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Divisions 09 / 07 · A sheets

Finishes & Roofing takeoff,
the way estimators do it.

Floor and wall finishes by room area, the roof membrane by assembly, perimeter metals by the foot. Exactly what gets measured, how it gets priced, and how the number is proven.

Finishes & Roofing

Divisions 09 / 07 · A sheets

Floor and wall finishes by room area, the roof membrane by assembly, perimeter metals by the foot.

Illustrative Finishes & Roofing methodology: how Estimaite takes off the finishes & roofing system
Illustrative takeoff
What Estimaite measures
Floor finish by materialAreaSF
Wall + ceiling paint by codeAreaSF
Wall base + transitionsLinearLF
Roof membrane + insulation by assemblyAreaSF
Edge metal, coping, base flashingLinearLF
Drains, curbs, penetrationsCountEA
How it's priced
  • Floor finish per code SF by room; waste by material (carpet tile +5-10%, tile +8-10%).
  • Paint: walls perimeter LF × height; exposed-structure dryfall = the room floor SF; 2 coats + primer.
  • Roof field membrane SF by assembly (TPO/EPDM/PVC), +10% laps; separate roofs at different elevations.
  • Roof insulation SF by R-value (flat stock staggered + tapered system at avg thickness).
Derived + allowances
  • Transitions counted EA at every material boundary; wall base LF by type.
  • Perimeter LF: edge metal vs coping (different metals), plus base-flashing wrap height.
  • Roof drains + overflows match the plumbing storm count 1:1; curb flashing per RTU.
Live sample estimate
LVT-2 flooring8,600 SF$107,741.00
Paint, walls (2 coats + primer)23,800 SF$50,730.00
TPO roof membrane (adhered)14,200 SF$138,237.00
Edge metal + coping540 LF$22,278.00
Rubber wall base3,100 LF$21,030.00
Material$167,565.00
Labor$151,920.00
Markup 15%$47,923.00
Grand total$367,409.00
Markup15%
Illustrative unit costs, priced live through Estimaite's real estimating engine. Your catalog uses your own costs.
How Estimaite proves it
Every finish-schedule room has one floor layer + one base type; sum ≈ net floor SF.
Drain + overflow counts match the plumbing storm takeoff exactly.
Every curb on the M-sheets has curb flashing; every vent penetrated the roof once.
The method

Every trade runs the same disciplined takeoff.

Not a black box. The same six steps a careful estimator follows, enforced on every sheet.

  1. 01
    Set the scale
    Calibrate on a known dimension or the title-block scale before measuring anything. Sanity-check against a door or a parking stall.
  2. 02
    Read every schedule
    Equipment and fixture schedules anchor the estimate. Count the tagged things first, then reconcile against the plan symbols.
  3. 03
    Count the tagged units
    One count layer per schedule type. Density is never an excuse to skip, a crowded sheet means trace finer, not less.
  4. 04
    Trace by system, size, material
    One layer per system + size + construction class ("CHWS 6" Sch40 grv"). Size alone is not a takeoff line, material and system price it.
  5. 05
    Verify in overlay
    Re-view each region in overlay mode. Every line must sit on a real drawn run; anything floating over nothing is deleted.
  6. 06
    Final full-sheet pass
    Re-tile the entire area of every in-scope sheet. Not done until zero dark runs sit unmeasured and zero lines sit on nothing.
Complete, never sampled
Every system, run, and tagged unit on every in-scope sheet. A "representative" or "main systems only" takeoff is a failed one, not a smaller one.
Only what is drawn
Every line and point sits on a real drawn element. Hallucinated geometry is worse than a gap, so unverified marks get deleted.
Mismatches are findings
When the schedule says 12 and the plan shows 10, that is reported, not silently reconciled. The number stays honest.

Takeoff by trade

Every trade gets its own page: what gets measured, how it is priced, and how the number is proven.

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