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For trades contractors who quote their own work

You're not losing jobs.
You're losing money on the ones you win.

Most contractors price from the gut, mark up 20%, and wonder where the profit went. The Vault is a fill-in-the-yellow-cells pricing calculator plus 10 trade-specific estimate templates — so every quote covers your true costs, hits your margin, and goes out the same day.

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Scope of Delivery
Job Pricing Calculator — loaded labor rate, overhead per hour, break-even & target-margin pricing$97 value
10 estimate templates — roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, GC, landscaping, painting, flooring, concrete, handyman$147 value
Pre-written exclusions & terms per trade (the part that prevents free work)$67 value
"Stop Losing Money" 10-minute pricing guide$36 value
Markup-vs-margin conversion chartincl.
Total due $347
$29.00
The mistake on your last quote

A 25% markup is not a 25% profit

Markup is added to your cost. Margin is your share of the price. They're different numbers — and the gap is where your year-end profit disappeared. Drag the slider to see what your markup actually earns you:

What does your markup really pay?

Drag to your usual markup
You mark up
25%
Actual margin
20.0%
Profit on $10k job*
$2,000
And that's before overhead. Take out your truck, insurance, and phone, and a "25% markup" job often nets under 8%.
*Before overhead. The calculator in the Vault builds overhead into every quote automatically.
Inside the Vault

Three tools. One job: profitable quotes, out the door fast.

File 01.xlsx

The Pricing Calculator

  • Enter your wages once — it computes your true loaded labor cost (taxes, comp, benefits included)
  • Turns monthly overhead into a per-hour cost every job must carry
  • Shows break-even and your target-margin price for every job
  • Side-by-side: what gut-markup pricing would've earned vs. real pricing
Files 02–11.docx

10 Trade Estimate Templates

  • Scope lines pre-written for your trade — edit, don't compose
  • Exclusions lists that stop "I thought that was included"
  • Deposit, payment, and change-order terms built in
  • Client signature block — an estimate that closes, not just informs
File 12.docx

The 10-Minute Pricing Guide

  • Markup vs. margin, settled in one page
  • The three costs every price must cover
  • The one rule: never quote below break-even
  • Read once — quote differently forever
RoofingHVACElectricalPlumbingGeneral ContractingLandscapingPaintingFlooringConcrete & MasonryHandyman
Tonight, at the kitchen table

Set up once. Quote in minutes, forever.

STEP 1 · 15 MIN, ONCE

Enter your numbers

Wages, overhead, target margin — into the yellow cells. The calculator now knows what an hour of your business actually costs.

STEP 2 · PER JOB

Price the job

Type in materials, hours, and subs. Read off your break-even floor and your target-margin price. No gut math, no guessing the other guy's number.

STEP 3 · SAME DAY

Send the estimate

Drop the price into your trade's template, tick through the pre-written scope lines, send it while the client is still excited. Fast quotes win.

Straight answers

Questions contractors actually ask

Do I need Excel?
The calculator works in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets (free), LibreOffice (free), and Apple Numbers. The templates open in Word, Google Docs, or any word processor. If you can open an email attachment, you're set.
My trade isn't one of the ten — is this useless to me?
The calculator is trade-agnostic — pricing math is pricing math. The General Contracting and Handyman templates are deliberately broad, and every template's structure (scope, exclusions, terms, signatures) takes about ten minutes to adapt to any trade.
Can I put my logo and company name on everything?
Yes — that's the point. Every file is fully editable and yours to brand and reuse on unlimited jobs. (Reselling the templates themselves isn't allowed.)
Is this a subscription?
No. $29 once. You download the files, they live on your computer, and no one can turn them off.
I've been quoting for 15 years. What's this going to tell me?
Probably one number you've never actually calculated: your overhead cost per billable hour. Most experienced contractors who run it find it's $15–25/hr — and realize a chunk of their "profitable" jobs were paying for the truck and nothing else. Fifteen years of experience plus that number is a strong combination.
Are the estimate terms legally bulletproof?
They're professionally structured templates with the clauses that prevent the most common disputes — but they're not legal advice, and contract law varies by state and province. For high-value work, have your attorney give them a once-over. Each file says the same thing.

The One-Job Guarantee

Run one real job through the calculator. If it doesn't change the number on your next quote — or show you what last month's jobs really earned — email us within 30 days for a full refund. Keep the files.

Your next quote can carry real margin.

$29, once. Set up tonight, quote tomorrow like the business you're actually running.

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