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Current labor and material prices for home improvement projects.
Take advantage of home improvement jobs you may never have bid on before by relying on the solid cost figures in this book. That's why so many home improvement contractors use this manual as their company price book. You'll be able to quickly locate hard-to-find costs for demolition, foundations, framing, structural repairs, decking, deck repairs, window repair and replacement, door repair and replacement. wall and ceiling repairs, floor repair and replacement, kitchen and bathroom improvement prices, and much more.
Provides manhours for each job, recommended crew size, and the labor cost for the removal and installation work. Many assembly prices are included to help you speed your estimates, just add linear or square feet to complete the estimate. Material prices are current, with location adjustment factors and free quarterly updates on the Web. Gives step-by-step instructions for the work, with helpful diagrams, and home improvement shortcuts and tips from an expert.
New prices included for 2011: Smart home electrical management systems prices that comply with U.S. Green Building Council standards for energy-efficient upgrades. LED lighting retrofit costs, HEPA central air filtration retrofit costs, heat recovery ventilator central system retrofit costs, storm flood damage repair and prevention costs, mold and dry rot remediation costs, basement HVAC restoration costs, corrosion coating costs, and much more.
Includes a CD-ROM with an electronic version of the book, and National Estimator, a stand-alone Windows estimating program, plus an interactive multimedia tutorial that shows how to use the disk to compile home improvement cost estimates. Revised annually.
You will also receive a link for a download of the 2011 electronic version at no extra charge.
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 Quarterly National Estimator Updates – Updates to the 2011 costbooks and zip code modification factors are updated quarterly. Quarterly price updates on the Web are free and automatic all during 2011. You'll be prompted when it's time to collect the next update. A connection to the Web is required.
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