2008 National Renovation & Insurance Repair Estimator

Product Description

Current prices in dollars and cents for hard-to-find items needed on most insurance, repair, remodeling, and renovation jobs. All price items include labor, material, and equipment breakouts, plus special charts that tell you exactly how these costs are calculated.

Includes a CD-ROM with an electronic version of the book with National Estimator, a stand-alone Windows estimating program, plus an interactive multimedia video that shows how to use the disk to compile construction cost estimates. Revised annually.

Order this book now to qualify for immediate download of the electronic version at no extra cost.

Included with National Estimator CD-ROM:

Job Cost Wizard – turns estimates into invoices and exports both in QuickBooks Free Online Technical Support – for the National Estimator Software Free Monthly National Estimator Updates – Updates to the 2007 costbooks and zip code modification factors are updated monthly. Monthly price updates on the Web are free and automatic all during 2007. You'll be prompted when it's time to collect the next update. A connection to the Web is required.

Labor & Material Costs for All Insurance Repair & Renovation Work

Appliances – Cook Tops, Dishwashers, Dryers, Garbage Disposals, Ovens, Ranges, Washers Cabinets – Bathroom, Built-In, Countertops, Full-Height, Kitchen, Repairing, Refinishing, Utility Columns – Aluminum, Plaster, Stone, Stucco, Wood; Bases, Capitals, Pilasters, Repairing Concrete – Flatwork, Footings, Foundation Buttressing, Foundations, Piers, Rebar, Repair, Sawing Demolition & Hauling – Debris Hauling Per CY, Ton & Truck Load; Dump Charges, Refuse Chutes Doors – Bypassing, Exterior, Folding, French, Garage, Interior, Louvered, Pocket, Sliding Patio Electrical – Conduit, Fans, Fixtures, Heaters, Outlets, Panels, Switches, Thermostats, Wire Excavation – Access Holes, Backfill, Basements, Footings, Foundations, Mobilization, Trenches Fences – Board, Chain Link, Ornamental Iron, Picket, Vinyl, Woven Wood; Gates & Hardware Finish Carpentry – Casework, Door & Window Trim, Gingerbread, Mantels, Molding, Niches Fireplaces – Caps, Chimneys, Dampers, Faces, Fire Brick, Hearths, Prefabricated, Repairing Flooring – Carpet, Linoleum, Marble, Parquet, Plank, Slate, Terrazzo, Tile, Vinyl, Wood Strip Hazardous Materials – Containment, Decontamination, Disposal, Encapsulation, Removal Insulation – Blown Cellulose, Fiberglass, Wool, Fiberglass Batt, Rigid Foam Board, Vermiculite Masonry – Brick, Concrete Block, Glass Block, Tile; Cleaning, Lintels, Repairing, Repointing Painting – Concrete, Doors, Drywall, Floors, Masonry, Trim, Wood; Prime, Seal, Stain, Varnish Paneling – Frame-&-Panel, Hardboard, Plywood, Specialty Woods, Tongue-&-Groove Plaster & Stucco – Acoustic, Cast-In-Place, Cement, Gypsum, Synthetic, Repairing Plumbing – Antique Hardware, Fixtures, Rough Plumbing, Supply & DWV Pipe, Water Heaters Roofing – Built-up, Coated Metal, Fiberglass, Roll, Sheet Metal, Shingle, Slate, Tile Rough Carpentry – Beams, Decking, Headers, Plates, Posts, Railings, Stairs, Truss Joists, Walls Stairs – Attic, Balustrades, Brackets, Framing, Newel Posts, Prefabricated, Spiral, Tread Trim Water Extraction – Carpet, Treatments, Removal, Dehumidifying, Pad & Block Furniture Windows – Aluminum, Fixed, Movable, Reglazing, Repairing, Screens, Skylights, Vinyl, Wood

Free Estimating Disk Enclosed Monthly price updates on the Web are FREE and automatic all during 2007 Inside the back cover of this book you'll find National Estimator, a CD-ROM with all the cost estimates in the book plus an easy-to-use estimating program for Windows. National Estimator works just like a book. Page through the entire book one screen at a time or use the electronic index to search (in seconds) for what you need. Then select the cost estimates you want and copy them to your estimate with the touch of a key. It's quick and easy (costs are extended and columns totaled automatically). And you can change any price or quantity, including subtotals, and add the markup of your choice.

Job Cost Wizard Turns estimates into invoices and exports to QuickBooks Pro. Export entire estimates or invoices to track job costs for each item or category in your estimate. Then compare estimated and actual costs for each part of any job. Handles progressive billing (invoices for each part of the job) with QuickBooks Pro.