San Antonio, TX
DOORS ESTIMATING.

## Door Estimating in San Antonio Moves Fast — Your Bids Should Too San Antonio is one of the fastest-growing metros in Texas. New subdivisions are spreading north toward Converse and Helotes. Commercial builds are stacking up along Loop 1604 and the Medical Center corridor. That growth means door contractors here are juggling residential replacements, multi-family new construction, and commercial hollow-metal work — sometimes all in the same week. Bidding that mix by hand, or with a generic spreadsheet, costs you time you do not have. Estimate.Pro is built for door contractors across 25 trades. You do a walkthrough, the app builds your scope-of-work, and you have a sendable bid in 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes Door Estimating Different in San Antonio **Climate drives product selection.** San Antonio sits in IECC Climate Zone 2B — hot and dry. Exterior doors on homes and light commercial buildings need to meet Texas energy code requirements. That means U-factor and SHGC values matter on your material selections, especially for insulated steel or fiberglass units. Estimate.Pro lets you save your preferred materials and their specs inside a workspace, so you are not re-entering the same door unit costs on every bid. **Historic districts add scope.** The King William Historic District and other city-designated historic zones can require Certificate of Appropriateness review before you replace an exterior door. That review process adds lead time and can change your product spec — a modern six-panel fiberglass door may not pass. When bidding these jobs, your estimate needs a line item for allowances or owner-supplied doors. The app supports custom line items so you can flag this clearly for your client. **Multi-family volume is real.** San Antonio has a dense multi-family construction market driven by population growth and JBSA (Joint Base San Antonio) housing demand. Apartment door packages — hollow-metal frames, commercial-grade closers, lever hardware — require volume takeoffs. Estimate.Pro's AR measurement tools on supported devices let you capture opening dimensions quickly during a walkthrough rather than running a tape manually on every unit. **Commercial work references ANSI/BHMA standards.** If you bid commercial doors in San Antonio — office, retail, medical — hardware specs reference ANSI/BHMA A156 grades. Grade 1 hardware is standard for high-traffic commercial applications. Your bids need to show the grade clearly, or you will lose the job to a competitor who does. Estimate.Pro scopes can include those spec callouts directly in the line items you send to the GC or property manager. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Door Contractors 1. **Walk the job.** Use the app on your phone or tablet. On supported devices, ONNX-assisted AR measurement captures opening widths and heights in place. On any device, camera or photo measurements are captured and marked as estimates so you know what to verify. 2. **AI scope-of-work.** The app turns your walkthrough notes and measurements into a structured scope — door unit, frame, hardware, prep, finish, disposal. You review and adjust. 3. **Price it.** Pull from your saved material cost workspace. Labor rates stay in the system. You are not starting from scratch on every bid. 4. **Send it.** The bid goes out as a professional document. If you are on Pro+ or Elite, you can collect payment through Stripe Connect with zero platform fee. Free tier users pay 3%. --- ## Pricing That Fits a Door Contractor's Business - **Free forever** — no credit card required, no time limit. Good for solo operators getting started. - **Pro — $39/seat/month** — full estimating workflow, saved workspaces. - **Elite — $79/seat/month** — adds Stripe Connect invoicing, invoice exports, and advanced workflows. - **Crew — $399/month flat** — covers your whole crew, no per-seat math. There is no platform fee on Pro+. On the Free tier, Stripe Connect payments carry a 3% platform fee. --- ## Start Without a Credit Card Sign up free, build your first estimate, and send it to a client before you decide if Pro is worth it. For a San Antonio door contractor running three to ten jobs a week, the math on 8-minute bids adds up fast.