Once you've received Hover measurements for a property you can generate a material list from either the mobile or web app.
A material list can be created from any exterior Hover measurement report, regardless of whether the measurements were extracted from photos or a blueprint, or as a roof-only or complete (roofing and siding) report.
Course: How to Create a Material List
Take advantage of this short, interactive walkthrough to learn how to create a material list, or continue reading below for an overview of how the process works.
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1. Tap material list
Navigate to the property and tap Material list
Navigate to the property and tap Material list
From the My Properties page, open the property details and click the Material list button to begin
This will generate a list of templates for you to use
Can I start a material list before the HOVER measurements are ready?
Can I start a material list before the HOVER measurements are ready?
While it is possible to click the Material List button and create a material list before receiving your property measurements, the items that depend on measurements will not display properly, and any non-measurement dependent items will show quantities of zero.
If you decide to generate a material list prior to receiving HOVER's measurements, you can either:
Click Recalculate Material List to manually enter measurements, or
Ensure more accurate material quantities are represented by clicking Recalculate Material List once HOVER property measurements are ready
2. Select templates
Select the template(s) you want to use for each trade, based on your project scope:
Select the template(s) you want to use for each trade, based on your project scope:
If you or an admin has saved templates to your account, you'll see them first under the Custom template section
If you haven't saved templates yet, you'll only see the option to choose templates under the heading HOVER Library
To find the template you need, you can search by the manufacturer, product line, trade, material type/substrate, and more! If you're still unable to find the template you’re looking for, you can request a specific template by selecting the "Need another template?" option.
Note: Our manufacturer / branded templates are developed in collaboration with the manufacturers, themselves. We are actively working on partnerships to expand our HOVER Template Library of ready-made templates.
When finished, click Create Material List
*Stone and brick templates coming soon
Note: if the job has roof only measurements, it will only be able to calculate roofing templates. Other trade templates will appear in the selection menu but if chosen, those values will show as 0.
3. Review the material list
Once your templates have been selected, HOVER will automatically prepare a list of the material quantities for each trade, with default values for installation and waste preferences.
You can make edits to the material list by either editing line items or updating the project scope.
Editing the project scope (view full article)
Editing the project scope (view full article)
If your project has unique install or waste preferences you should first edit the project scope. For example, you want to update ice and water calculations, apply gutter apron on eaves instead of rather drip edge, or include metal flashing on valleys.
You may also need to edit the scope if your requested to have your property measurements reprocessed or you created a material list before receiving the property measurements.
NOTE: Editing the project scope will fully regenerate the material list, effectively overwriting any modifications previously made (including any in-line edits to product names, variations, etc).
Quick links
Quick links
You can easily reference your selected trades (i.e. Siding, Gutters, etc) by clicking the grey button(s) beside the Materials heading
Clicking the trade button(s), will help to quickly navigate to the line items for that trade
Line items
Line items
For each line item, you can make inline edits to the name, color/variation, quantities, etc. Plus, you can change the unit of measure by using the UoM selection dropdown menu
Calculation details (line item waste and coverage)
Calculation details (line item waste and coverage)
Click the calculator icon:
This pop-up screen allows you to see context for how we calculated the specific material line item and allows you to quickly view or adjust the waste factor or coverage for a particular line item.
Each template will have a default waste factor which you'll see in the Measurements column. The waste value set at the line item level will take precedence over the waste factor selected at the template level.
If you change the product of a line item, you need to ensure the coverage specified matches the selected product. It will not recalculate automatically based on product name changes.
To adjust the waste or coverage:
Click the calculator icon
Click into the Waste field, manually type your desired waste factor
Click into the Coverage field, manually type your desired value
Click Update
Unit costs
Unit costs
Material costs are not provided by default, so you can price out the items you sell or purchase. You can manually add in the costs for each line item by clicking into the unit cost field of each line item. You can also save these unit costs as part of your template for future use by using our Save as Template feature.
Total material costs
Total material costs
As unit costs are updated, the total cost for materials will be reflected in the box at the top of the material list:
4. Download and share
If you're satisfied with how your material list looks, download and share it as a PDF or CSV.
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