TakeoffDeck answers
Every answer below is aimed at a question people measurably search for, is written from named sources, and links to the page that handles the job itself. None of them is a landing page in disguise.
The answers here are the questions a pressure washing, fencing or flooring contractor asks while building an estimate: how a fence estimator derives the posts, gates and price per foot, how many pickets and posts a run takes at a given spacing, how a power washing estimate is built by the square foot from the crew's own rates, how a laminate flooring calculator turns rooms into boxes with the waste shown, and what lines a general contractor's estimate template has to carry before it prints. Every page points at the free estimate tool on this site that works its figure from the contractor's own rates, and none publishes a market price.
- Fence estimator: the count a crew recognizes, priced from your own rates
A fence estimator for the contractor: posts from the run and spacing, materials marked up, gates each, labor per foot, and the price per linear foot.
- Fence picket calculator: the picket count from the run, the picket width and the gap
A fence picket calculator for the take-off: pickets from the run, the picket width and the gap, per 8 foot section and for the whole run. Free tool.
- Fence post calculator: run over spacing plus one, and the concrete that sets them
A fence post calculator for the take-off: posts from the run and the spacing, corners and gate posts added, and the concrete that sets them. Free tool.
- Power washing estimate: siding and flatwork by the square foot, from the crew's own rates
A power washing estimate as the crew builds it: siding and flatwork by the square foot at your rates, setup and chemicals, the deposit and the price.
- Laminate flooring calculator: square feet with waste, and the boxes that cover them
A laminate flooring calculator for the take-off: room square feet, the waste allowance for cuts and pattern, and the boxes to order. Free tool.
- Free contractor estimate template PDF: the lines a general contractor's estimate carries
A free contractor estimate template PDF as the contractor builds it: labor hours and rate, materials marked up, subs, equipment, permits, tax and deposit.