“Plastering money” is the quiet currency of residential construction. It is the difference between a job that merely covers costs and one that grows your company. Yet too often that money slips away through inaccurate take-offs, forgotten labour tasks, or material over-ordering. CountBricks exists to pull those dollars back into your pocket with AI voice estimating, live material pricing and instant quote generation built specifically for residential contractors.
• Material waste from rough room measurements
• Labour overruns when crews wait for fresh mixes or re-work imperfect finishes
• Missed change orders buried in message threads
• Price volatility for lime, gypsum and corner beads between bid day and install day
Traditional spreadsheets can’t keep up with these moving parts. By the time the invoice goes out, the plastering money you imagined at bid stage has evaporated.
Walk the site with your phone and simply speak: “120 square metres of 10 mm two-coat plaster, 40 lineal metres of 90-degree external corners, three feature curves.” CountBricks converts your narration into structured line items, pulls live pricing from our material database and applies your crew’s production rates.
Upload the architect’s PDF and let CountBricks trace every wall and ceiling plane. The software labels substrate type, calculates surface areas and even highlights spots that will require access scaffolding. In minutes you receive a digital worksheet that eliminates manual counting errors.
CountBricks maintains region-specific costs for gypsum, lime, bonding agents and specialty finishes. When supplier prices move, your saved assemblies update automatically so future bids reflect real numbers, not last year’s guesses.
Your accepted estimate feeds straight into branded quote documents and staged invoices. No double-entry, no math mistakes, and no forgotten extras—your plastering money stays visible from bid to final payment.
1. Import the plan set into CountBricks.com/blueprint-takeoff and let the AI surface areas populate.
2. Walk the physical site and add voice notes for any on-site variances.
3. Review automatically suggested labour crews and adjust man-hours to reflect experience levels.
4. Select preferred suppliers from CountBricks.com/services for instant material pricing comparison.
5. Generate the client-ready quote. The software highlights optional upgrades such as Venetian plaster so you can upsell without guesswork.
6. Convert the approved quote to a task schedule. Field staff clock in and out through the mobile app, giving you live labour cost feedback.
7. Final invoice pulls real-world quantities and hours, guaranteeing you invoice for every square metre placed.
• Create “rapid patch” assemblies for small remedial jobs—CountBricks suggests minimum charge rates so your team never under-prices quick calls.
• Use the variance dashboard to see where actual mix consumption differs from estimate. Tighten production rates and reclaim hidden plastering money on future jobs.
• Tag high-moisture rooms in the plan. CountBricks automatically swaps in moisture-resistant boards and adjusted labour times, reducing on-site change orders.
CountBricks partnered with a three-person plastering crew renovating a 1920s Queenslander. Prior to adopting CountBricks they lost nearly 12 % profit to underestimated curved wall labour. After switching:
• AI takeoff identified 27 m of radius work in seconds.
• Voice notes captured heritage cornice restoration tasks that usually slipped through.
• Net result: 8 % labour saving, 5 % material saving, $6 400 extra plastering money kept by the contractor.
Plastering will always be part skill, part art. But the money behind that craft doesn’t have to be abstract. With CountBricks you see, track and protect every dollar from the first site walk to the final coat of paint. Ready to turn hidden costs into bankable profit? Explore our full toolkit at CountBricks.com/services and start counting bricks—and dollars—today.
While solid estimates safeguard plastering money at bid stage, the real magic happens when that data drives on-site choices. CountBricks pushes live project intelligence to your phone so foremen correct course long before costs blow out.
• Each task generated in CountBricks carries a benchmark production rate. As crew members clock in, you instantly see whether they are ahead or behind schedule—and by how much plastering money that variance represents.
• When on-site consumption approaches 80 % of estimated quantity, CountBricks pings you with a suggested reorder volume based on historic waste factors. No more emergency dashes to the supplier or piles of leftover bags eating your profit.
• The client asks for a new bullnose corner halfway through the job. Speak the request into the app and it automatically adds the line item, cost and markup. One tap sends an approval request and locks extra plastering money in before work begins.
Big builders rely on cost-to-complete reports; CountBricks delivers the same clarity sized for small residential teams.
1. Daily cost burn displays labour and material spend against budget.
2. Forecast final cost updates instantly with each field entry.
3. End-of-day summary emails keep owners informed even when they’re still on site finishing edges.
A family-run plastering firm in Sydney’s Inner West trialed CountBricks on a duplex build. Mid-project reporting flagged an unexpected 14 % labour overrun on ceiling sanding. By reallocating an apprentice and adjusting mix timing, they reversed the overrun and finished 2 % under budget—saving $1 850 in plastering money before the project wrapped.
You already earn plastering money with every float, hawk and trowel. Let CountBricks guard it. Visit CountBricks.com/consultation to book a live walkthrough and see how fast intelligent data can start padding your bottom line.
