Jacksonville, FL
WINDOWS ESTIMATING.

## Window Estimating in Jacksonville Moves Fast — Your Bid Process Should Too Jacksonville's housing market is one of the most active in North Florida. New construction is spreading across the Northside, St. Johns County, and the Beaches communities. Impact-resistant window replacement is steady work driven by Florida Building Code requirements and homeowner insurance pressure. When a GC texts you for a bid at 7 AM, you need numbers back before lunch — not tomorrow. Estimate.Pro gets you from walkthrough to a sendable bid in 8 minutes. That's the median time across all 25 trades on the platform. Window work is one of the faster ones because the scope is countable: openings, sizes, product lines, labor per unit. --- ## What Makes Window Estimating Different in Jacksonville **Florida Product Approval requirements add line items.** Every window sold and installed in Florida must carry a Florida Product Approval (FL#) number under Florida Building Code Chapter 17. That's not just a compliance checkbox — it affects your material cost, your lead time, and your subcontractor scope. Estimate.Pro lets you build your saved material cost workspace with approved product lines so those FL# units are already priced when you open a new job. **Impact vs. non-impact pricing splits every quote.** In Jacksonville, homes east of I-95 and in coastal flood zones often require impact-rated windows (per FBC High-Velocity Hurricane Zone provisions or local wind-speed maps). Homes further inland may qualify for non-impact units with code-compliant shutters. Your estimate has to branch correctly or you're either leaving margin on the table or losing the bid. The app's scope-of-work AI captures that distinction during the walkthrough step. **Permit fees are real costs.** Duval County requires a building permit for window replacements that change the opening size or involve structural modification. Even like-for-like replacements often trigger permit review under Florida's energy code (FSEC compliance). You need those fees in your estimate, not discovered after the fact. **Insurance-driven replacement volume.** Wind and water damage claims from Atlantic storm seasons push a consistent wave of full-house reglaze and replacement work through Jacksonville. Adjusters set timelines. You have to bid fast or adjusters move to the next contractor on the list. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Window Contractors **1. Walk the job, measure with AR.** On supported devices, the app uses ONNX-assisted live AR measurement to capture opening dimensions in the field. On any device, camera and photo measurements are captured and flagged as estimates so you know exactly what's verified vs. approximated before the bid goes out. **2. AI generates your scope of work.** After the walkthrough, the AI drafts a line-by-line scope: window count by type (casement, double-hung, slider, fixed, impact, non-impact), rough opening notes, trim and flashing allowances, disposal, and permit line. You edit — you don't start from a blank page. **3. Apply your saved material costs.** Your material cost workspace holds your negotiated pricing from suppliers like PGT, CGI, or Simonton. The AI scope pulls from your saved costs. Margin stays yours. **4. Send in minutes.** The finished estimate goes to the homeowner or GC as a professional PDF. If you're on Pro+ or Elite, you can collect payment via Stripe Connect with zero platform fee. Free tier users pay a 3% platform fee on collected payments. --- ## Pricing That Fits a Single Crew or a Multi-Truck Operation - **Free** — no credit card, no expiration, 3% fee on payments collected - **Pro** — $39/seat/month, 0% platform fee - **Elite** — $79/seat/month, adds Stripe Connect invoicing and export workflows - **Crew** — $399/month flat for unlimited seats, built for multi-crew shops A two-person window crew running 15 jobs a month pays for Pro with a single upsell on one job. The math is straightforward. --- ## Start Without Risk The free tier is free forever. No credit card required to create an account. Run your next Jacksonville window bid through it and see where the 8-minute target lands for your scope. Estimate.Pro is the field operating system built for the trades — including the window contractors replacing 40-year-old aluminum sliders on Beach Boulevard and installing PGT WinGuard impact units in Ponte Vedra new builds.