Window and door replacement software, shown on a fictional window and door replacement company

Open the demo and you are inside Paneglade Windows & Doors, a fictional window and door replacement company running the real product: click anything, nothing changes.

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What works today for a window and door 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 window and door jobs in the demo

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

• Haverford 14-opening retrofit — Opening schedule: 14 replacement windows, insert install (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Built in 1962: lead-safe setup at every opening. The owners signed the lead pamphlet acknowledgment at the sale. Dog in the backyard; use the front door..
• Ekwueme patio door replacement — 2-panel sliding patio door, installed (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Patio door ordered → Remove the old slider, install the new patio door.
  Daily log: “Old slider out. New 2-panel patio door set on a new sill pan, shimmed, foamed and sealed; interior casing replaced. Operation and lock tested with the owner.”
• Solberg entry door and storm door — Fiberglass entry door with a full-view storm door (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Entry door and storm door ordered → Install the entry door and the storm door.
  Daily log: “Old door and storm door out. New prehung entry door set plumb, level and square; lock and strike adjusted, weatherstrip sealed. Storm door hung and its closer adjusted.”
• Builder window package, Lot 18 — Window and patio door package from the plan takeoff (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: New home: windows set into the builder's rough openings; the superintendent signs for the delivery..
  Schedule: Takeoff from the builder's plans → Window schedule sent to the superintendent → Windows delivered to Lot 18 → Set the windows and the patio door.
• Achterberg glass and screen repair — Two insulated glass units and two screens (Time & Materials)
  Schedule: Service visit: replace fogged glass and rebuild screens.
  Daily log: “Replaced two fogged insulated glass units in the kitchen slider and rebuilt two screens.”
• Mendelsohn 9-window replacement — Opening schedule: 9 replacement windows, insert install (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Check-measure, all 9 openings → Windows ordered from the distributor → Windows arrive → Install all 9 windows.

Walk through one window and door job: Haverford 14-opening retrofit

Its schedule, in order:

1. Check-measure, all 14 openings
2. Window replacement permit
3. Windows ordered from the distributor
4. Order acknowledgment checked line by line
5. Order confirmation sent to the owners
6. Windows delivered and checked in
7. Install day 1: W1 to W7
8. Install day 2: W8 to W14
9. Exterior aluminum capping, 14 openings
10. Walkthrough and completion signature

Change orders on this job: “New interior casing at W8 and W9 (primary bedroom)”; “Rotted sill at W7 (kitchen)”.

Purchase orders on this job: “14 replacement windows, Haverford”; “Exterior capping, 14 openings, Haverford”.

To-dos on this job: “Register the manufacturer warranty for all 14 units”; “Pick up the replacement screen for W12”.

From its daily log:

• Delivery check-in: 14 of 14 units match the order by label, size and options. The W12 screen was bent in shipping; a new screen is on order. Units staged in the garage by opening. Weather: Sunny.

A window and door proposal in the demo: Eight windows and a sliding patio door

Paneglade Windows & Doors sent it to a lead. The scope reads:

Remove the eight back-of-house windows and the old patio slider, install eight double-hung vinyl windows with low-E glass and a 2-panel sliding patio door, insert installation with new exterior aluminum capping, interior trim reset, lead-safe work practices at every opening, and haul-away of the old units.

The notes on that lead:

• Stopped at our booth. House built in 1971; drafty windows at the back of the house first.
• Both owners present. Measured eight windows and the patio door for the quote; marked W1 to W8 and D1.
• Sent the proposal with the opening schedule and a triple-pane option.

Other window and door leads in the demo

• Two fogged windows: Two bedroom windows are fogged between the panes; asked for a glass-only repair visit.
• Patio doors for twelve units: Walked four of the twelve units with the property manager; the sliders drag and leak at the sill.
• Entry door and storm door

What goes on a window and door estimate in the demo

From Paneglade Windows & Doors's price list, without the prices:

• Double-hung vinyl window, low-E, white
• Double-hung vinyl window, low-E, oversize
• Slider window, 2-lite, vinyl, low-E
• Casement window, vinyl, low-E
• Picture window, fixed, vinyl, low-E
• Tempered and obscure glass upgrade
• Grilles between the glass
• Sliding patio door, 2-panel, vinyl, low-E
• Fiberglass entry door, prehung, with handleset
• Full-view storm door, white
• Insulated glass unit, made to size
• Window screen, rebuilt to size
• Sash balances, pair
• Install labor, insert window, per opening
• Install labor, patio or entry door
• Install labor, storm door
• Exterior aluminum capping, per opening
• Interior casing, per opening
• Rot repair, per lineal foot
• Install materials: foam, sealant, flashing tape and shims
• Lead-safe setup and cleanup, per opening
• Haul-away of the old unit, per opening
• Window replacement permit
• Service labor, per hour
• Service call trip charge

Window and door cost codes in the demo

Paneglade Windows & Doors's own cost codes:

• Windows - product
• Patio doors - product
• Entry and exterior doors - product
• Storm doors and storm windows - product
• Glass, insulated glass units and replacement parts
• Install labor - windows
• Install labor - doors
• Installer subcontract (piece rate)
• Exterior capping and trim
• Interior casing and trim
• Hidden condition / rot repair
• Stucco and masonry cutback and patch
• Install materials (foam, sealant, flashing, shims, fasteners)
• Lead-safe work practices
• Permits, inspections and HOA
• Delivery and freight
• Haul-away and disposal
• Sales commission
• Financing fees
• Service and warranty labor
• Remakes and reorders (company-paid)
• Contingency

Questions about SelfConstruct for window and door work

Is there a window and door version of SelfConstruct?

Not as a separate product. Paneglade Windows & Doors opens with the business type “Windows & doors (replacement)”, so its menus are set for that trade. In a customer's company today, the menus are the same whatever the trade.

Can a window and door job be fixed price or time and materials?

Both are in the demo: Paneglade Windows & Doors's “Haverford 14-opening retrofit” is a fixed-price job, and “Achterberg glass and screen repair” is billed time and materials.

Does SelfConstruct have “Measure sheets” for window and door 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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