Field guide

A Finish Carpentry Quote App for Work Measured in Openings and Feet

Finish carpentry is counted work sold to uncounting customers: they see "trim the house," you see forty-one openings, six hundred feet of base, and a stair skirt. The quote that shows the counts earns the price — and the app that builds it from a walkthrough narration earns your evening back.

Count out loud, room by room

"Main floor: eleven door openings, nine window openings — casing both sides on doors; two-twenty feet of five-and-quarter base; crown in the dining and living, call it ninety feet, paint-grade; stair skirt and shoe on twelve treads." FieldSquire drafts per-opening, per-foot, and per-feature lines at your saved rates. Grade — paint or stain — rides every line, because it's a different price and the quote should say so.

Doors: units with a condition report

Pre-hung swaps, slab fits into old jambs, pocket-door surgery — different units, different rates. Photograph the out-of-square opening and the draft carries the evidence for the "why is this door more" conversation.

Built-ins: quote from a picture

Mark up a photo of the alcove — shelves here, cabinet base, face frame flush to the wall — and attach it to an elevation-priced line with materials, finish scope, and a hardware allowance named. The picture is the scope; the signature under it is the protection.

Punch-list speed for punch-list-sized jobs

Half of finish work arrives as small lists — a door that rubs, a stair rail, one room of crown. The minimum-charge and learned-rate structure keeps small jobs profitable and instantly quotable. The carpentry estimating app is free for 14 days, no credit card — narrate one trim walkthrough and see the counts become the quote.