Gaffer for
damp proofers.
Damp work is sold on a diagnosis and bought on a guarantee. The customer wants to know what is actually wrong, and a buyer’s solicitor in eight years’ time wants the guarantee certificate. Gaffer builds the dampness diagnosis report on site with the moisture readings and photos in it, and files the guarantee certificate against the property where it can be found again. Quote, schedule, record the work, invoice and get paid — with the 17 trade documents damp proofers actually use already in the account.
Where two names look alike they are different documents — a notification is not the certificate that follows it, and two schemes covering the same work each want their own form. If you think one is missing, or that one of these is redundant, say so and we will change the pack.
Priced quote templates for damp proofers, your own price book and good-better-best options. Customers accept and pay a deposit from their phone.
17 trade documents ready for damp proofers — 9 written for this trade, 8 shared with others — filled in on the phone, signed on site and emailed as a PDF before you leave.
One tap raises the invoice from the accepted quote, nets off the deposit and sends a Pay Now link. Reminders chase for you.
Finished jobs surface follow-up work automatically — the room you did not do, the quote they never answered, the customer who has gone quiet.
A rising damp diagnosis and treatment, end to end
This is the shape of the work in Gaffer — the same job you already do, with the hand-offs taken off your plate.
See the same job in detail- Day 0Enquiry off the back of a homebuyer’s survey. Inspection booked for Thursday.
- ThuDampness diagnosis report on the phone: readings room by room, photos, causes.
- ThuQuote sent from the van — DPC injection, replastering, a timber decay survey.
- Day 5Accepted online with a deposit. Job scheduled across two days.
- Day 19Rising damp treatment record signed; guarantee certificate emailed as a PDF.
- +8 yrsThe house sells. The solicitor wants the guarantee. It is on the property.
17 trade documents, ready for damp proofers.
9 of them are written for this trade and 8 are shared with others — an EICR is an EICR whoever issues it. Every one is a real digital form, not a blank template.
Each one is a proper digital form: the fields that document actually needs, signature capture, photo attachments, a PDF the customer can keep, and — where it has one — an expiry date Gaffer tracks. Completed on the phone, offline if it has to be.
- BS 8102 waterproofing design record
- Dampness diagnosis report
- Guarantee certificate
- Penetrating damp treatment
- Rising damp treatment
- Structural drying record
- Timber decay survey (dry/wet rot)
- Woodworm treatment record
- Waterproofing record
- Asbestos awareness check
- COSHH record
- Contractor Credentials Record
- COSHH assessment
- Waste transfer note
- Handover record
- Site survey
- Risk assessment
Certificates are the start. The whole operation runs here.
Leads, quotes, scheduling, the field app, invoicing, payments, reminders, reports and your accounts sync — all in the same login as the paperwork.
Run your next damp proofer job on Gaffer.
Free for 14 days, no card. Pick “Damp Proofer” at sign-up and the 17 trade documents above are switched on before you finish your tea.
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