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What a $395 Commercial Roofing Takeoff Includes

By The Sharp Pencil team

Short answer

$395 covers one new set of drawings, or a new address. You get the four-file package: START HERE, marked-up drawings PDF, Takeoff.xlsx with a Questions tab, and the material order list. Answer the questions we ask and one re-run of that same job is included in the price. Usually within one business day. Delivered within 48 hours*.

*Clock starts once any questions we send you are answered.

For the full service overview, see our commercial roofing takeoff services page. This page sticks to one question: what one $395 takeoff gets you.

What $395 buys

$395 covers a new set of drawings, or a new address. No plan, no minimum, nothing to cancel. Your first takeoff is free, one per contractor, on a job you're bidding or quoting. See the free first takeoff for the details.

If you send sets every month, the monthly plans may fit better.

The four files

Every job gets a four-file package: a one-page START HERE, a marked-up drawings PDF with every measurement on your sheets, Takeoff.xlsx with its Questions tab, and a material order list.

• START HERE. One page with the headline numbers and anything that holds up pricing.
• Marked-up drawings PDF. Your drawings with every measurement drawn on the sheet it came from.
• Takeoff.xlsx. Every quantity shows its basis: the sheet it came from, or our stated default. Its Questions tab lists each open item with the sheet reference and what we need from you.
• Material order list. Quantities converted into what you actually order: boards, rolls, buckets, boxes, sticks.

Want to see them before you send a set? Open the sample package and look through all four files.

Every line traces to a sheet

Every quantity names its basis: the sheet number, or our stated default on the Questions tab. So you can open the drawings and check any number yourself. When the set leaves something open, it becomes a question, not a guess buried in a total. Read more on where every number comes from.

What it covers: low slope and steep slope

Every $395 set gets full coverage for the roof systems on it. That includes commercial low slope, plus full standing seam metal and shingle takeoffs, the field areas and the steep-slope linear items.

Steep slope. Standing seam and shingle roofs get the field area by plane in SF with its source sheet. Ridge, hip, valley, dead valley, rake, eave, endwall and sidewall flashing, transitions, starter, drip edge and gutters each come back as separate lines. See the standing seam metal roof takeoff and asphalt shingle roof takeoff guides.

Low slope. TPO, EPDM, PVC, mod bit and BUR get the field, edge metal, flashing, penetrations and drains, plus coping, parapet and taper. See how to price a TPO roof, the tapered insulation takeoff and the edge metal roof takeoff.

Turnaround

Usually within one business day. Delivered within 48 hours*.

*Clock starts once any questions we send you are answered.

If something in the set will slow that down, you hear about it up front, not on day two. See how it works for the steps from upload to delivery.

New set or re-run?

A different building or a different address is a new set. So is a different project at the same address. If we have not measured it before, it is a new set.

Running the same job again is not a new set. That is a re-run, and when you have answered our questions it is already covered. Answer the questions we ask and one re-run of that same job is included in the price. That included re-run is also how a number we got wrong gets put right, at no cost to you.

Got an addendum? Ask before you send it and you get the answer before anything is charged.

Pricing with your own costs

Send your cost data and we apply your prices to the quantities. Pricing from your book is optional. The standard ship is still the four-file package either way. Anything you have not priced comes back marked UNPRICED with the quantity shown. The services page covers this in more detail.

What $395 does not include

One $395 takeoff covers one set. A different building, a different address, or a different project at the same address is a new set. If you want to compare our price with other ways of getting takeoffs done, see what a commercial roofing takeoff costs.

Not sure where the takeoff ends and the estimate begins? See roofing takeoff vs roofing estimate.

FAQ

What does a $395 roofing takeoff include?

One new set of drawings, or a new address, taken off and returned as four files: START HERE, marked-up drawings PDF, Takeoff.xlsx with a Questions tab, and the material order list. Every quantity shows its basis: the sheet it came from, or our stated default on the Questions tab. Answer the questions we ask and one re-run of that same job is included.

What counts as a new set of drawings?

A different building or a different address is a new set. So is a different project at the same address. If we have not measured it before, it is a new set. Running the same job again is not a new set.

Is a re-run included?

Yes. Answer the questions we ask and one re-run of that same job is included in the price. That included re-run is also how a number we got wrong gets put right, at no cost to you.

How fast is it?

Usually within one business day. Delivered within 48 hours*.
*Clock starts once any questions we send you are answered.

Do you cover steep slope?

Yes. Full standing seam and shingle takeoffs with every steep-slope linear item. Low slope gets the same full coverage, from the field to coping, parapet, edge, penetrations and taper.

What happens to my plans?

A plan set you send us will never be used to compete with you, and plan sets are deleted whenever you ask. See what happens to your plans.

Is the first one free?

First takeoff free, one per contractor, on a job you're bidding or quoting. See the free first takeoff.

What do I pay after the free first takeoff, and what comes with it?

First takeoff free, one per contractor, on a job you're bidding or quoting. After that $395 for a new set of drawings or a new address, or a monthly plan if you send several a month. Each takeoff comes back as four files: START HERE, marked-up drawings PDF, Takeoff.xlsx with a Questions tab, and the material order list. Every quantity carries its source sheet and its basis. Pricing from your book is optional and included in the $395. Anything you have not priced comes back marked UNPRICED with the quantity shown. Usually within one business day. Delivered within 48 hours*.

*Clock starts once any questions we send you are answered.

Do I have to pay or pick a plan before the free takeoff?

No. Pay per set, or pick a monthly plan. Nothing bills until you choose. One is enough to see whether it's any good. See full pricing and plan terms on pricing.

Is pricing with my own price book extra?

No. Pricing from your book is optional and included in the $395. Send your cost data and we apply your prices to the quantities. Anything you have not priced comes back marked UNPRICED with the quantity shown.

Why send your takeoffs to Sharp Pencil

• Usually within one business day. Delivered within 48 hours*. A takeoff stuck in a week-long queue does you no good when the bid is due sooner.
• Every quantity names its sheet. Every quantity carries its source sheet and its basis, so you can check it against the drawings.
• Questions instead of guesses. If the set leaves something open, it goes on the Questions tab in Takeoff.xlsx, not into the number as a guess.
• Checked before it goes out. Every paid takeoff is checked before delivery.
• Four files, one package. START HERE, marked-up drawings PDF, Takeoff.xlsx with a Questions tab, and the material order list. See what the service covers.
• Your plans stay yours. A plan set you send us will never be used to compete with you, and plan sets are deleted whenever you ask. See what happens to your plans.
• First takeoff free, one per contractor, on a job you're bidding or quoting. After that, $395 per new set of drawings, or monthly plans.

Commercial roofing takeoffs for low-slope (TPO, EPDM, PVC, mod bit and BUR), standing seam and shingle roofs. Residential is not our focus today, but ask if you have a job in mind.

*Clock starts once any questions we send you are answered.

The Sharp Pencil team

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