Portland, OR
SIDING ESTIMATING.

## Siding Estimates in Portland Move Fast — Your Bid Process Should Too Portland's housing stock is demanding. You're quoting fiber cement on a 1920s bungalow in Sellwood one day and LP SmartSide on a new build in the Pearl the next. Cedar and composite lap siding work here has its own rhythm: wet winters compress the exterior season, homeowners in neighborhoods like Laurelhurst and Irvington are particular about color-matching historic profiles, and the Oregon Building Codes Division enforces moisture barrier requirements that add line items most generic estimating tools ignore. Estimate.Pro is built around how siding contractors actually work in markets like Portland. ## From Walkthrough to Bid in 8 Minutes The median time from starting a walkthrough to a sendable bid on Estimate.Pro is 8 minutes. That target is real, not a marketing number. Here is how it happens: 1. **AR Measurement** — On supported devices, ONNX-assisted live AR measurement lets you capture wall panels, gable ends, and dormer faces on-site. Camera and photo measurements are marked as estimates so you always know your confidence level. 2. **AI Scope-of-Work** — The app drafts the scope: substrate prep, moisture barrier, furring strips where required, flashing details, material quantities, and waste factor. You review and adjust. 3. **Priced Estimate** — Your saved material cost workspace pulls in your current prices for fiber cement, LP SmartSide, housewrap, trim board, and fasteners. Labor rates are yours to set and save. No re-keying numbers between a spreadsheet and a PDF. No chasing your install rate across three different files. ## What Makes Portland Siding Work Different **Moisture management is non-negotiable.** Oregon's wet climate means the Oregon Residential Specialty Code (ORSC) requires weather-resistive barriers compliant with IRC Section R703. Rainscreen assemblies — furring strips that create a drainage plane behind the cladding — are increasingly specified, especially by architects on remodels in close-in eastside neighborhoods. Your estimate needs a line item for that gap, and your client needs to see it explained. **Fiber cement dominates.** James Hardie products hold the largest share of siding work in the Portland metro. The city's combination of wet winters and warm, dry summers suits fiber cement's dimensional stability. Estimating Hardie work means tracking plank versus panel versus soffit, board-and-batten layout math, and color selection lead times that have stretched to 4-6 weeks from local distributors. **Lead paint and older housing stock.** Portland has a high proportion of pre-1978 housing. Oregon DEQ and EPA RRP Rule requirements apply when you're disturbing painted siding on those homes. Your estimate should call out the RRP compliance work — containment, HEPA vacuuming, waste disposal — as a discrete line item, not buried in a contingency. **Permit fees add up.** Siding replacement in Portland that involves structural sheathing or changes to the weather barrier typically triggers a permit through Portland's Bureau of Development Services. Budget the fee and the inspection timeline into your project schedule. ## Calculators That Apply to Your Work Inside Estimate.Pro, siding contractors get: - **Square footage takeoff** with waste factor by profile type (lap siding runs 10-15% waste; board-and-batten can run higher on irregular facades) - **Material quantity calculator** that breaks down planks, panels, trim, corner pieces, and fasteners separately - **Labor rate workspace** — set your own Portland-area install rate per square foot and it carries through every estimate - **Scope-of-work AI** that includes substrate condition notes, moisture barrier specification, and RRP flag when project age indicates pre-1978 construction ## Pricing That Fits a Siding Operation Estimate.Pro has a free forever tier — no credit card required. When your volume justifies it, Pro is $39 per seat per month. Elite is $79 per seat per month and adds Stripe Connect invoicing with 0% platform fee and invoice exports. Crew is $399 per month flat for larger operations running multiple crews. On the Free tier, Stripe Connect carries a 3% platform fee. On Pro and above, that drops to 0%. If you're running two or three crews through a Portland wet season, the math on Crew versus per-seat pricing is worth a quick comparison. The app does not take a cut of your job revenue beyond the Stripe processing rate. ## Start Without Committing Sign up free, run a real estimate on your next siding job, and see the 8-minute target for yourself. No credit card, no trial period that converts automatically. If it fits your operation, you stay. If it does not, you have lost nothing except the time it took to find out.