Fence quote example, per linear foot

Example quote: 150 feet of cedar fence

A fence is a line on the ground, and every line on this quote is priced on it.

D. Okafor (example) · 150 ft of 6 ft cedar privacy fence, one gate

Remove existing fence 150 lin ft · The old fence comes out first	$975.00
Haul away and tipping 150 lin ft · Tipping fees at the transfer station	$412.50
Post holes and concrete footings 150 lin ft · Posts at 8 ft centres, below frost line	$900.00
Cedar privacy fence, 6 ft 150 lin ft · Western red cedar, dog-eared, on treated rails	$5,100.00
Gate, single, with hardware 1 each · One single gate with hardware	$385.00
Layout and utility locate Once · String the line, mark the holes, wait for the locate	$145.00
Subtotal	$7,917.50
Sales tax 6.5%, on the taxable lines ($6,385.00)	$415.03
Total	$8,332.53

An example, not a price list. The customer is invented. Every rate above is a row from the price book a new cedar privacy fence account is seeded with, and the first thing you would do in the app is replace them with yours -- which is why the total is a shape to compare against, not a quote for your job.

Priced by the foot, bought by the bag

Everything on this quote except the gate is a rate per linear foot, because that is what a fence is: a line on the ground. The footings are on the same measurement even though concrete comes in bags -- posts at 8 ft centres means feet and posts are the same number wearing a different hat, and a price book that asks the estimator to count holes gets abandoned on the second quote. The calculator still tells you how many bags to order.

The two lines most fence quotes are missing

Taking the old fence out is one line and getting rid of it is another. The second one is a weighbridge ticket, it is never small, and it is the single most commonly forgotten line in this trade. Drawlite warns about a quote that has demolition and no disposal.

A gate is not fence

Braced, hung, latched, with a drop rod into a concrete pad: most of a day of fiddling for one unit of something. It is counted, never run through the per foot rate.