Thermal and moisture protection estimating services

Wall and roof areas for weather barrier, insulation and membrane; flashing, flashing tape and sealant in linear feet at every opening and joint; sill sealer under exterior walls; penetrations counted by size; and coping, edge metal and roof accessories.

Roofing is one part of Division 07. A thermal and moisture protection estimate also covers the walls and openings: building wrap, air barrier, insulation, flashing and sealants. Roofing contractors usually need only the roof; envelope contractors and general contractors need the whole division.

Per opening. The sill, head and jamb lengths of each window type are multiplied by the count, and every flashing and sealant in the detail is listed on its own line. On one apartment building we estimated, that came to 9,292 linear feet of window perimeter.

It depends on the roof and the number of openings. On one five-story apartment building we estimated, Division 07 trade cost was $3.23 per square foot of building before general requirements and markups, with the roof about 71% of it.

Yes. Sealant-only scopes are measured joint by joint: storefront and door perimeters, panel joints, control and expansion joints. On one 61,800 square foot commercial building in Texas, building and site paving joint sealants alone were estimated at $408,926.

Yes. Quantities can be converted to the units you sell, such as 50-foot rolls of sill sealer, 75-foot rolls of flashing tape, 10-foot pieces of metal flashing and cartridges of sealant, with waste included.

A single project starts at $199, and simple scopes typically run $100 to $250. Larger buildings typically run $200 to $500, and large or multi-building projects are quoted individually. The quote is free and usually comes back in about 20 minutes.

Yes. This page shows a full sample from a finished job (roofing and sheet metal, for a drive-through building in Oklahoma), which you can open full screen and read page by page. It is the closest sample we have online for this scope. It was built to that client's own specification, so the wage rates, pricing and overhead and profit are theirs. Ask us for a current sample in your own trade.

From our own pricing database, built with local vendors across the United States. An estimator enters the project's ZIP code and gets current material prices for that market, and vendors update their prices as they change. Labor is priced as union or open shop, or at Davis-Bacon rates with fringes on government work.

Yes. The estimate is delivered as an editable Excel workbook with the formulas built in. Change any quantity, rate or markup and the whole estimate recalculates. If overhead and profit was set at 25% and you want 30%, change that one cell and every total updates, so you can adjust your number minutes before the bid is due without sending it back to us.

As many as you need. Every revision is free, including addenda, scope changes and pricing updates, however many times you come back, and there is no time limit. Revisions are handled on priority and are typically returned within an hour to a few hours, depending on the size of the change.

Yes. Every estimate is built to the client's own specification. Send your template, unit prices or labor rates and the package is returned that way, or order quantities alone.

Because the scope is spread across plans, elevations, sections and details, and reading all of them for every bid is slow. Outsourcing gives a contractor a traced, checked takeoff in a day or two.