Second Quarter Prices Released
New material costs have been posted. They are ready to download to your estimating software. As the market wakes up, many prices increase, with drywall leading the way! Plywood costs are up 5% except...
View ArticleThird Quarter Prices Released
New material costs have been posted. They are ready to download to your estimating software. Lumber Costs Continue Increase While Other Cost Remain Unchanged. Plywood costs are up 7% across the...
View ArticleFourth Quarter Prices Released
New material costs have been posted. They are ready to download to your estimating software. Many Material Costs Decreased During the Third Quarter Plywood costs are down 10% across the country. Stud...
View ArticleFirst Quarter Prices Released, New Labor Rates
New material costs have been posted. They are ready to download to your estimating software. Also, new recommended Hourly Labor Rates (HLRs) have been posted. Material Costs Either Stay Unchanged or...
View ArticleConverting Reports to Microsoft Word
You may have noticed that Clear Estimates Online allows you to very quickly generate reports for you customers. However, they only come in PDF format, which does not let you edit the formatting and...
View ArticleClear Estimates Reports Issue Resolved
Hey Clear Estimators! You may have noticed this week that we were having some problems generating report PDFs on Clear Estimates. Our team here at Clear Estimates apologizes for any inconvenience this...
View ArticleClear Estimates Joins NARI
Clear Estimates joined the National Association of the Remodeling Industry this week, and we are excited to get involved in the community. We will be active members and hopefully you will all see us at...
View ArticleNew Tutorial Video: Working with Templates
Hello Clear Estimators! We just released another tutorial video for Working with Templates! Harness the power of our templates (and create your own) to really cut down your estimating time. The video...
View ArticleRemodeling Magazine Article
Hi Clear Estimators! Special thanks to a couple of our customers (Jack Moore and Steven Peterman) for their kind words about CLear Estimates in the recent article by Remodeling Magazine’s Lauren Hunter...
View ArticleWorking with an iPad
If you are a NARI member like us, you probably saw their e-mail this morning about how to run your business from your iPad. There is no doubt that the use of mobile devices is a great way to run your...
View ArticleImprovements Have Begun!
Clear Estimators- You may have noticed some small “?” buttons next to a few items in the Clear Estimates software. For example, when you are in a project if you scroll down to the “Alternates /...
View ArticleExport Reports to Microsoft Word
I mentioned in the last post that we are in the process of improving Clear Estimates Online and you may have started to see those changes. Just today, we’ve added the capability for you to export your...
View ArticlePrice Updates – 3Q 2014
RemodelMAX has updated its prices for 3rd Quarter of 2014! Every quarter RemodelMAX updates the prices for every region in the U.S. These updates are available with just a few clicks in your Clear...
View ArticlePrice Updates – 4Q 2014
RemodelMAX has updated its prices for 4th Quarter of 2014! Every quarter RemodelMAX updates the prices for every region in the U.S. These updates are available with just a few clicks in your Clear...
View ArticleLine Item Breakdowns Look Better than Ever!
As we continue to improve the Clear Estimates software, we have another exciting announcement. The ability to preview the project tables (also known as line item breakdowns) is widely used both for...
View ArticleEasily Edit Report Text
Another great improvement which will give you easy control over the text that shows up for each line item on your reports. When you are working on an estimate, click the edit button to edit a part and...
View ArticleCustom Information in Boilerplate
Hello Clear Estimators! Our newest feature is one that we are really excited about! It lets you enter fields in your boilerplate that will populate with that customer’s information. Just type out your...
View ArticleEasier Access to Support
In an effort to make our support resources even easier to access, we’ve added links to the support right in the Clear Estimates software. If you have a question, just click hover over “Support” at the...
View ArticleAdding Taxes to Your Proposal
In many states, remodelers and contractors are required to include sales taxes on top of the project costs. We’ve had a lot of questions about how to add this in, and our recent update to the...
View ArticlePrice Updates – 1Q 2015
Price Updates are Ready! RemodelMAX has updated its prices for 1st Quarter of 2015! Every quarter RemodelMAX updates the prices for every region in the U.S. These updates are available with just a few...
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