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A cape with dormers going from cedar shingles to pre-finished fiber cement. Squares, trim and openings, plus an allowance for what's under the old shingles. Click any field to change it.

Estimate

No. E-118
Your Siding Co.
Street address, City, ST
Phone · email
License no. (if your trade needs one)
Prepared forJoanne PierceJob address
JobFiber cement lap siding, cape with dormers
Date · Valid forDate · 30 days
ItemQtyUnitRateAmount
Remove cedar shingles
One layer
18square$90.00$1,620.00
House wrap18square$35.00$630.00
Fiber cement lap siding
Pre-finished, color chosen at signing
20square$650.00$13,000.00
Corner and frieze trim260linear ft$9.00$2,340.00
Window and door wraps12opening$120.00$1,440.00
Soffit90linear ft$12.00$1,080.00
Sheathing allowance
Extra sheets billed as found
3sheet$95.00$285.00
Dumpster and permit1job$600.00$600.00
Subtotal$20,995.00
Tax (6.25%)$1,312.19
Estimate total$22,307.19
Deposit to book (35%)$7,807.52
Valid for 30 days. 35% deposit at signing orders the boards; lead time confirmed at order.
Siding goes up in dry weather. Rain days move the schedule, not the price.
Rotted sheathing found under the shingles is replaced at the per-sheet price above.
Homes built before 1978 get lead-safe work practices during removal, included in this price.
Build it by chat in Redline

Click any text to change it. Rates and the tax rate are examples, so put in your own. Totals update as you type.

Why it's laid out this way

  • Tear-off squares and new siding squares apart, since waste on dormers adds to the new side
  • Trim by the foot and wraps by the opening, the two counts that swing a siding job
  • A sheathing allowance so hidden rot isn't a fight later
  • A deposit to order pre-finished boards, which take time to arrive

Or build it by chat

Send Redline photos of each elevation and say "quote Joanne Pierce: 18 squares off, 20 squares fiber cement, 260 ft trim, 12 openings, 90 ft soffit, 3 sheet allowance, 35% deposit". It builds the itemized estimate with the deposit. To show vinyl, insulated vinyl and fiber cement side by side, the quote composer in Money (Solo) lays out good, better and best. Approve it and it's saved on her file.

There's no online approval link, so you share it your usual way. Siding decisions take weeks; the job sits in your pipeline as Quoted, and the card turns amber at 7 days and red at 14 so you know when to call. See the job pipeline or quotes and estimates.

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Redline is free to start. Send the elevations, say the squares, and it lays out the lines.

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