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For restoration contractors, the documentation requirements on every job are unusually intense: every room photographed at multiple phases, every moisture reading captured as structured data with a timestamp, every piece of equipment tracked for runtime, and every claim packaged for an adjuster who has never seen the property. The tooling that handles this well is different from generic photo apps.
A water damage or fire restoration job typically goes through 4–6 documented phases:
Every photo and reading needs to be tied to a specific room, a specific phase, and a specific date. The adjuster reviewing the claim needs to be able to trace any decision in the documentation back to the underlying evidence.
Generic photo documentation apps capture photos. That's necessary but not sufficient for restoration work, which also needs:
Structured moisture readings — not just a photo of the meter screen, but the actual reading value tied to a specific surface, room, and date. Adjusters want to see the dry-down curve over time.
Room-and-phase organization — the unit of documentation is a room-phase pair, not a project. The same room photographed during inspection looks very different from the same room photographed at dry-out completion.
Equipment tracking — which air movers were placed where, when they ran, when they were removed. Some claims are challenged on equipment hours.
Audit trail integrity — every photo timestamped, GPS-tagged, attributed to a specific crew member, and unalterable. If the documentation can be edited after the fact, it's not credible evidence in a dispute.
Adjuster-ready output — a structured PDF report organized by room and phase, with photo evidence embedded, suitable for direct submission to the carrier.
Manifold is built around exactly this workflow. Restoration is one of its strongest verticals.
Room-and-phase project structure — Projects are organized as room × phase grids. Each room gets a column. Each phase (inspection, mitigation, daily readings, completion) gets a row. Every photo and reading sorts into its room-phase cell automatically.
Required-photo checklists for room intake — Templates locked to your team's standard intake: wide shot, source, moisture reading at a defined location, contents photos, pre-existing damage. Crews can't skip steps because the checklist won't let them.
Moisture reading capture — Structured numeric field tied to the specific surface and room, with photo evidence of the meter screen attached. Adjusters can see the dry-down curve as a time series.
Equipment placement and runtime — Photo-tagged equipment placement with location data. Runtime can be tracked manually or via integration depending on your equipment vendor.
Audit trail — Every photo is GPS-tagged, timestamped, attributed to the crew member who took it, and stored unalterable. Edits to project structure are logged.
Adjuster-ready PDF — One-tap PDF export organized by room and phase, with all photo evidence embedded, contractor logo on the cover. Suitable for direct submission to the carrier.
Pricing is $16/user/month (Photo plan) or $24/user/month (Photo+Scan plan, which adds 3D scanning on any phone). No seat minimums. 14-day free trial.
Start a free trial or book a demo — the demo call covers the room-and-phase setup specifically for restoration teams.
A complete restoration documentation package typically includes: initial inspection photos and moisture readings for every affected room, mitigation setup photos (equipment placement, containment, contents protection), daily drying readings tied to each surface, dry-out completion photos with final moisture readings, and an adjuster-ready PDF report organized by room and phase.
Modern restoration apps capture moisture readings as structured data: a numeric value, tied to a specific surface and room, with a timestamp and a photo of the meter screen attached as evidence. Adjusters can then view the dry-down curve as a time series for every surface across the dry-out period.
Room-and-phase documentation organizes a restoration project as a grid where each affected room is a column and each phase of the work (inspection, mitigation, daily readings, dry-out completion, reconstruction) is a row. Every photo and reading sorts into the appropriate room-phase cell, making the project record easy to navigate and audit.
Yes. Manifold is purpose-built for restoration with room-and-phase project structure, required-photo intake checklists, structured moisture reading capture, equipment tracking, audit-trail integrity, and adjuster-ready PDF reports. Pricing is $16/user/month for Photo or $24/user/month for Photo+Scan (adds 3D scanning).
An adjuster-ready PDF report is a structured document organized for direct submission to an insurance carrier. It typically includes: cover page with project address and contractor branding, table of contents by room and phase, embedded photo evidence with timestamps and GPS data, moisture reading tables with dry-down curves, equipment runtime log, and owner sign-off page.
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