FOR EXTERIOR PAINTING CREWS
Tomorrow’s exterior jobs, the coating rule and the client update in one place.
Kwelby checks each scheduled job’s street address against the National Weather Service hourly forecast and the limits printed on the coating’s data sheet. The call is saved with the job, and the client gets a link that explains it.
THE MORNING CALL
Three people need the same answer.
When the forecast turns, the owner has to decide, the foreman has to know before loading the truck, and the client who took the day off wants to know why. Usually the reasoning lives in one person’s head and a text thread.
Kwelby keeps it with the job: which coating, which limit, what the forecast said and when it was checked. When the date moves, the reason moves with it.
Save the job
Street address, date, work window, client, contract value and the coating going on. Checks run on the forecast grid for that address, not the nearest city.
Check it against the sheet
Air temperature through the work block, clearance above the dew point, rain through the dry hours, and the temperature hold afterwards, each against the product’s own limits.
Keep the decision
Every check is saved with its time, forecast source and rule. Schedule moves keep their note in a ledger, and the whole record exports to CSV.
Send the client update
A branded link with your logo and phone number, the verdict, the readings behind it and the coating sheet. It expires on its own.
WHAT THE CLIENT GETS
An explanation instead of “weather”.
A moved date is easier to accept when the client can see the reason: the reading, the limit it missed and the product it came from. The same link works for a go-ahead, so the client knows the day was checked.
Try it on next week’s jobs →Weather hold
We are moving this date.
North elevation repaint · Thursday
WHYRain or snow is forecast during painting or within 3 hours after the final coat.
- Low after painting
- 41°Fneeds 35°F or above
- Dew-point clearance
- 6°Fneeds 5°F or more
- Rain chance
- 70%highest hour in the drying window
LIMITS THE SERVER ENFORCES
Start free. Pay for a month when the crew needs it.
The free workspace is not a timed trial: 1 sign-in, 10 active jobs, 3 coating rule sets, 14-day client links and 60 saved decisions, with no card and no end date. Paid plans are one-time 30-day purchases that add sign-ins for the office and foremen and raise the limits. Nothing renews.
WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
Plainly.
No reminders, texts or automatic rescheduling yet. Crew invitations are links you send yourself. Forecasts come from the National Weather Service, so jobs must be in the United States. One coating sheet is built in; the rest are the numbers you transcribe.
A promising window is not permission to paint. The crew still measures surface and material temperature and checks that the surface is dry.
How the check works →QUESTIONS FROM OWNERS
Before you move a real job onto it.
Do I have to enter the numbers for my coatings?
For anything other than the one built-in sheet, yes. Kwelby reads Sherwin-Williams Duration Exterior Acrylic Satin from its published data sheet. For other products you type the minimum air temperature, dew-point clearance, dry hours and temperature-hold hours from the sheet you are holding, with its link and the date you read it. Kwelby will not guess a manufacturer’s numbers, and every client update made under your rule says the thresholds were entered by your company.
Is it a subscription?
No. The free workspace has no card and no end date. Solo, Crew and Studio are one-time purchases that raise the limits for 30 days and then stop; nothing renews automatically.
Does my foreman need my password?
No. On Crew and Studio each person signs in with their own email to the same schedule. Owners manage coatings, branding and access; crew can add and move jobs, run checks and send client updates. Invitations are tied to the email they were created for. Kwelby does not email the invitation for you yet: you send the link yourself.
What does my client see?
A link with your company name, logo and phone number, the verdict for their date, the three readings behind it (the low after painting, the dew-point clearance and the rain chance through the drying window), the coating and its sheet, and a note that the crew still checks the surface on site. The link expires on its own.
Does it replace the check on site?
No. A forecast describes an area, not your wall. Kwelby narrows down the day and writes down why; the crew still measures surface and material temperature and dryness before the first coat.
Put next week’s exterior jobs on the board.
Free, no card and no end date. Add a job, check it, and send one client update before deciding whether the crew needs more.
Start a free workspace →