The complete pricing guide for dwelling reconstruction costs. Reliable, specific data you can apply on every repair and remodeling job. Up-to-date material costs and labor figures based on thousands of jobs across the country.
Provides recommended crew sizes; average production rates; exact material, equipment, and labor costs; a total unit cost and a total price including overhead and profit.
Separate listings for high- and low-volume builders, so prices shown are specific for any size business. Estimating tips specific to repair and remodeling work to make your bids complete, realistic, and profitable. Includes a CD-ROM with an electronic version of the book with National Estimator, a stand-alone Windows™ estimating program, plus an interactive multi-media video that shows how to use the disk to compile construction cost estimates. 

You can estimate remodeling costs faster, easier and more accurately. Recommended crew sizes, average production rates, exact material, equipment, labor costs, and a total price including overhead and profit. Figures included for both high- and low-volume remodelers. Revised annually. This product’s data is included with the 2008 CD Estimator.

2008 Guide to Pricing Repair and Remodeling Work

• Cabinetry - Base, Corner, Broom, Drawer, Sink, Oven, Wall, Island, Vanity, Utility Closets
• Closet Doors - Bi-folding, Sliding, bypassing, Mirror Doors, Louver Doors
• Concrete - Footings, Forms, Reinforcing, Foundations, Slabs, Finishing, Screed
• Demolition - Concrete, Masonry, Framing, Sheathing, Flooring, Trim, Paneling
• Doors - Prehung, Screen, Glass Sliding, Panel, Flush, Garage
• Electrical - Service Entrance, Sub-Panels, Flex, Romex, BX, Outlets, Switches
• Fences - Board, Basketweave, Chain Link, Split Rail, Gates, Posts and Rails
• Flooring - Ceramic Tile, Hardwood, Asphalt Tile, Sheet Vinyl, Base and Cove
• Framing - Plates, Studs, Rafters, Joists, Sheathing, Subflooring, Headers
• Heating - Radiant Ceiling, Bathroom, Wall Heaters, Furnaces, Controls, Vents
• Insulation - Batts, Blankets, Vermiculite, Fiberboard, Pouring Wool, Board
• Lighting - Fluorescent, Incandescent Ceiling & Wall Fixtures, Track Lighting
• Masonry - Brick, Block, Chimneys, Veneer, Columns, Foundations, Reinforcing
• Painting - Removal, Surface Preparation, Sanding, Puttying, Stain, Varnish
• Paneling - Hardboard, Particleboard, Masonite, Birch, Mahogany, Oak, Ash
• Plaster & Stucco - Gypsum Lath, Metal Lath, Wood Lath, Two & Three Coat Plaster
• Plumbing - Tubs, Dishwashers, Disposers, Lavatories, Showers, Sinks, Spas
• Roofing - Asphalt Shingles, Wood Shingles & Shakes, Built-up Asphalt
• Siding - Aluminum, Cedar & Redwood Bevel & Drop, Board & Batten, Plywood, Shingle
• Suspended Ceilings - Fiberglass, Luminous & Mineral Panels with Grid System
• Windows - Aluminum and Wood, Double Hung, Sliding, Casement, Awning, Picture

Included with National Estimator CD-ROM:

• Job Cost Wizard turns estimates into invoices and exports both in QuickBooks
• Free Online Technical Support for the National Estimator Software
• Free Monthly National Estimator Updates Updates to the 2008 costbooks and zip code modification factors are updated monthly. Monthly price updates on the Web are free and automatic all during 2008. You'll be prompted when it's time to collect the next update. A connection to the Web is required.

Requires Windows 95 or greater.

Ordering:

Product Price Order 2008 National Repair & Remodeling Estimator 307 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, & CD-ROM $59.00   Recommendation: Threshold Remodelers Forms & Contracts go well with this for your business $139.00   Shipping $5.95 will be added for UPS Ground Shipping to US addresses; $16.50 added for Air shipment to Canadian addresses

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