How it works
A cleaner way to run your own roofing project
BYOR enables average homeowners to be their own General Contractor, guiding them as they use the platform to connect with real subcontractors. Built-in English/Spanish translation keeps pre-award and live job messaging easier to follow. Your Homeowner Dashboard gives you more control, more visibility, and less waste than a traditional middle-man workflow.
Step-by-step overview with more detail on mobile and desktop
Start your project
Create the homeowner project, add the property details, and keep everything tied to one organized workspace from day one.
You enter the homeowner details, property address, and project basics first. That gives BYOR one clean place to keep uploads, measurements, contractor comparisons, and job activity.
Upload your insurance paperwork
Start with the adjuster's report, insurance estimate, claim paperwork, and project photos so BYOR can review the scope in context.
BYOR accepts PDF, JPEG, PNG, HEIC, and WEBP files up to 20 MB each. The preferred first upload is the adjuster's report or insurance estimate. Measurement reports are supported too, but they are fallback input when the insurance paperwork is missing or incomplete.
Verify the measurements
BYOR imports what it can from the uploaded documents and gives you a homeowner-friendly place to confirm the measurements before contractor comparison.
Imported square footage, ridge, valley, hip, perimeter, and related values are surfaced for review. If the parser is incomplete or the document is messy, you can still correct the numbers manually before moving forward.
Compare contractor pricing
Browse contractors by price per square and estimated turnkey totals once your measurements and scope are confirmed.
Each contractor card is tied back to the project measurements so you can compare pricing with more structure. You are not relying on vague verbal numbers or guessing what is included.
Run the job with visibility
After a contractor is awarded, BYOR becomes the homeowner workspace for contract review, payment timing, scheduling, and closeout.
The live job workspace keeps the contract, messages, payment status, completion review, and final documents in one place. The homeowner stays informed without losing control of the process.
Use premium support only if needed
Premium support adds guided help from experienced project professionals, but the homeowner remains the decision-maker.
Premium support is there for homeowners who want more hands-on help understanding scope, reviewing bids, or working through process questions. It is optional, not required.
What makes BYOR different
Built for informed homeowners, not high-pressure sales
BYOR helps you understand the project, compare pricing, and keep the process organized. It is not legal advice and it does not replace your own decisions.
No pressure, no contractor handoff
BYOR is built to help homeowners compare and manage with more structure instead of getting pushed into someone else's sales process.
Document-first workflow
Projects start with the adjuster's report, insurance estimate, and photos so the scope is anchored in real paperwork before comparison begins.
Clearer pricing logic
Measurements and project details feed the contractor comparison experience, which makes pricing easier to review and challenge.
Fallbacks when documents are incomplete
If the insurance paperwork is missing key measurements, BYOR supports fallback measurement reports and manual review instead of blocking the project.