How much should a mason pay for estimating software?

FieldSquire's Solo plan is $19 a month with unlimited manual estimates and AI-assisted drafts; the 14-day trial needs no credit card. One saved evening a week pays it many times over.

What should a masonry estimate itemize?

Units (brick/block/stone) with waste, mortar and sand, scaffold or staging, flashing and weeps on veneer, cleaning, and disposal on repairs. Repairs add access and matching lines.

Can an app learn masonry rates?

Yes — correct a drafted rate for brick per thousand laid, block per unit, or tuckpointing per square foot once, and FieldSquire uses your private price on the next matching line.

Field guide

The Best Estimating App for Masonry Counts What You Count

Masonry estimating is unit counting with judgment on top: bricks per square foot, block per course, bags of mortar per hundred units, scaffold days per wall height. The craft is old; losing the evening to retyping those counts into a quote is not. The best estimating app for masonry contractors takes the counts you already make at the wall and returns a signable document before you leave.

The masonry line set

Units with waste: modular brick ≈ 6.75–7 per sq ft of veneer with joints; 8×16 block ≈ 1.125 per sq ft. Add your waste — cuts, culls, breakage.
Mortar and sand: your mix, your bags-per-hundred number, priced as a line.
Labor at your daily production: brick per mason-day varies enormously by wall type — veneer runs vs. corners, openings, and detail work. Your tracked numbers beat any manual's."
Staging: scaffold rental or your frames, setup days, fall protection — a visible line, not buried margin.
Veneer details: flashing, weeps, ties, lintels over openings — the lines an inspector looks for and a pro's quote shows.
Cleaning: wash-down as its own step.

Narrate the wall

"Front veneer, three hundred twenty square feet, running bond, two window openings with loose steel lintels — photo; scaffold one level; matching brick TBD from sample panel." FieldSquire drafts the lines from your words and photos; you correct the rates — corrections become your private company prices — and send the branded PDF with deposit and e-signature from the site.

Why the itemized bid matters more in masonry

Masonry customers can't judge the craft until it's up, so they judge the paper. The quote that names flashing, weeps, and wash-down reads like the mason who'll still be answering his phone in five years — and it pre-sells the price difference against the guy with one number and a ladder. Try the masonry estimating app free for 14 days, no credit card.

Try it on a real job: FieldSquire's Solo plan is free for 14 days with no credit card — unlimited manual estimates and AI-assisted drafts you review line by line. Start the free trial or see the masonry estimating app guide.