Baltimore, MD
OTHER (DECKS, FLATWORK) ESTIMATING.

## Deck and Flatwork Estimating in Baltimore Baltimore's climate puts real pressure on outdoor flatwork and decking. You're dealing with freeze-thaw cycles that crack concrete slabs, coastal humidity that accelerates wood rot on Chesapeake-area decks, and a city permitting office that requires structural drawings for attached decks over 30 square feet. If your bid doesn't account for those realities, you're either leaving money on the table or losing the job to someone who priced tighter. Estimate.Pro is built for deck contractors and flatwork crews working in conditions like these. You walk the site, capture measurements with the AR tool on your phone, and get a sendable bid in a median of 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes Baltimore Decks and Flatwork Different **Frost depth drives slab and footing costs.** Maryland's frost depth in the Baltimore metro runs 18 to 24 inches depending on the district. Every deck footing and every flatwork edge restraint has to account for that. If you're pricing footings at 12 inches because that's what you did on a job in Richmond, you'll be short on concrete and short on labor hours. Estimate.Pro lets you save your local footing specs in the material cost workspace so your default quantities are already calibrated for Baltimore ground conditions. **ICPI specs matter for pavers and flatwork.** The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute standards apply to every patio and driveway job you quote. Baltimore inspectors are not rubber-stamping base depth. Estimate.Pro references ICPI edge restraint and base compaction specs directly in the scope-of-work generator so you're not writing those notes from scratch on every bid. **City of Baltimore permit fees add up.** A deck permit in Baltimore City runs $110 to $220 for most residential projects, and Baltimore County has its own fee schedule on top of that. You need those costs itemized in the estimate before you send it, not discovered after the client signs. **Composite vs. pressure-treated pricing swings hard.** Material costs for composite decking in the Baltimore market run $30 to $55 per square foot installed, versus $18 to $28 for pressure-treated lumber. Clients ask about both. With Estimate.Pro's saved material cost workspace, you keep both line items ready and swap them in seconds during the walkthrough. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Your Crew 1. **Walk the site.** Use AR measurement on supported devices to capture deck dimensions and flatwork area live. On older phones or photos, measurements are flagged as estimates — no false precision. 2. **AI scope-of-work draft.** The app generates a line-item scope: footings, framing, decking surface, stairs, railings, concrete flatwork, or pavers — whatever the job calls for. 3. **Price it.** Your saved material costs and regional labor rates populate the estimate. Adjust anything. The whole process runs to a sendable bid in about 8 minutes. 4. **Send it.** Pro and Elite plans include Stripe Connect for payment collection. Elite adds invoice export for your accounting workflow. The Free tier costs nothing and requires no credit card. --- ## Pricing That Fits How You Work - **Free forever** — no credit card, no time limit, no platform fee on estimates - **Pro** — $39 per seat per month, 0% platform fee on payments via Stripe Connect - **Elite** — $79 per seat per month, Stripe Connect plus invoice exports - **Crew** — $399 per month flat for unlimited seats There is no percentage skimmed off your job value on Pro and above. You earned that margin. --- ## Built for Baltimore's Outdoor Build Season Demand for decks and flatwork in Baltimore peaks from late March through June, then again in September. That's when you're juggling four estimates at once while crews are already on site. Eight minutes per bid isn't a target — it's the median across real jobs in the app. That's the difference between quoting three jobs in an afternoon or one. If you're a solo deck contractor working Baltimore City rowhouses with tight rear yards, or a crew doing large composite deck installs in Baltimore County's suburban neighborhoods, Estimate.Pro handles both. The scope generator adapts to job size, not the other way around. Start free. No credit card. Your first bid takes less time than the drive to the next site.