate danger to life, it tells them to call 999.
Calls are unlimited on every plan, and each one is answered, summarised and checked, so you can work through them in order of urgency.
Yes, on the Professional and Premium plans. It books into your calendar using the slots you choose. On Basic, it takes the details and you book the visit.
Yes. You keep your number and forward the calls you can't take, whether you're busy, not answering or closed.
From £99 a month with unlimited calls. Professional, with bookings, transfers and routing, is £179 a month. There's a 14-day free trial with no card to start.
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