Framing & carpentry estimating services
Studs, plates, headers, beams, joists, trusses and sheathing measured by member, with the piece counts a lumber yard can quote from.
What a framing & carpentry package looks like.
Framing takeoffs fail when they stop at square footage. A framed wall needs studs at spacing, plates, blocking, headers by opening size, trimmers and king studs, hardware and fasteners. Each of those is a different unit and a different rate, so each is measured separately.
Engineered members are taken off by product and length: I-joists at spacing with rim board, LVL and glulam beams by size, trusses by profile and count. Sheathing is measured by area and converted to sheet counts, with nailing measured against the schedule rather than assumed.
Measured in
What we look for specifically
- Openings not deducted, or headers missed entirely
- Hardware and connectors left as a lump allowance
- Sheathing waste applied at the same rate as dimensional lumber
- Engineered member lengths rounded to stock without checking spans
Framing & carpentry
- Wall framing: studs at spacing, plates, blocking and bracing
- Headers, trimmers, king studs and cripples by opening
- Posts, columns and built-up members
- Floor and roof joists, I-joists and rim board
- LVL, PSL and glulam beams by size and length
- Roof trusses by profile, span and count
- Wall, floor and roof sheathing with sheet counts
- Fasteners and nailing to the schedule
- Hangers, straps, holdowns and connectors by type
- Furring, strapping and blocking for finishes
Turnaround
24–48 hours on a single-trade package
Who it is for
Framing subcontractors, home builders, general contractors and lumber yards quoting material packages.
Every framing & carpentry package ships the same four things.
Whatever the trade, the deliverable is consistent, so a package from us always drops into how you already work.
Excel workbook
Line-item detail with quantities, wastage, labour hours and material priced on separate columns.
Colour-marked sheets
Every measured item marked on the drawing with a count legend, so any figure can be checked against the plan.
Assumptions & exclusions
Written down, including anything the drawings did not answer, rather than absorbed into a rate.
Planswift source file
On request, so your team can re-measure a revision without coming back to us.
Common questions on framing & carpentry takeoffs.
Yes. Framing is measured by member, so output can be presented as piece counts and lengths for a lumber quote, board feet for costing, or both alongside the priced estimate.
Yes, counted by type from the schedule: hangers, straps, holdowns, post bases and anchors. Connectors are one of the most commonly under-priced items in a framing package and they are never left as an allowance.
Per item. Sheathing typically carries 10%, dimensional lumber 5–10% depending on cut lengths, and engineered members and hardware none at all. One blanket percentage over-orders some items and under-orders others.
Packages that usually travel with this one.
Most enquiries cover more than one division. Bundling them into a single engagement keeps the assumptions consistent across the whole bid.
Send us one framing & carpentry package.
A fixed fee, a firm delivery date and a written scope statement, usually back the same working day. Judge us on the file that comes back.
CSI Division 06 · 24–48 hours on a single-trade package · Unlimited revisions within scope