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Siding change order for what the old clapboard hid.

The clapboard comes off the kitchen wall and the sheathing under both windows is black and soft. Somebody skipped the flashing in 1987. You can't hang new siding on that, and you shouldn't wait three days for an answer with the wall open.

Change order

Change order CO-2
Your Exteriors Co.
Street address, City, ST
Phone · email
License no. (if your trade needs one)
Prepared forBob and Ellen GarrityJob address
JobVinyl siding replacement, change order 1
DateDate
ItemQtyUnitRateAmount
Add: replace rotted wall sheathing
1/2 in. plywood, below both kitchen windows and at the corner
6sheet$110.00$660.00
Add: flash and tape window openings
Flexible flashing tape and pan, windows not in the original count
3window$85.00$255.00
Add: coil-wrap window trim
Owner request, color matched to the siding
8window$95.00$760.00
Credit: shutter removal and reinstall
Owners discarding the shutters
-10each$25.00-$250.00
Subtotal$1,425.00
Tax (6.25%)$89.06
Change order total$1,514.06
Reason for change: sheathing rot found below both kitchen windows after tear-off on [date], from missing window flashing (photos sent). Trim wrap added and shutters dropped at the owners' request.
The kitchen wall stays wrapped and weather-tight while waiting on this signature. Work on the wall resumes after signing.
Framing found rotted behind the sheathing is a separate change: $[amount] per stud repaired, after photos and your OK.
Payment: added to the balance due at completion.
Owner: ______________________ Date: ________ Contractor: ______________________ Date: ________
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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

  • Sheathing per sheet, the way siders price rot repair
  • Flashing and trim wrap per window, the unit you count on the walk
  • The cause of the damage (missing flashing), not just the damage, so the fix makes sense
  • A pre-agreed price for rotted framing, so a second surprise doesn't stall the job again
  • Dropped work credited by the each

Doing it in Redline

Attach the rot photos to the Garrity job so the before shots live with the job, then tell the chat "change order: 6 sheets sheathing at $110, flash 3 windows at $85, trim wrap 8 windows at $95." It builds the lines as a quote on their file and can draft an email that explains the rot and the missing flashing in plain words. Redline doesn't collect signatures, so this form gets signed on site.

On Team ($129 a month for 3 seats), put "kitchen wall on hold until CO 1 is signed" in the job's notes and your crew sees it on their phones in the tech app, with a chat thread for the job. Techs never see the prices. At the end, the siding invoice template shows the final bill, or invoice it by chat as a card pay link on Solo.

Keep the wall moving.

Redline is free to start. Photos on the job, the change by chat, the crew told on Team.

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