Houston, TX
DOORS ESTIMATING.

## Door Estimating Built for Houston's Pace Houston runs hot in more ways than one. The construction market moves fast, hurricane season reshapes replacement cycles every fall, and general contractors expect bids back the same day. If you're quoting exterior doors, interior prehungs, storefront entries, or commercial hollow-metal frames across Harris County, slow estimating is a revenue problem. Estimate.Pro gets you from jobsite walkthrough to a sendable bid in 8 minutes. Not a rough ballpark — a line-item estimate with your labor rates, your material costs, and your margin. --- ## What Door Work in Houston Actually Looks Like Houston's housing stock is a mixed bag: 1970s brick ranches in Meyerland that flood and need door replacements after every major rain event, new construction subdivisions in Katy and Pearland pushing entry door specs, and commercial tilt-up warehouses in the Energy Corridor requiring hollow-metal frames and hardware allowances. That variety means your estimates can't come from a single template. A fiberglass entry door rated for 130 mph wind load under the Texas Department of Insurance windstorm requirements in Harris County is a different scope than a 3/0 x 6/8 interior prehung in a Montrose apartment remodel. Your software needs to handle both without forcing you to rebuild from scratch each time. Estimate.Pro keeps a saved material cost workspace you control. Set your supplier pricing from Builders FirstSource, 84 Lumber, or wherever you buy, and those numbers follow every new estimate automatically. --- ## How the Estimate Workflow Works **1. Walk the job.** Use AR measurement on supported devices to capture opening dimensions directly in the app. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates so you know exactly what's field-verified and what needs confirmation. **2. Scope it.** The AI scope-of-work engine reads your walkthrough notes and drafts line items — door unit, frame, hardware, weatherstripping, installation labor, haul-off, permit allowance. Edit anything. Delete what doesn't apply. **3. Price it.** Your saved labor rate for Houston and your material workspace populate the numbers. Adjust margin per line item or at the job level. **4. Send it.** A professional PDF goes to the GC or homeowner. Median time from opening the app to hitting send: 8 minutes. --- ## Permits and Inspections in Harris County City of Houston does not require a permit for a straight door replacement (same size, same location) in a single-family residence. But change the opening size, add a new opening, or work on a commercial building and you're pulling a permit through the City of Houston Permitting Center or the relevant municipality — Pasadena, Sugar Land, The Woodlands each have their own offices. For any project in the windstorm-designated areas of Harris County, doors must meet Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) windstorm certification requirements. That means product approval documentation and, on some jobs, a licensed windstorm inspector sign-off. Build that into your scope line items from the start so the number doesn't surprise the customer later. --- ## Pricing That Makes Sense for a Door Crew Estimate.Pro has a free forever tier — no credit card, no time limit. When you're ready for faster workflows and Stripe Connect invoicing, Pro runs $39 per seat per month. Elite is $79 per seat per month and adds invoice exports and 0% platform fee on payments. Running a larger crew? The flat Crew plan is $399 per month regardless of seat count. Stripe Connect platform fee is 3% on the Free plan, 0% on Pro and above. --- ## The Bottom Line Houston door contractors who quote faster close more work. The GC handing out five-unit townhome contracts in the Heights isn't waiting three days for your bid. Estimate.Pro gets your number out the door before your competitor finishes measuring.