Detroit, MI
DOORS ESTIMATING.

## Door Estimating Built for Detroit Contractors Detroit's housing stock is one of the oldest in the Midwest. You're quoting jobs on 1920s craftsman bungalows in Corktown, post-war brick ranches in Warren, and commercial retrofits along Woodward Avenue. Every one of those jobs has its own rough opening nightmare, its own weather-stripping situation, and its own permit paperwork. Estimate.Pro gives you a priced, sendable bid in a median of 8 minutes from the time you finish your walkthrough. --- ### Why Door Estimating Is Different in Detroit **Aging housing stock means hidden work.** Detroit's median home age is among the highest of any major U.S. city. Out-of-square rough openings, settled frames, and lead-paint remediation requirements on pre-1978 structures add scope that generic estimating tools miss. Estimate.Pro lets you build custom line items for shimming, frame repair, and abatement coordination so those costs aren't absorbed out of your margin. **Michigan winters drive door replacement volume.** Demand for exterior door replacement and weatherization work spikes between September and November before the first hard freeze. You need to turn bids fast during that window or you lose jobs to competitors who respond same-day. Eight minutes from walkthrough to client email closes that gap. **Commercial work on the Detroit riverfront and Midtown corridor requires ANSI/SDI compliance.** Steel door and frame specifications for commercial projects reference ANSI A250 and SDI standards. Estimate.Pro lets you tag line items to those specs so your bid documents hold up during plan review and owner walkthroughs. **Wayne County permit fees add real cost.** A door replacement permit through the City of Detroit Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department (BSEED) runs $75–$150 depending on the number of openings and whether structural work is involved. That cost belongs in your estimate, not in your overhead. --- ### What Estimate.Pro Does for Door Contractors **AR measurement on supported devices.** Walk a rough opening, measure it live with ONNX-assisted AR measurement, and push dimensions directly into your scope. Camera and photo measurements are marked as estimates so you and the client both know what was field-verified. **Saved material cost workspace.** You buy hollow-core slabs different from fiberglass exterior units different from steel commercial frames. Build your material cost library once — Andersen, Pella, Masonite, whatever you actually buy — and pull from it on every bid. No re-entering prices from memory. **AI-generated scope of work.** After your walkthrough, the AI drafts the scope: remove existing door and frame, inspect and repair rough opening, install new unit, adjust threshold, weatherstrip, paint-ready finish. You edit it, you own it. The client reads something professional, not a napkin line item. **25 trades in one platform.** If you're also hanging windows, doing trim carpentry, or coordinating weatherization work with insulation subs, your other scopes live in the same estimate. One document to the client. **Free tier, no credit card.** Start estimating today. The Free plan stays free. Pro is $39/seat/month. Elite is $79/seat/month and adds Stripe Connect invoicing at 0% platform fee and invoice exports. Crew is $399/month flat for the whole company. --- ### Detroit Door Contractors: How to Use the 8-Minute Window 1. Arrive at the job site. Do your walkthrough with the Estimate.Pro app open. 2. Measure rough openings with AR or camera — all measurements logged in the estimate. 3. Let the AI draft your scope of work while you're still in the driveway. 4. Pull your saved material costs for the door unit, hardware, and weather seal. 5. Add the BSEED permit line item and your labor rate. 6. Send the bid before you leave the block. That is a real workflow. Detroit homeowners and property managers get multiple quotes. The contractor who responds first with a professional, itemized estimate wins more often than the one who calls back three days later with a number on a voicemail. --- ### Built for the Trades, Not for Software Salespeople Estimate.Pro charges nothing to get started. There is no platform fee on Pro+ plans. The goal is a field operating system you actually use on every job — not a subscription that sits in your app drawer. If you're a Detroit door contractor quoting residential replacements in Detroit proper, commercial installs in Dearborn, or weatherization retrofits anywhere in Wayne County, Estimate.Pro is sized for your operation.