New York, NY
DOORS ESTIMATING.

## Door Estimating in New York City Runs on Different Rules New York door contractors deal with job conditions that no generic spreadsheet accounts for. Union labor rates, co-op building approvals, freight elevator scheduling, and DOB permit pulls all add cost and time before a single hinge gets hung. Your bid has to reflect that reality or you eat the difference. Estimate.Pro is built for exactly this. Walk a job, capture measurements with AR on supported devices, and get a priced scope-of-work in under 8 minutes — one that already accounts for your saved material costs. --- ## What Door Work in NYC Actually Involves A residential door replacement in a Manhattan co-op is not the same job as a commercial storefront entry in Midstone Park. In New York City, door contractors routinely handle: - **Fire-rated assemblies** required under NYC Building Code Section 717 and NFPA 80, particularly in Class A/B multiple dwellings and commercial occupancies - **Hollow metal frames** in steel-and-concrete high-rise construction, where field measuring is unforgiving and rework is expensive - **Automatic door openers** under NYC Local Law 11 facade and accessibility upgrade programs, which have driven steady commercial volume since 2020 - **Storefront aluminum systems** that require coordination with facade contractors and DOB TR1 special inspections - **Door hardware schedules** on large multifamily jobs where hardware specs differ by floor, occupancy type, and egress path Every one of those line items has a different labor burden, a different material lead time, and a different permit exposure. Your estimate needs to capture all of it before you send a number. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Handles the NYC Door Workflow **AR Measurement** — On supported devices, Estimate.Pro uses ONNX-assisted live AR to measure rough openings, door swing clearances, and frame dimensions on-site. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates so you know exactly what was field-verified and what was taken from plans. **Scope-of-Work Generator** — After your walkthrough, the AI scope builder produces a line-item draft covering removal, frame prep, door unit supply, hardware, weather seal, threshold, and finish work. You edit, approve, and send. Median time from walkthrough to sendable bid is 8 minutes. **Saved Material Cost Workspace** — NYC material pricing shifts. Hollow metal doors, commercial-grade closers, and aluminum storefront components all move with supply. Store your current pricing in the material cost workspace so every new estimate pulls your actual numbers, not national averages. **Stripe Connect Invoicing** — Pro+ plans carry a 0% platform fee on payments processed through Stripe Connect. On the Free plan, the fee is 3%. Either way, you collect faster than chasing paper invoices. --- ## Permit and Code Reality for Door Contractors in New York City The NYC Department of Buildings classifies most door replacements in existing buildings as Alteration Type 3 filings when they involve changes to fire-rated assemblies or egress doors. That means a licensed PE or RA may need to sign off before work starts. Build that coordination cost into your estimate or it disappears from your margin. Self-closing devices on fire doors in multiple dwellings are mandated under NYC Administrative Code §27-371 and its successor provisions in the 2022 NYC Building Code. If the existing door lacks a compliant self-closer, that is a scope item — not an add-on the customer can decline. For commercial work, ADA compliance under ICC A117.1 governs hardware height, latch clearance, and opener force. NYC does not adopt carve-outs on these provisions. Scope every commercial door replacement with hardware compliance in mind. --- ## Pricing That Reflects the Market Estimate.Pro runs on three paid tiers: **Pro at $39/seat/month**, **Elite at $79/seat/month**, and **Crew at $399/month flat** for larger operations. There is also a free tier with no credit card required. For a solo door contractor doing residential and light commercial work across the five boroughs, Pro covers the full estimating workflow. Elite adds Stripe Connect payment processing and invoice exports, useful if you are billing GCs on net-30 terms and need clean paper trails. Crew pricing makes sense once you have multiple estimators quoting jobs simultaneously — common on large multifamily or commercial projects where door packages run 50 to 200 units. --- ## Start Without Committing The free tier is free permanently. No trial clock. No credit card entry. You can build and send your first bid today, see how the scope generator handles your actual job type, and decide from there whether a paid seat makes sense. Most door contractors in high-cost markets like New York recoup a Pro seat in the margin they recover on the first job they price correctly.