Dallas, TX
DOORS ESTIMATING.

## Door Estimating in Dallas Moves Fast — Your Bids Should Too Dallas is one of the busiest construction markets in the country. New residential subdivisions are going up in Frisco, Prosper, and Celina every week. Commercial tenant improvements are constant across Uptown, Deep Ellum, and the Design District. As a door contractor here, you are pricing hollow-core interior packages for production builders, storefront aluminum systems for retail fit-outs, and solid-core fire-rated assemblies for multifamily projects — sometimes all in the same week. Slowing down to build estimates in a spreadsheet costs you jobs. Estimate.Pro gets you from job-site walkthrough to a sendable bid in 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes Door Estimating Different in Dallas **Volume pricing pressure from production builders.** D-FW production builders run tight allowance schedules. They know the market rate for a 6-panel pre-hung interior door installed, and they will test whether you do too. Your estimate has to reflect current lumber and hardware pricing, not what you paid six months ago. Estimate.Pro keeps a saved material cost workspace so your unit costs stay current without rebuilding your template every time lumber moves. **Commercial fire-rated and ADA requirements.** Dallas commercial work triggers NFPA 80 for fire door assemblies and ICC/ANSI A117.1 for accessible hardware and clearances. A bid that misses a required closer, a specific hinge count, or the correct frame gauge gets rejected in the field or clawed back later. The Estimate.Pro scope-of-work generator surfaces these line items when you log a commercial door opening so nothing drops off. **Storefront and aluminum framing.** The Uptown and downtown core have a constant pipeline of restaurant and retail build-outs specifying aluminum storefront systems — typically Kawneer or YKK AP product lines. Estimating these jobs means accounting for glass lite pricing, perimeter sealant, and coordination with glaziers. Estimate.Pro lets you build a trade-specific line-item structure that reflects how you actually buy and install these systems. **Permit and inspection reality.** Dallas Development Services issues building permits that cover door and frame work on commercial projects. Permit fees are based on project valuation. Knowing the fee schedule before you submit your bid lets you pass it through accurately rather than eating it. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Door Contractors 1. **Walk the job.** Use the AR measurement tool on supported devices — ONNX-assisted live measurement — to capture opening widths, heights, and counts. On older hardware, camera and photo measurements are marked as estimates so you know what to verify. 2. **Generate scope.** The AI scope-of-work builder turns your measurements and notes into a line-item list: door units, frames, hardware sets, installation labor, closers, thresholds, weather stripping, and any fire-rating or ADA callouts. 3. **Price it.** Your saved material cost workspace pulls your current costs. Labor rates are yours to set — you know what Dallas framing and finish crews cost per opening better than any algorithm. 4. **Send it.** The bid goes out as a clean, professional document. On Pro and Elite plans, Stripe Connect handles deposits and progress payments. Elite adds invoice export for your accounting workflow. The platform fee on Pro is 3%; on Pro+ it is 0%. --- ## Plans That Fit a Door Shop - **Free forever.** No credit card. Good for solo operators testing the workflow. - **Pro — $39/seat/month.** Full estimating, Stripe Connect at 3% platform fee. - **Elite — $79/seat/month.** Invoice exports, Stripe Connect at 0% platform fee. - **Crew — $399/month flat.** Unlimited seats for larger door and millwork operations running multiple crews across D-FW. --- ## Dallas Door Contractors Win on Speed and Accuracy A production builder in Celina sending out a bid request to four door subs at 4 p.m. is going to go with whoever responds first with a complete, itemized number — not whoever calls back two days later with a rough figure. Estimate.Pro exists to make sure that contractor is you. Start free. No credit card. First bid in under 8 minutes.