Canvassing that actually covers the swath
Door-knocking is still the highest-converting channel in storm restoration roofing — but only if your crews are working the right streets and not tripping over each other. The route planning feature takes a geofenced damage zone and turns it into clean, optimized canvassing routes so every rep covers their territory without doubling back or skipping blocks.
No more reps free-styling down whatever street looks good. The system assigns territory, sequences the addresses for the shortest drive-and-walk path, and tracks what happened at every door.
- Optimized sequencing — the shortest practical path through assigned streets, so reps spend the daylight knocking, not driving.
- Territory splitting — divide a neighborhood across multiple crews with no overlap.
- Knock dispositions — log “not home,” “callback,” “inspection booked,” or “not interested” right at the door.
- Auto follow-up — a “not home” gets a door-hanger reminder and an automated text the same evening.
Every knock feeds the pipeline
The point of route planning is not just to organize the walk — it is to make sure no conversation evaporates. Each disposition writes back to the homeowner’s contact record in your GoHighLevel account:
- Inspection booked at the door drops the homeowner straight into the inspection pipeline and notifies the office.
- Callback requested schedules an automated follow-up text and a reminder on the rep’s task list.
- Not home triggers an evening SMS and a return visit on tomorrow’s route.
- Damage spotted from the street flags the address as high-priority for a senior closer.
This ties directly into your storm geofencing — the swath becomes the routes, and the routes become booked inspections.
Storm canvassing — clipboard vs route planning
Reps grab a clipboard and wander → two crews knock the same street → 'not homes' are forgotten → booked inspections live on sticky notes that never reach the office
Geofence becomes assigned routes → each rep gets a sequenced street list → every knock is logged → booked inspections and callbacks sync to GHL automatically
Manage the whole crew from one board
For a contractor running three or four canvassing crews during a busy storm week, the office needs to see everything without making a dozen phone calls. The route planning view shows live progress:
- Streets covered vs remaining across every active territory.
- Inspections booked per rep, per neighborhood, per day.
- Heat of the swath — which blocks are converting and which are tapped out.
- Crew accountability — knock counts and disposition rates by person.
This turns canvassing from a guessing game into a measurable channel you can actually coach and scale.
Knock the door, then keep the relationship
A booked inspection is just the start. Because the address is already a contact in GHL, the rest of the system takes over: the inspection gets drone and phone photos attached, the job builds a documentation library, and if the homeowner files an insurance claim, you can track it stage by stage. The door knock is the front of a machine, not a one-off.
Live in 24 hours
Route planning ships inside the Roofing Snapshot for a one-time $1,500 (was $2,300), installed in your GoHighLevel account within 24 hours. Set it up before the storms come so your crews hit the ground organized on day one.
Stop guessing which streets to knock — get optimized routes wired into GHL
Do reps need a separate app?
Reps work from their phone inside the same GHL mobile experience your team already uses. Routes, addresses, and disposition buttons live right there.
Can I reassign territory mid-day?
Yes. If a crew clears their streets early, you can hand them an adjacent block from the office without anyone driving back for new instructions.
What happens to a 'not home' address?
It automatically gets a door-hanger task, an evening text, and a slot on the next day's route so the street gets full coverage.
Does it work outside storm season?
Absolutely. The same routing drives retail and reroof canvassing in any neighborhood you target, storm or not.