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Flooring Installation Quoting Calculator

The floor went down beautifully, and the leveling weekend came out of your pocket.

Quote flooring from real install hours, board waste and subfloor preparation, with the price solved from the margin you want to keep.

$39 USD · one-time
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Flooring Installation Quoting Calculator dashboard
Who it's for

Made for the way you actually work.

  • Flooring contractors quoting square feet they haven't walked
  • Installers whose prep hours never make it into the price
  • Crews doing tear-out as a favor and disposal for free
  • Anyone who came up three boards short on the last row
What's included

Everything in one file.

  • Dashboard: Quote, margin and cost per unit, with two charts. Read-only.
  • Start Here: Five steps from opening the file to a real number on screen.
  • Job Quote: Where you build one bid. The main working sheet.
  • Client Quote: The printable quote you send the client. Prices only.
  • Rate Card: Your trades and their hourly cost. Enter once; used on every bid.
  • Settings: Overhead and target profit margin.
  • Instructions: What each sheet does, and what to do if a number looks off.
  • About: Version, license and support.
  • PDF Quick-Start Guide: two pages, first result in five minutes
How it works

Three steps to a number you trust.

  1. Open Rate Card. Enter your all-in hourly cost per role, wage plus payroll burden, not the rate you bill.
  2. Open Settings. Set your overhead percentage and the profit margin you want every job to earn.
  3. Open Job Quote. Name the job, enter the scope size, and pick a service tier.
A look inside

The screens you'll be working in.

List of the nine sheets in the flooring quoting spreadsheetJob Quote sheet with prep and install hours, materials and add-onsClient Quote sheet, a printable one page quote with prices onlyRate Card sheet with all-in hourly cost per roleThree steps to a quote: enter the hours, pick the margin, send itCompatibility list showing Excel, Google Sheets, Mac and Windows support
Questions

Good to know.

Does it handle carpet and vinyl too?
Yes. Change the materials to your product and units; the preparation, waste and labor logic is the same for any covering.
How do I quote supply-only?
Enter the materials with no labor lines. The margin solver still protects your margin on the supply.
Does this work in Excel and Google Sheets?
Both. Google Sheets: File > Import, or open and make a copy. Excel 365: open it directly. No macros, no add-ons, nothing to install.
What is the service tier for?
It scales labor hours for work that is harder than routine. Standard is 1.0, Complex 1.15, Premium 1.30. Enter the hours a routine job would take and let the tier do the multiplying.
I'm not confident with spreadsheets. Will I manage?
Yes. The white cells are the only ones you touch. The Quick-Start Guide has your first real number on screen in about five minutes, and if you get stuck, message me.

One mispriced job costs more than this.

$39 once, and it's yours to keep. It pays for itself the first time it stops you underpricing a job or leaving margin on the table. No subscription, no login, just a file that does the maths.

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