What this service covers
Hardwood, LVT, tile, carpet, and resilient flooring quantities plus transitions and accessories.
Flooring is a finish trade with high material variance — porcelain tile $4-12/SF, hardwood $8-25/SF, LVT $3-9/SF, carpet $3-10/SF — and waste factors that depend heavily on installation pattern. A herringbone hardwood pattern wastes 15-18% vs 8% for straight-lay. A 12”x24” porcelain tile in offset pattern wastes 10-12% vs 7% for grid pattern.
How we work
Every flooring estimating services engagement starts with a free scope review — typically within 4 business hours of receiving your documents. We confirm the deliverable scope, turnaround, and fee before any work starts. Estimates and takeoffs are produced by US-based senior estimators with a minimum of seven years on the discipline in question, then reviewed by a second estimator before delivery.
Deliverables ship in your preferred format — PDF, Excel, your estimating software’s native file, or a custom client template. Bid-day clarifications during your bid submission window are handled in under an hour.
Why outsource this work
Outsourced specialty estimating gives contractors access to senior trade-specific capacity without the fixed cost of a full-time hire. The economics are simple: a senior in-house estimator costs $90K-$150K/year fully loaded; outsourced per-project work is paid as it’s used. For shops with irregular bid volume or specialty trades they bid only occasionally, the math heavily favors outsourcing.