Step 1: Study the floor plan. Step 2: Build your takeoff and submit a bid. Step 3: Hit the supply house — forget a part and you're making another trip. Beat the budget. One trip. Right parts.
Phase 1 — The Plans
FLOOR PLAN — 1230 MAIN ST
Residential rewire · 12/2 Romex @ $0.68/ft · 28 ft per home run
1 device box per run. 1 breaker per 2 runs. Labor: $85/hr. Memorize it — the takeoff is from memory.
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Phase 2 — Takeoff & Bid
TAKEOFF — FROM MEMORY
No plans here. What did the blueprint say?
15%
Hungry
25%
Pro
40%
Greedy
Phase 3 — Supply House
Trip #1 — every trip burns 2 hrs x $85/hr off your profit