Contractor & Trades
Contractors win or lose on the estimate. KlipPack contractor and trades estimating tools help you take off a job, price materials and labor, carry your overhead, and bid with a margin you can defend — in Excel or Google Sheets, with no monthly software.
Start with the Contractor Estimating & Job-Profit System to run any job from takeoff to a client-ready proposal, then add trade-specific templates for concrete, interior painting, and drywall estimating that compute quantities, labor, and your bid price automatically. Each template includes a price book so your local unit costs are entered once and reused on every bid.
Built for solo operators and small crews who still estimate on spreadsheets. Pay once, keep the file, and stop leaving profit on the table.
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Contractor Estimating & Job-Profit System
Bid every job by the numbers and know your profit before you sign
- ✓Setup tab: labor burden, tax, markup, target margin, overhead per hour
- ✓Materials takeoff: 20 lines, quantity x unit cost, sales tax applied
- ✓Labor tab: 15 tasks, crew x hours x rate, burden added automatically
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Concrete Estimate Template
Slab and flatwork takeoff to a priced bid in one Excel sheet
- ✓Dimensions: length x width x thickness to sq ft and cubic yards
- ✓Materials: ready-mix, rebar or mesh, base, vapor barrier, forms, pump
- ✓Sales tax applied to the materials subtotal
Interior Painting Estimate Template
Wall and ceiling takeoff to gallons, labor hours, and a priced bid
- ✓Takeoff: perimeter x height minus openings, plus ceiling, x coats
- ✓Paint order: gallons rounded up from your coverage per gallon
- ✓Materials: paint, primer, and sundries with sales tax applied
Drywall Estimate & Takeoff Template
Board area to sheets, screws, mud, tape, and a priced bid
- ✓Board takeoff: wall plus ceiling area with waste, rounded to sheets
- ✓Sheet size selector: 4x8 or 4x12 coverage
- ✓Consumables auto-fill: screws, joint compound, tape from board area
Contractor & Trades guides & resources
How to Estimate a Drywall Job From Takeoff to Bid
A drywall bid has two halves estimated very differently: board and supplies off the square footage, and labor that splits into hanging and finishing. Here is how to price both.
How to Estimate a Painting Job (and Stop Underbidding It)
Interior painting is one of the easiest trades to underbid. The paint is cheap; the labor is most of the cost, and the square footage is bigger than it looks once you count the coats.
How to Estimate a Concrete Job Without Leaving Money on the Table
A concrete bid lives or dies on two numbers: how much concrete the job needs, and how many crew-hours it takes to place and finish. Here is how to get both right.