Fence Brothers . Tools
Fence Brothers · Section Estimator
Labor + materials + mobilization, priced to gross profit target. COGS stays visible.1 · Job Setup rate · crew · margin
Price = COGS ÷ (1 − GP). At 50%, price is 2× COGS. Adjust only for big jobs, high-efficiency runs, or competitive commercial bids.
A normal day is 7 hrs on site + 3 hrs loading, planning, and driving (≈30 min out). Every minute past 30 comes out of on-site time, round trip, and this slider prices that loss in.
2 · Fence & Labor sections · efficiency
Lower = harder, higher = easier. Harder styles run about 0.5, easier styles about 1.0; a brutal site might score 0.2, a production run on an easy style up to 2.0. Labor hours are charged as 0.5 ÷ score per section — the COGS panel shows the man-hours it produces.
3 · Site Conditions custom-job toggles
Turn on what applies. Each adds man-hours (and equipment cost, where relevant) on top of base labor.
4 · Materials fresh vendor pricing
Pull unit prices straight off today's vendor quote. "Per post" rows use the post count above; "per section" rows use the section count.
| Item | Unit $ | Qty per | Basis | Line total |
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5 · Concrete driven posts · safety factor
Most posts drive. Roughly 1 in 10 won't and gets concreted — set the reality for this site below. A safety bag rides along for every 10 posts. Gate-post concrete is handled in the Gates section.
6 · Gates vendor price · install hrs · concrete
Paste the vendor's gate price per unit, estimate install hours each, and set concrete bags — most gates take 2–3 bags per post (4–6 per gate).
| Gate | Qty | Vendor $ ea | Install hrs ea | Bags ea | Line total |
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