Deck change order for the upgrade after the footings.
The frame is up, the footing inspection passed with two more piers at the stair landing, and the homeowners have been to the lumber yard. Now they want composite instead of pressure-treated, with a border. That's a material swap, a new lead time and a new price.
Change order
| Item | Qty | Unit | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add: two footings at stair landing Required at the footing inspection on [date] | 2 | each | $240.00 | $480.00 |
| Add: composite decking upgrade, price difference [Brand, color] in place of pressure-treated 5/4 boards | 320 | sq ft | $6.50 | $2,080.00 |
| Add: picture-frame border, contrasting color | 72 | linear ft | $14.00 | $1,008.00 |
| Add: hidden fasteners Needed for the composite boards | 320 | sq ft | $1.25 | $400.00 |
| Credit: lattice skirting Owners will skirt it themselves | -48 | linear ft | $18.00 | -$864.00 |
Click any text to change it. Rates and the tax rate are examples, so put in your own. Totals update as you type.
What this template covers
- A material upgrade written as the price difference per sq ft, not the whole deck again
- The hidden costs of composite on their own lines: border by the linear foot, hidden fasteners per sq ft
- Footings the inspector added, by the each, with the inspection date
- The new lead time, and money up front to order the special material
- Whose warranty covers the boards and whose covers the work
Doing it in Redline
Decking upgrades go easier when the owners see the choices side by side. On Solo ($29 a month), the quote composer in Money builds good, better and best options on one quote: pressure-treated as is, composite at $6.50 more a foot, PVC at $9 more. Or tell the chat "Doyle change order: 2 footings at $240, composite 320 sq ft at $6.50, border 72 ft at $14, hidden fasteners 320 sq ft at $1.25" and it builds the composite change as a quote on their file, on any plan. Have the chat draft an email that lays out the choices, send it from your Gmail, and let them pick.
Once they've signed this form, have the chat update the job value and, on Solo ($29 a month), invoice the composite deposit by chat as a card pay link. Nothing gets invoiced when they sign; you ask for it. When the boards come in, "move the Doyle decking install to the 22nd" puts it on the calendar. The deck estimate template has the framing and footing lines for the next one.
Show them the upgrade, then price it.
Redline is free to start. Quotes by chat on every plan, good, better and best options in the quote composer on Solo.
Keep reading
- Change order templateAdded work, credits for removed work, the reason, the new total and signatures.
- Deck estimate templateResurface: tear-off, joist allowance, boards, rail, treads, deposit.
- Deck invoice templateFootings, framing, decking, railing, stairs, upgrades and deposit.
- Deck building softwareQuote decks with material options and keep long decisions from going cold.