San Antonio, TX
HARDSCAPING / PAVERS ESTIMATING.

## Hardscape Estimating in San Antonio Moves Fast — Your Bids Should Too San Antonio's construction market doesn't slow down. New master-planned communities in Cibolo, Helotes, and the 1604 loop corridor are generating steady patio, driveway, and retaining wall work. Homeowners expect quotes fast. If you're still building estimates in a spreadsheet the night after a walkthrough, you're leaving jobs on the table. Estimate.Pro gets you from site visit to a sendable bid in a median of 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes Hardscape Estimating Different in San Antonio **Caliche and expansive clay.** Bexar County soils range from shallow caliche over limestone to deep expansive clay in the far south and west. Both demand more base prep than national estimating templates account for. In sandy or clay-heavy zones, ICPI base specifications call for deeper aggregate beds — often 6 to 8 inches compacted — before any paver layer. If your estimate doesn't price that in by soil zone, your margin disappears on day one. **Extreme heat and UV.** San Antonio averages more than 220 sunny days per year and sustained July highs above 98°F. That matters when specifying joint sand, polymeric or otherwise, and when quoting sealers. Product selection and material quantities belong in the estimate, not an afterthought on the invoice. **Grade and drainage.** The Hill Country edge running through the northwest — Leon Valley, Helotes, Boerne corridor — brings steep grades and natural limestone shelf. Retaining wall scopes on those lots are materially different from the flat southeast side. Estimate.Pro's scope-of-work builder prompts you for grade, drainage direction, and wall height so the bid reflects the actual site. **San Antonio permit pull.** The City of San Antonio Development Services Department requires permits for retaining walls over 4 feet in height (measured from bottom of footing). Decorative flatwork and driveways generally do not require a permit if they don't alter drainage patterns, but CPS Energy and SAWS utility clearance still applies. Factor permit fees into every retaining wall bid upfront. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Hardscape Contractors **Walkthrough → AI scope-of-work.** Walk the job with your phone. Use AR measurement on supported devices — powered by on-device ONNX — to capture patio dimensions, wall runs, and step counts. On older devices, photo measurements are flagged as estimates so you know what to verify. The app generates a scope-of-work from your walkthrough inputs. **Material cost workspace.** Your saved material cost workspace holds your current prices for concrete pavers, natural stone, base aggregate, edge restraint, polymeric sand, and sealer. When San Antonio limestone prices shift at your local supplier, you update once — every future estimate reflects it. **ICPI-standard calculations.** Square footage, pattern waste factors, base depth by spec, and soldier course linear footage are calculated automatically against ICPI installation guidelines. You're not building that math from scratch on every job. **Retaining wall take-off.** Wall height, batter, backer rod, geogrid tiers, and capstone quantities follow ANSI/NCMA design references. The estimate line items are built to match a real installation sequence. **Bid delivery.** Send the estimate as a professional PDF directly from the app. On Pro and Elite tiers, Stripe Connect handles deposits and progress payments. Elite adds invoice exports for your accounting workflow. The platform fee is 0% on Pro+ plans. --- ## Pricing That Fits Your Shop - **Free forever** — no credit card, no time limit. Full estimating for solo operators. - **Pro at $39/seat/month** — saved cost workspace, AR measurement, unlimited bids. - **Elite at $79/seat/month** — Stripe Connect (0% platform fee), invoice exports, priority support. - **Crew at $399/month flat** — fixed cost for the whole team, no per-seat math. A solo hardscape contractor running 3 bids a week on the Free tier pays nothing. A crew of four on the Crew plan pays $100/seat — less than a single missed estimate costs you. --- ## Built for 25 Trades, Sharp on Hardscape Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. The hardscape workflow is purpose-built — not a generic construction calculator with paver labels pasted on. San Antonio hardscape contractors are using it to bid patios, driveways, pool surrounds, outdoor kitchens, fire pit pads, and retaining walls without rebuilding their estimate template from zero each time. Start free today. No credit card. Your next bid is 8 minutes away.