This is a free siding estimate template with the full replacement already itemized: tear-off and disposal, sheathing and substrate repair, weather barrier and insulation, the siding itself, trim and soffit, gutters, permits, labor, and cleanup. Load it in the builder, delete what your job doesn't need, and put your rates on what's left. The rates ship blank on purpose. They're yours, and they vary by market.
Siding estimates go wrong at the sheathing. Nobody knows what's under the old panels until they're off the wall, which is why this template ships with a rotted framing repair line, a substrate inspection, and a contingency allowance already in place. A four-row spreadsheet doesn't ask what the wall is hiding. The change order does.
Every section below loads into the builder exactly as listed. This is the actual checklist, not a preview of one. Delete what your job doesn’t need and price the rest.
Removing the old siding, trim, and gutters, plus the dumpster and haul-off that removal creates.
What you find under the old panels: sheathing replacement, rotted framing, fascia board, and the inspection that finds it.
House wrap, rigid foam, flashing tape, and the window and door flashing that keeps the callbacks away.
Panels, starter strip, corners, J-channel, fasteners, and the install itself, priced by the square foot.
Window and door trim, frieze board, soffit panels, and fascia cover: the finish work that closes out the walls.
New gutters and downspouts, exterior caulk, and touch-up paint, so water goes where it's told.
Building permit, inspection fee, and mobilization: flat lines the client should see itemized, not absorbed.
Crew by the day: quantity is workers, multiplier is days, plus the scaffolding or lift rental.
Unit: day. Quantity = # workers, multiplier = # days.
Site cleanup, the magnet nail sweep, final debris removal, and reinstalling the fixtures you detached on day one.
General conditions, a contingency allowance for whatever the walls are hiding, and supervision by the day.
Every standard siding line is already in place, tear-off through cleanup: house wrap, J-channel, corners, soffit, the dumpster, even the magnet nail sweep. Start by deleting what this job doesn't need. It goes quickly.
Put in your rates and what each line costs you. The live P&L updates as you type, so you know what the job actually pays before the homeowner starts rounding down.
Export a clean client estimate: prices, quantities, one total. The client copy is built from a version that never contained your costs, margins, or notes. There's nothing to un-hide.
The full guide (units, tax math, deposits, exports) lives on the Help page. It’s genuinely thorough. We’re as surprised as you.
For the longer answer, there’s a guide: How to Write a Construction Estimate.
Ten sections that follow the job in order: tear-off and disposal, sheathing and substrate repair, weather barrier and insulation, siding material and install, trim, soffit and fascia, gutters and seal, permits and fees, labor, cleanup and disposal, and contingency and allowances. Inside them are the lines that get forgotten: window and door flashing, the dumpster rental, detaching and reinstalling the shutters, the magnet nail sweep. Delete what doesn't apply and rename what does.
Start with the walls: square footage drives the panels and the install line, linear footage drives trim, starter strip, and J-channel. Then price what the square footage hides: tear-off, substrate repair, scaffolding days, mobilization. Labor runs by the day, with quantity as workers and multiplier as days, and general conditions and contingency get their own lines instead of hiding inside your rates. The live P&L shows what the job pays you as you type, so your floor is a number, not a feeling.
As line items, before you find them. The template ships with a substrate inspection, a rotted framing repair line priced per linear foot, and a contingency allowance, so hidden damage is a priced assumption instead of an awkward phone call. Units are labels: if you bid per square instead of per square foot, change the label and the math stays rate times quantity times multiplier. There's also an informational deposit line and a discount modifier for when the negotiation goes the way negotiations go.
Yes. The builder works without an account, and every export works on the free plan: client PDF, Excel, CSV, an internal budget export, and a read-only share link that carries a client-safe copy inside the link. Use it as a siding quote template if your clients expect the word quote; it's the same document. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: your name, logo, and contact line on client-facing exports, unlimited cloud saves, and a Saved Items catalog of your standard lines.
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