Chapter Renovation RenotechTM delivers a streamlined renovation experience. Our proprietary technology facilitates real-time updates and seamless collaboration, optimizing every step to deliver transparency, efficiency, and extraordinary results that define excellence.
Space Capture
Space Capture is what feeds the Renotech™ AI estimator. The more detail you give us — a Polycam Spatial Report, a narrated video, and clear photos — all three are required for your estimate and scope will be.
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Rooms appear here once your Polycam Spatial Report (PDF) is uploaded.
Three things feed your estimate.
All three are required to generate your estimate: a Spatial Report made in the free Polycam app, a narrated video walkthrough, and detailed photos. Most homeowners finish in about twenty minutes.
Polycam Spatial Report
Made in the Polycam app (PDF)
Video walkthrough
Narrated, room-by-room
Photos
Wide shots + close-ups
Your existing Chapter scan is loaded above. The steps below show how to add or replace each input.
01
Spatial Report
Scan your home with Polycam
Download the free Polycam app and generate a Spatial Report — Polycam's measured floor-plan PDF with dimensions, wall area, perimeter, and volume for every room. Then upload that PDF here. Polycam uses your phone's camera (and LiDAR on newer iPhones / iPads).
01Download Polycam
Free on iPhone, iPad, Android, and web.
02Create your free account
Use email or Apple ID.
03Choose Floorplan mode
Not Space, 3D, or Object.
04Generate the Spatial Report
Export the PDF from Polycam.
05Upload the report to Chapter
We parse it immediately.
Upload Spatial Report
PDF · up to 50 MB
Polycam
Living Room
Floorplan
MeasureFloorplanReport
Generate Estimate
Polycam Floorplan mode — choose this from the capture menu, not Space or 3D.
“This is the kitchen — I want to gut renovate...”
Phone held at chest height, walking slowly through each room.
02
Video Walkthrough
Narrate your renovation, room by room
Open your phone camera in video mode and walk through your home explaining what you want done — recorded in one continuous take, start to finish. The AI transcribes your narration and pairs it with your Spatial Report.
One take. Speak clearly. Describe the work in detail.
Specifics turn into line items. Mention materials, demo, and scope.
Hold steady
Phone at chest height, walk slowly.
Talk the whole time
Silence creates missing data.
Turn on lights
Use bright, even lighting.
Name each room
Anchor your transcript by room.
Walls to remove or add
Floors — material, condition, replace?
Cabinetry, vanity, built-ins
Plumbing fixtures — keep or replace
Electrical — outlets, lighting, switches
Appliances staying or being replaced
Windows and doors
Paint, tile, finishes
Upload walkthrough video
One continuous take · narrated · MP4, MOV or WebM · ≤ 15 min · ≤ 1.5 GB (record at 1080p)
03
Photos
Photograph every surface and fixture
Photos fill in what the video misses — close-ups of materials, conditions, model numbers, existing damage, and fixture details.
Wide shots first
Stand in each corner and shoot toward the opposite corner.
Good light
Daylight is best. Turn on lights. Avoid flash.
Close-ups of materials
Tile, grout, countertops, cabinet finish, flooring.
Capture problems
Cracks, water damage, mold, and loose tiles.
Photo checklist per room
Four corner-to-corner wide shots
Ceiling and floor straight-on
Every appliance — front + model label
Plumbing fixtures and shutoffs
Electrical panel and outlets
Windows — inside and outside view
Cabinet interiors (open the doors)
Any damage or existing repairs
Upload photos
JPG, PNG, HEIC · select multiple
15–30 photos per room. Wide shots, close-ups, problem areas, model labels.
Next steps
To unlock your estimate, add: Spatial Report · video walkthrough · photos. All three inputs are required.
Designs unlock once your Polycam Spatial Report is uploaded.
