Finish carpentry contractor software, shown on a fictional finish carpentry company

Open the demo and you are inside Copewren Trim & Closets, a fictional finish carpentry company running the real product: click anything, nothing changes.

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What works today for a finish carpentry company, and what is not available yet

The demo's welcome card says the same. The names, people, jobs and prices in this demo are illustrative.

The finish carpentry jobs in the demo

Each with what its estimate covers and how it is billed:

• Lot 3 trim package, 22 doors — Lot 3 trim package, plan Aspen B, supply and install (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Builder PO LH-3317; plan Aspen, elevation B; community Larch Bend.
• Pellerin built-in bookcases and mantel — Built-in bookcases and fireplace mantel (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Stain-grade white oak; the homeowner's painter does the finish.
  Schedule: Shop drawings approved → Shop fabrication → Deliver and acclimate → Install bookcases and filler panels → Install mantel and surround → Final walkthrough.
  Daily log: “Bookcase boxes glued up and face frames on. Sanded and ready for the finish.”
• Mehta primary closet system — Primary closet system with drawers (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Design consultation → Cut, edge-band and assemble → Install closet system.
  Daily log: “Removed the wire shelving, patched the holes and installed the system. Walked it with the homeowner, who signed off.”
• Strand stair rail replacement — Stair rail, balusters and newels (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Remove old rail and balusters → Install newels, rail and balusters → Final walkthrough.
  Daily log: “Set both newels into the framing and ran the rail and balusters. Wrote the measured rail height, guard height and baluster spacing on the stair record for the homeowner's file.”
• Varga dining room wainscoting — Dining room wainscoting with chair rail (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Install wainscot and chair rail → Paint-ready handoff.
  Daily log: “Wainscot and chair rail installed in the dining room. Nails set, filled and caulked; paint-ready for the homeowner's painter.”
• Lot 4 trim package — Lot 4 trim package, plan Spruce A, supply and install (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Builder PO LH-3342; plan Spruce, elevation A; community Larch Bend.
  Schedule: Pre-start and count-in → Doors and casing → Base, shoe and closet shelving → Builder punch walk.

Walk through one finish carpentry job: Lot 3 trim package, 22 doors

Its schedule, in order:

1. Pre-start and count-in
2. Doors and casing
3. Base, shoe and closet shelving
4. Crown and hardware
5. Paint-ready handoff
6. Builder punch walk

Purchase orders on this job: “Trim package, Lot 3”; “22 prehung doors, Lot 3”.

To-dos on this job: “Confirm the paint date with the builder's superintendent”; “Photograph the garage-to-house door label”.

From its daily log:

• Pre-start done: drywall primed, heat on, carpet not in yet. Counted the package against the takeoff: 22 doors, 11 left-hand, 9 right-hand, 2 double. One right-hand door short; reorder placed for the morning. Weather: Clear and cold.
• Hung 12 doors and cased both sides. The replacement right-hand door came in at nine. Weather: Sunny.
• All 22 doors hung and cased. Base starts tomorrow; shoe waits until the carpet is in. Weather: Overcast.

A finish carpentry proposal in the demo: Walk-in closet system with drawers and an island

Copewren Trim & Closets sent it to a lead. The scope reads:

Design and install a walk-in closet system: double hang and long hang sections, a drawer unit, shoe shelves and a center island with drawers. Remove the wire shelving and patch the walls. Walk-through and sign-off with the homeowner.

The notes on that lead:

• Asked for a walk-in closet design with drawers and an island
• Design consult at the house: measured the walk-in and photographed every wall
• Sent the design with three finish options

Other finish carpentry leads in the demo

• Pantry and garage storage: Referred by the Mehtas after their closet; Measured the pantry and the garage back wall
• Stair remodel: Wants the carpeted stairs changed to oak treads with a new rail
• Unit turns: door re-hangs and shelving: The manager asked for a price list for door re-hangs, locksets and wire shelving in unit turns

What goes on a finish carpentry estimate in the demo

From Copewren Trim & Closets's price list, without the prices:

• Design consultation and measure
• Hang prehung interior door, single
• Hang prehung double door
• Prehung interior door, two-panel
• Prehung double door unit
• Lockset and door stop
• Door casing, one side
• Baseboard, paint-grade, installed
• Shoe molding, installed
• Paint-grade base and casing stock
• Crown molding, single piece
• Shelf and rod, single hang
• Raised-panel wainscot with chair rail
• Oak handrail
• Baluster
• Newel post
• Built-in bookcase, stain-grade
• Fireplace mantel and surround
• Shop fabrication
• Closet hanging section
• Closet drawer unit, four drawers
• Remove wire shelving and patch
• Built-in install labor
• Stair and rail labor
• Closet install labor

Finish carpentry assemblies and a schedule template in the demo

Copewren Trim & Closets's assemblies, in its own words:

• Base and shoe, paint-grade: Measure the room's perimeter in lf: base, shoe, fasteners and labor are figured.
• Crown molding, per room: Measure the ceiling line in lf: crown, blocking, fasteners and labor are figured.

Schedule template “Builder lot trim package”: Deliver doors and trim, acclimate → Hang doors → Case doors and windows → Run base and shoe → Closets and shelving → Hardware and builder walk.

Finish carpentry cost codes in the demo

Copewren Trim & Closets's own cost codes:

• Estimating, design & measure
• Shop drawings & closet design
• Trim moldings (base, casing, crown, shoe)
• Interior doors & frames
• Door hardware
• Stair parts
• Closet system panels & components
• Wire shelving
• Fasteners, adhesives & consumables
• Door hanging & hardware
• Base, casing & shoe
• Crown & ceiling detail
• Wall treatments (wainscot, panel, shiplap)
• Stairs & railings
• Built-ins & mantels
• Closet install
• Shop fabrication
• Delivery & handling
• Removal of existing (trim, wire shelving)
• Punch & warranty returns
• Remakes & re-orders
• Subcontract crews
• Tools & equipment
• Disposal & cleanup
• Lead-safe setup & cleaning
• Contingency

Questions about SelfConstruct for finish carpentry work

Is there a finish carpentry version of SelfConstruct?

Not as a separate product. Copewren Trim & Closets opens with the business type “Finish carpentry, trim & closets”, so its menus are set for that trade. In a customer's company today, the menus are the same whatever the trade.

How are the finish carpentry jobs in the demo billed?

Every one of Copewren Trim & Closets's jobs in the demo is a fixed-price job.

Does SelfConstruct have “Builder lots and plans” for finish carpentry companies yet?

Not yet. It is on the list the demo's welcome card shows under “Not available yet for your trade”.

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Pricing is published on the site: $299/mo per company before sales tax, unlimited users, 50 GB of storage included.

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