Cleveland, OH
SIDING ESTIMATING.

## Siding Estimates in Cleveland Move Fast — Your Bids Should Too Cleveland's housing stock is older than most markets. Streets in Old Brooklyn, Slavic Village, and Tremont are lined with wood-frame homes from the 1920s through 1950s. That means hidden rot, non-standard coursing heights, and substrate surprises that turn a straight bid into a guessing game. You need a scope of work that accounts for that reality before you hand the homeowner a number. Estimate.Pro walks through the job with you. You do a room-by-room or elevation-by-elevation walkthrough using your phone. The app uses ONNX-assisted AR measurement on supported devices to capture wall dimensions live. On older phones or when you're working from photos, measurements are flagged as estimates so you know exactly what to verify before you finalize. From that walkthrough, the AI generates a scope of work — material quantities, labor line items, waste factors — and prices it against your saved material cost workspace. Median time from first measurement to a sendable bid: 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes Siding Estimating Different in Cleveland **Freeze-thaw cycle matters.** Northeast Ohio averages 50-plus freeze-thaw cycles per year. When you're scoping a James Hardie or LP SmartSide job, you're also scoping the flashing, housewrap, and starter strip details that keep water out of the wall assembly. Estimate.Pro lets you build those line items into your standard siding template so they don't get left off a rushed bid. **Permit pull is part of the job cost.** The City of Cleveland requires a building permit for siding replacement when the work affects more than 25% of the total wall area, or when sheathing is replaced. Permit fees run on a valuation-based schedule. A typical 1,500 sq ft whole-home residing job falls in a range that adds meaningful cost to the project. If you're not including permit time and fee in your estimate, your margin is taking the hit. **Storm seasonality drives demand spikes.** Lake Erie moisture and late-summer convective storms push hail and wind damage claims through the insurance channel every September and October. That's when Cleveland siding contractors are competing hardest on response time. A bid you can produce in 8 minutes while you're still in the driveway is a bid you can get signed before a competitor shows up tomorrow. **Lead content on pre-1978 homes.** A large share of the Cleveland siding replacement market touches homes built before 1978. If you're removing old painted wood siding, Ohio EPA and HUD lead-safe work practices apply. Your estimate needs a line item for containment, HEPA vac, and disposal. Estimate.Pro's scope builder lets you flag a lead-safe work requirement and attach the labor and material costs that come with it. --- ## Calculators and Workflows Built for Siding Inside Estimate.Pro, siding contractors get: - **Square and linear calculators** — wall area in squares, trim linear footage, soffit and fascia runs, window and door deductions handled automatically from your AR measurements - **Waste factor controls** — set your waste percentage per material type (fiber cement, vinyl, engineered wood, steel) so your material order quantity is right the first time - **Labor rate inputs** — set your Cleveland-area crew rate and the app applies it to installation, tear-off, and disposal line items separately - **Substrate condition flags** — mark areas where sheathing replacement or WRB repairs are anticipated; those line items price out automatically - **Client-ready PDF output** — logo, scope summary, line-item detail, and a payment schedule if you want one On the Pro plan at $39 per seat per month, you get full estimate generation and the saved material cost workspace. On Elite at $79 per seat per month, you add Stripe Connect invoicing (0% platform fee) and export-ready invoice formats for QuickBooks or your accounting workflow. Crew plan covers unlimited seats for a flat $399 per month — right for a multi-crew operation running back-to-back storm-season jobs. There is also a free forever tier. No credit card required. You can run your first Cleveland siding estimate today and see exactly what the output looks like before you spend a dollar. --- ## Built for 25 Trades, Including Yours Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. Siding is one of them, and the templates are built around the actual line items siding contractors bid — not generic construction categories that you have to remap to your scope. If you run siding alongside gutters, windows, or exterior painting, those trades are in the same platform under the same login. Cleveland siding contractors compete on speed and trust. A professional, detailed estimate delivered in the driveway does both. That's what Estimate.Pro is built to help you do.