About this example
This example is the estimate an exterior contractor in Pennsylvania gives homeowners replacing 25-year-old vinyl siding with factory-painted fibre cement. It covers tear-off and a dumpster, house wrap, an allowance for rotted sheathing, 19.4 squares of lap siding with new trim around corners, windows and doors, and removing and reinstalling the eavestroughs.
Siding is priced by the square, so this estimate shows how the squares were counted: gross wall area by elevation, minus windows and doors, plus a stated waste factor. A before-and-after page shows the house in its new colours, and a comparison prices vinyl, fibre cement lap and board-and-batten for the same walls. The costs are itemized in four sections, followed by a schedule that works one elevation at a time, payments with a modest deposit, the manufacturer and installation warranties, and an acceptance that leads to the formal home renovation contract.
Who it is for
Siding, roofing and exterior renovation contractors who estimate re-siding jobs and want homeowners to see how the price was measured.