Nashville, TN
SIDING ESTIMATING.

## Siding Estimates in Nashville Move Fast — Your Bids Need To Match Nashville's construction market has been running hot for years. New builds in Antioch, Nolensville, and the Gulch corridor keep siding contractors stretched thin. Homeowners in Brentwood and Green Hills are replacing original 1980s T1-11 and wood lap with fiber cement and engineered wood. You're measuring two squares before lunch and bidding six jobs by end of week. A spreadsheet won't hold that pace. Estimate.Pro is built for exactly this volume. Walk a job, let the AR measurement tool capture wall faces and soffit runs on supported devices, and get a scoped, priced estimate in 8 minutes — ready to send from the truck. --- ## What Makes Nashville Siding Different **Humidity and substrate rot are the first conversation.** Middle Tennessee sits in a mixed-humid climate zone (IECC Climate Zone 4A). When you pull old siding off a flip in East Nashville or a craftsman in Germantown, you're often finding OSB that's taken on moisture through failed house wrap. Your estimate needs a substrate repair line item before you even price a single course of Hardie plank. Estimate.Pro lets you build trade-specific templates that include conditional line items — substrate inspection, WRB replacement, corner trim — so you don't leave money on the table by forgetting them under deadline pressure. **Fiber cement is the dominant spec.** James Hardie dominates the Nashville new-build and renovation market. Installers working with lap siding, vertical board-and-batten, and panel systems need to price material, Colorplus vs. primed, and the additional labor for blind nailing and painting primed product. Your cost workspace in Estimate.Pro stores your current supplier pricing from Builders FirstSource, 84 Lumber, or your preferred yard — and updates when your costs change. **Vinyl still runs strong in the 37076 and 37115 zip codes.** Madison and Hermitage properties, rentals, and investor flips spec standard vinyl over fiber cement on price. You need a separate template that prices .046 gauge panels, J-channel, utility trim, and foam backer without rebuilding from zero every time. **Permits are required and inspected.** Metro Nashville's Department of Codes Administration requires a building permit for re-siding when the scope includes sheathing replacement or exceeds a cost threshold. Permit fees are calculated on project valuation. Budget that into your estimate at proposal time — clients who see the permit line item trust you more, and you're not absorbing it post-award. --- ## The Estimate.Pro Workflow for Siding Contractors 1. **Walkthrough with AR measurement.** On supported devices, the ONNX-assisted AR tool measures wall planes live. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates. Either way, you're capturing footage faster than a tape-and-ladder approach. 2. **AI scope-of-work generation.** Describe the job — "two-story craftsman, remove existing vinyl, install Hardie lap primed, wrap all penetrations, replace two windows of trim" — and the AI drafts a scope with line items aligned to that description. 3. **Priced estimate in your cost workspace.** Material costs pull from your saved workspace. Labor rates reflect Nashville-area journeyman wages. Adjust margins per job or lock them in your template. 4. **Send from the field.** The bid goes out as a professional document while you're still in the driveway. No back-office lag. --- ## Plans That Fit How You Operate If you're a solo siding contractor or small crew running residential jobs across Davidson County, the **Free tier** costs you nothing — no credit card, no trial clock. Run it until you're sure. **Pro at $39/seat/month** adds the full cost workspace and deeper template control. **Elite at $79/seat/month** adds Stripe Connect invoicing, invoice exports, and 0% platform fee on payments. For larger operations running multiple crews across Williamson and Rutherford counties, **Crew at $399/month flat** covers the whole team. The Free plan processes payments through Stripe Connect at a 3% platform fee. Pro and Elite drop that to 0%. --- ## Built for 25 Trades, Tuned for Siding Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. Every calculator, template, and AR measurement tool is built around how trade contractors actually scope work — not how a generic software company thinks construction works. Siding contractors in Nashville get the same purpose-built environment as a roofing contractor in Memphis or an HVAC contractor running Manual J loads in Knoxville. Start free. No credit card. Your first sendable bid can be out the door before your competitor finishes measuring.