CountBricks Software for Professional Framing Estimates

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James Miller
Head of Sales

Enhance Your Residential Framing Estimates

For construction professionals, speed and accuracy in framing estimates are crucial. With CountBricks home framing software, you can achieve estimates ranging from $650-$1200 per opening, ensuring competitive bids and precise cost management. This software integrates real-time voice capture with AI-driven blueprint takeoffs, transforming how framing contractors operate.

Challenges of Traditional Estimating

Traditional methods like paper plans and spreadsheets can slow down your process and lead to errors:

  • Manual entry risks missing critical components like headers and hardware.
  • Constantly changing lumber prices require frequent updates.
  • Double data entry into accounting systems delays cash flow.

CountBricks automates these processes, allowing you to focus on what matters most.

Voice-Driven Takeoffs: A Game Changer

1. Open a blueprint PDF or scan it into CountBricks.
2. Speak naturally: “217 linear feet of 2x6 exterior wall, 9-foot plates.”
3. The AI processes your input, applies local lumber prices, and populates the estimate.
4. Review, adjust, and send a proposal without typing.

This results in professional estimates drafted in minutes, freeing your team for production.

Real-Time Material Pricing

Stay ahead of fluctuating costs with CountBricks, which syncs with suppliers to update prices for SPF, LVL, and engineered lumber. Set your preferences once, and the system maintains them automatically.

Integrated Labor Assemblies

CountBricks includes labor assemblies tailored for residential projects:

  • Wall framing per linear foot
  • Floor systems per square foot
  • Roof truss installation per truss
  • Blocking and hardware installation per piece

Adjust crew size and productivity factors to match your operations, ensuring accurate margins.

AI-Powered Blueprint Takeoffs

CountBricks Vision scans drawings, recognizes wall types, and suggests quantities, reducing takeoff time by up to 70%.

Seamless Transition from Estimate to Invoice

Once a bid becomes a contract, CountBricks automates the process:

  • Generate purchase orders for materials
  • Create progress invoices linked to project phases
  • Sync with accounting platforms via API

Field supervisors can access project data on mobile, ensuring seamless communication between office and site.

Case Study: Sunrise Timber Frames

Sunrise Timber Frames reduced admin tasks by 18 hours per week and increased bid wins by 22% using CountBricks. Discover more at CountBricks.com.

Pro Tips for Maximizing Efficiency

  • Use voice templates for common tasks.
  • Set regional waste factors for consistent estimates.
  • Show clients cost impacts with the alternates feature.
  • Attach spec sheets directly to proposals.
  • Schedule regular materials audits with your rep.

Getting Started with CountBricks

Whether you're framing custom homes or large tracts, CountBricks scales with your needs. Visit CountBricks.com to book a demo and transform your estimating process.

Gain a Competitive Edge

In a competitive market, speed and accuracy are key. CountBricks provides the tools you need to quote faster, invoice sooner, and track costs in real time, all from your existing devices.

Our AI app can generate costed estimates in seconds.

CountBricks home framing software for residential estimates

Applying CountBricks to a Custom Home Project

The Morales Residence project was processed quickly using CountBricks. Within 45 minutes, the superintendent had detailed the main wall runs and floor system specs, resulting in:

  • 734 linear feet of 2x6 wall framing
  • 128 pieces of double top plate
  • 62 LVL headers
  • Labor hours segmented by project phase

Material costs were updated with current pricing, and the proposal was sent out the same day, signed electronically by the client.

Connecting Field Execution to the Office

On-site, crew leaders used the mobile dashboard to verify deliveries. Any discrepancies were flagged and updated in real time, ensuring accurate billing and budgeting.

Achieving Bottom-Line Results

  • Estimating time reduced from 6 hours to 90 minutes
  • Change order turnaround cut to same-day
  • Profit margin improved by 4.3% with live cost tracking

Take the Next Step

Ready to improve your operations? Schedule a walkthrough at CountBricks.com and see the benefits firsthand.