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Estimates & pricing — United States

3 posts for this country. We write our own posts per country instead of translations — the source and the date it was checked sit under every one.

  • A quote in the document editor in US dollars: a text above the line items saying the quote reads as follows, a section for a water heater replacement, a line for a tile backsplash priced per square foot with the tags with measurement and with calculation, and below it the measurement rows for the sink wall, the range wall and the coffee bar, each with its formula and result.

    Estimates & pricing

    How to write an itemized quote, with a sample

    What goes on each line of an itemized quote, a full sample for a bathroom remodel, the terms under the total, and why splitting labor from materials matters for sales tax.

    Zirko Redaktion6 min read
  • The document editor with the line item table — columns for item, quantity, unit, description, price and total, with individual rows tagged with measurement and with calculation; on the right the totals card with the net total, a sales tax line marked standard rate, the gross total and the amount payable in US dollars.

    Estimates & pricing

    Contractor estimate: from takeoff to a price that holds

    Pricing a job in the order you actually do it: quantities with units, labor split from material, markup against margin, allowances, and the change order that only counts in writing.

    Zirko Redaktion4 min read
  • The Job costing tab on a project: a total costs card with a ring showing the actual against the estimate, beside a cost types card listing Labor, Material, Equipment, Subcontracted work and Other, each with its own bar and its actual set against its budget; the crew chat sits in a panel on the right.

    Estimates & pricing

    Job costing for contractors: five buckets and the burden

    Cost a job the way the money is spent: labor with its burden, material, equipment, subs, other. Then markup against margin, sales tax that moves with the contract form, and retainage.

    Zirko Redaktion4 min read