Free Window 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 window contractor estimate
These are the lines a window job usually needs. They are already in the template and in the generator, so you edit rather than start from an empty page.
- Measure and remove existing window
- Double hung vinyl window, installed
- Exterior trim, flashing and sill pan
- Interior casing, caulk and paint touch up
- Haul away and disposal
Delete what does not apply, add what does. The point is that a customer looking at an itemized window estimate can see where the money went, which is what stops the argument before it starts.
Replacement windows are priced per opening, installed, with exterior trim, flashing, interior casing and disposal on their own lines so the customer can see what the unit price does not include.
What to settle before the Window estimate goes out
If the house was built before 1978, window replacement is covered by the EPA lead rule whatever the area disturbed, and has to be done lead safe. Say so in the estimate, because it takes longer than an ordinary tear out.
Related pages for Window 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