Free Drywall Estimate Template
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An estimate is a written price you are offering before the work starts. The two things that decide whether it wins the job are how clearly it describes the scope and how obviously it expires.
What a contractor estimate should contain
- Your business details and license number where required
- The customer name and the job address
- An estimate number and the date you wrote it
- A valid until date, because prices move and you should not be held to a number from six months ago
- Scope in plain language, line by line, so the customer knows what is and is not included
- What is explicitly excluded, which is the line that prevents most disputes
- Subtotal, tax, any deposit required to book the work, and the total
What goes on a drywall contractor estimate
These are the lines a drywall job usually needs. They are already in the template and in the generator, so you edit rather than start from an empty page.
- Hang 1/2 in board, 42 sheets
- Tape and three coat finish, level 4
- Corner bead and metal trim
- Sand, prime and touch up
- Debris haul away and site cleanup
Delete what does not apply, add what does. The point is that a customer looking at an itemized drywall estimate can see where the money went, which is what stops the argument before it starts.
Drywall is counted by the sheet, and the sheet size changes the count more than anything else on the job. The finish is priced by level, and the level 4 on this template is the one that goes under flat paint and light texture.
What to settle before the Drywall estimate goes out
Name the finish level. The Gypsum Association's GA-214 defines the levels from 0 to 5, and a customer who expects level 5 under a gloss paint and gets level 4 will see every seam in raking light.
Related pages for Drywall work
The rules that hold for every trade
These are on the contractor estimate template page, with the questions people ask about the template:
- Estimate versus quote versus bid
- Write an exclusions line, it wins arguments before they start
- Put an expiry on every price you send