#42 most asked· 1× cited on Reddit· Scheduling & dispatch
Rain stops play. The diary fixes itself.
When the forecast cancels an exterior job, the slot auto-offers to your next indoor job and every affected customer gets a rebooking text before you've had your coffee.
By Daniel Hall · Automation builder at Made 4 Tradies
Landscapers, painters and roofers lose the same morning to the same job every storm: redrawing the diary by hand and ringing round each customer to push them back. This automation watches the forecast, flags the exterior jobs that can't go ahead, and re-jigs the day automatically. The freed slot is offered to your next-priority indoor job so a washed-out morning still earns, and the rained-out customers get a friendly SMS with your next dry window and a one-tap rebooking link. You wake up to a sorted diary instead of a panicked round of phone calls. The numbers shown are illustrative — this automation has no published benchmark, so the time saved depends on how full your week is and how weather-exposed your work is.
See it in action
The flow, end to end
What your customer sees
Today's diary — auto re-jig
Megan O'Brien — Leura (exterior)
Next-priority indoor job — pulled forward off the backlog.
What the storm used to cost
~1 hr / storm
Illustrative — landscapers, painters and roofers redo the diary by hand every storm and ring round each affected customer. Your real time saved depends on how full your week is.
Nothing slips
The freed exterior slot doesn't sit empty — it auto-offers to your next-priority indoor job, so a washed-out morning still earns.
How it works
Trigger → actions → outcome
- 1
Trigger
The morning weather forecast shows rain over your job suburbs, so today's exterior bookings are flagged as un-doable.
- 2
Action 1
The rained-out slots are released and your next-priority indoor job (a quote, a workshop build, an interior fit-out) is auto-pulled forward to fill the 8:00 AM gap.
- 3
Action 2
Each affected customer is auto-texted an apology plus your next available dry window and a one-tap link to confirm or pick another day.
- 4
Action 3
Customer replies update the diary in place — Megan's job moves to Thursday 8:00 AM and a reminder is queued for the night before.
- 5
Outcome
You wake up to a re-sorted day with the freed slot still earning and zero phone calls made — instead of an hour of manual diary rework per storm.
What this means for your business
The numbers behind it
0 calls
Round-robin phone calls
Affected customers auto-notified by SMS instead
~1 hr
Diary rework per storm
Illustrative — depends how full your week is
Slot reused
Washed-out morning still earns
Freed slot auto-offers to your next indoor job
Questions
Common questions
- What does the "Auto-reschedule on weather / cancellation" automation do?
- Rain cancels exterior jobs → those slots auto-offer to the next-priority indoor job and affected customers are auto-notified.
- Why would a tradie business want this?
- Landscapers, painters, roofers redo the diary by hand every storm.
- How many Reddit threads asked for this?
- 1 verified Reddit thread cite this automation, sourced from trade-owner subreddits.
The evidence
1 verified Reddit thread
Every quote is traceable to a real Reddit thread. Click any source to read the original tradies asking for this.
- r/Roofing
Roofers discussing Acculynx, JobNimbus for scheduling + re-jigging jobs.
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