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Know your margin before you send the quote.

Estimating workbooks, a Production Schedule and a crew capacity planner for painting contractors. You enter your own labor, material and travel costs. The price follows from the margin you choose.

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Illustrative job Interior repaint, 2 bedrooms and hall

Labor, prep and cleanup$640.00

Paint and materials$318.60

Equipment$92.00

Travel and fuel$100.00

Direct costs$1,150.60

Target margin 40% Gross profit $767.07

Recommended price $1,917.67

Example assumptions only. Price excludes tax. Gross profit is before overhead.

Every paint job runs the same sequence. Price each stage.

STAGE 1

Prep and mask

STAGE 2

Patch and prime

STAGE 3

First coat

STAGE 4

Second coat

STAGE 5

Trim and doors

STAGE 6

Punch list

From first walkthrough to final payment, in one set of files.

Before the job

Scope it, cost it, quote it

List rooms, surfaces, quantities and exclusions. Add labor, materials, equipment, fuel and travel from your own numbers. Get a price that holds your target margin, with deposit amounts ready.

During the job

Put it on the schedule

Use the Production Schedule workbook to record job status, costs and payments. The capacity planner shows booked hours against available hours for the week or the month.

After the job

Compare estimate to actual

Close each job with real spending and collected payments. See where you ran over, and fix the next estimate with what you learned.

Production Schedule and capacity planner

See next week's workload before you say yes.

Plan your team’s available hours before taking on more work. Compare booked hours to what your team can actually deliver, using assumptions you set yourself.

Weekly and monthly views
Adjustable crew size, hours per day and lost days
Shared with every team user in your workspace

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

Crew A

Interior repaint

Trim and touch-up

Crew B

Exterior prep

Exterior coats

Crew C

Cabinet refinish

Open

Booked 96 of 120 hours this week80%

Example week with illustrative hours.

Choose your toolkit.

Editable files you own. Each toolkit includes one user. Add teammates for $5 per user each month, now or later.

Estimate

Multi-Trade Estimator

$79one time

Multi-trade Excel estimator
Labor, materials, equipment and fuel
Margin and deposit calculations

Organize

Contractor Starter Kit

$149one time

Estimate and invoice templates
Production Schedule
Shared weekly and monthly capacity planner
16 trade scope and handoff sheets

Best value

Complete Toolkit

$199one time

Save $29 compared with buying the Estimator and Starter Kit separately ($228).

The Estimator and the Starter Kit
Shared weekly and monthly capacity planner
Multi-trade pricing field guide
Logistics and logging records

STEP 1

Pay securely with Square

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STEP 2

Download immediately

Your private toolkit page and license manager open once payment clears.

STEP 3

Save your recovery link

It stays valid for 30 days, so bookmark it before you close the page.

Guarantee

30-day refund

If the toolkit isn't right for your business, email support@sixpinesco.com within 30 days with your purchase details to request a refund. Additional-user subscriptions are billed separately; contact support to cancel future billing.

Zack Nixon

Owner, Six Pines Painting

Made by Six Pines Painting.

These are the estimating and scheduling tools we wanted for our own jobs. Painting comes first. Profiles for plumbing, electrical, carpentry, HVAC, roofing and more are included, plus a custom profile for any other trade.

Recent work

The jobs these tools were built around.

Before and after of a powder room: bright green walls repainted a deep green above new white beadboard wainscot — **Powder room.** Deep green walls above white beadboard wainscot.

Before and after of a two-story entry with a clean, repainted finish on tall walls — **Two-story entry.** Tall walls refreshed with a clean, even finish.

Before and after of a primary bedroom: gray walls repainted deep green — **Primary bedroom.** Gray walls repainted a deep green.

Second angle of the primary bedroom before and after, showing the fireplace wall in deep green — **Primary bedroom, fireplace wall.** Same room from the other side.

Questions contractors ask.

Does it tell me market rates?

No. It uses your costs and your target margin. Example numbers are illustrative and editable. Check scope and customer requirements before you issue an estimate.

What software do I need?

The spreadsheets use standard Excel formulas. Templates and guides are editable files that open in a browser and print to PDF. Check recalculation on your own version of Excel.

Can I use these for other trades?

Yes. Trade profiles cover plumbing, electrical, carpentry, HVAC, roofing and others, and you can adjust scope, quantities and costs for each job.

Can I send these documents to customers?

Yes. Edit the branding and send finished estimates and invoices. The base license covers one user in one business. Reselling or redistributing the source files is not allowed.

How do extra users work?

Add users in your private license manager after you buy. Square bills $5 per added user each month, and increases start on the next monthly invoice.

Can I open my jobs on another device?

Yes. Paid toolkits include a private cloud workspace, and paid team users share jobs there.

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Six Pines

Support: support@sixpinesco.com

Privacy: signed-in jobs are stored in cloud storage, and paid workspace members can see shared jobs. Card details are entered in Square's secure fields and never reach our server.