Free Electrical 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 electrical contractor estimate
These are the lines a electrical job usually needs. They are already in the template and in the generator, so you edit rather than start from an empty page.
- Service call and diagnosis
- Panel upgrade to 200 amp
- Install 4 recessed fixtures
- Dedicated 20 amp circuit
- Permit and inspection
Delete what does not apply, add what does. The point is that a customer looking at an itemized electrical estimate can see where the money went, which is what stops the argument before it starts.
Electrical work is billed as a service call with labor and material, or as a fixed price per device, circuit or panel. Wire size comes from ampacity under NEC Table 310.16 first and then from voltage drop over the length of the run.
What to settle before the Electrical estimate goes out
Put the permit and the inspection visit in the price. A panel upgrade also needs the utility to disconnect and reconnect the service, so say who schedules that and how long the power will be off.
Related pages for Electrical work
- Wire size chart
- Voltage drop calculator
- Generator size calculator
- Electrical safety toolbox talk
- Lockout tagout toolbox talk
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