About this example
This example is the estimate an exterior contractor in Pennsylvania gives homeowners replacing 25-year-old vinyl cladding with factory-painted fibre cement. It covers stripping and a skip, breathable membrane, an allowance for rotted sheathing, 19.4 squares (about 180 m²) of lap cladding with new trims around corners, windows and doors, and removing and refitting the guttering.
In the US, cladding 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 itemised in four sections, followed by a programme 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 improvement contract.
Who it is for
Cladding, roofing and exterior renovation contractors who estimate re-cladding jobs and want homeowners to see how the price was measured.