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Count the panes. Get the price.

Per-pane pricing is easy to quote and easy for the customer to follow. Put in the counts and your own prices, and see the job total, with your minimum and ladder work built in.

Count each side you clean as its own pane if you price inside and out.
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Panes, screens and tracks added up$305
Price for the job$305
All-in price per pane$10.17

Count the panes, then tell Redline "quote the Parks 30 panes, 10 on the ladder, 15 screens" and it builds the line items at your saved prices.

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How the math works

Panes times your price per pane, plus an extra for each pane that needs the ladder or the pole, plus screens and tracks at their own prices. If the total comes in under your minimum, the minimum is the price.

The all-in price per pane divides the final price by the pane count. On a small ranch it runs well over your pane price because of the minimum. On a big colonial with lots of screens it creeps up because of the extras. Both tell you something about the job.

Decide how you count before you quote and stick to it. Some cleaners count each side of a pane separately for inside and out, some count a window as one unit and price inside and out as two rates. French panes and divided lites are usually counted one by one. This calculator works with any method as long as your price matches your count.

Worked example

Example prices: $8 a pane, $2 extra per ladder pane, $3 a screen, $2 a track, $150 minimum.

HousePanes (ladder)ScreensTracksPriceAll-in per pane
Small ranch, exterior12 (0)60$150 (minimum)$12.50
Two-story colonial30 (10)150$305$10.17
Large home, tracks detailed50 (20)2510$535$10.70

These prices are examples to show the math, not going rates. Put in your own.

What to watch for

  • Pane counts from the street miss the back of the house. Ask for photos of every side or count on site before you lock a price.
  • Hard water stains, paint overspray and construction cleanup are separate work. Quote them per pane as their own line once you've seen them.
  • Old screens tear and old sashes stick. Put a line in your terms about pre-existing damage before you pull a single screen.
  • Storefront routes usually go by the visit, not the pane. Price those as a flat recurring rate.
  • Skylights, sunrooms and high pole work rarely fit the per-pane rate. Price them as each.

Questions contractors ask

Should I price per pane or per window?

Whichever you can count the same way every time. Per pane is precise and customers can check it. Per window is quicker to quote but hides the difference between a picture window and a nine-lite colonial.

Where does the ladder surcharge come from?

Your own time. Moving and setting a ladder, or working a pole, takes longer per pane than ground floor glass. Time a few second-story jobs and set the extra so those panes pay the same per hour as the easy ones.

How does Redline use these prices?

Say "panes are $8, ladder panes $2 extra, screens $3" once and memory saves it without being asked. Then "quote the Parks 30 panes, 10 on the ladder, 15 screens" drafts the quote with each line priced. Quotes work on every plan and save as drafts you present or email from your Gmail. On Solo ($29 a month) you invoice the job with a card pay link. For storefronts, the calendar's repeat control books the route stop as a weekly or monthly series.

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