Residential framing crews live and die by turnaround speed. A bid that lands on a client’s desk hours before your competitor’s often wins the project. CountBricks home framing software was built to deliver that speed without sacrificing accuracy. By pairing real-time voice capture with a continuously updated materials database, CountBricks transforms the way framing contractors scope, price, and win work.
Paper plans, highlighters, and spreadsheets were once the only route to an estimate. Today they cost you valuable hours and open the door to costly omissions.
• Manual entry increases the risk of missing headers, jack studs, or hardware
• Fluctuating lumber prices force constant spreadsheet edits
• Double data entry into accounting or field apps slows cash flow
CountBricks eliminates these roadblocks by automating measurements, material takeoffs, and pricing the moment you speak.
1. Open a blueprint PDF or scan it directly into CountBricks.
2. Speak naturally: “217 linear feet of 2×6 exterior wall, 9-foot plates.”
3. The AI converts your words into digital counts, applies local lumber prices, and populates the estimate line by line.
4. Review, adjust markups, and email a branded proposal—without typing a word.
The result is a professional estimate drafted in minutes instead of hours, freeing your team to focus on production.
Fluctuating SPF, LVL, and engineered lumber costs can eat profits before you even start the job. CountBricks syncs nightly with major suppliers and regional mills, updating unit costs so every stud, joist, and sheet of sheathing reflects market reality. You set preferred vendors, volume breaks, and waste factors once. The system keeps them current automatically.
Materials tell only half the story. CountBricks home framing software also includes labor assemblies tuned for residential projects:
• Wall framing per linear foot
• Floor systems per square foot
• Roof truss installation per truss
• Blocking, bracing, and hardware installation per piece
Adjust crew size, wage rates, and productivity factors to mirror your field operations. The software recalculates totals instantly, giving you full control of margins on every line item.
When jobs arrive as full plan sets, point-and-click takeoff can still feel slow. CountBricks Vision scans drawings, recognizes wall types, counts structural members, and suggests quantities before you even speak. Combine Vision with voice commands to slash takeoff time by up to 70 percent.
Once a bid converts to a contract, CountBricks carries the data forward:
• Auto-generate purchase orders for dimension lumber, sheathing, and fasteners
• Create progress invoices tied to phases: slab, walls, roof, and punch-out
• Sync with your accounting platform through the CountBricks API
Your field supervisors can open the same project on mobile, see quantities, and log delivered loads—keeping the office and site in lockstep.
Sunrise Timber Frames, a three-crew residential framer, shaved 18 hours per week from admin tasks after adopting CountBricks. Winning bids rose by 22 percent thanks to rapid quote turnaround and transparent cost breakdowns. Read the full story at CountBricks.com/portfolio.
• Use voice templates like “standard 2×6 wall” to auto-fill typical stud spacing and plate counts
• Set regional waste factors once—CountBricks applies them to every new estimate
• Leverage the alternates feature to show clients cost impact of open-web floor trusses
• Attach spec sheets and warranty PDFs directly to the proposal package
• Schedule a quarterly materials audit with your rep via CountBricks.com/consultation
Whether you frame a dozen custom homes a year or several tracts a month, CountBricks home framing software scales with your volume. Visit CountBricks.com/services to book a live demo and see how voice-driven estimating can transform your business within a single project cycle.
Residential framing margins are tight, and lead times are shrinking. Contractors who quote faster, invoice sooner, and track costs in real time win. CountBricks places that competitive edge in your hands today—no steep learning curve, no expensive hardware, just the phone or tablet already on your belt.
The Morales Residence project arrived on a Tuesday at noon. By 12:45 p.m., the superintendent had opened the PDFs in CountBricks and spoken the main wall runs, floor system details, and engineered beam specs. The software returned:
• 734 linear feet of 2×6 wall framing
• 128 pieces of double top plate
• 62 LVL headers of varying spans
• Labor hours broken into wall, floor, and roof phases
Material costs reflected that morning’s lumber board pricing. After adding a 12 percent markup and adjusting productivity to account for a steep lot, the proposal went out before 2 p.m. The client signed electronically that evening.
On-site, crew leaders used the CountBricks mobile dashboard to verify counts as pallets arrived. Any variance—such as two damaged LVLs—was flagged and pushed to the estimating team in real time. The updated quantity automatically revised the budget and purchase order, preventing over-billing from the supplier.
1. Estimating time reduced from 6 hours to under 90 minutes
2. Change order turnaround cut from 2 days to same-day
3. Final profit margin improved by 4.3 percent thanks to live cost tracking
If you’re ready to capture similar gains, schedule a personalized walkthrough at CountBricks.com/consultation. Our residential framing specialists will load one of your recent projects and demonstrate the full workflow—voice input, AI Vision, pricing, and invoicing—all in under 30 minutes.
