What a quote for plumbers looks like
Six of the lines the AI drafts from a one-sentence description, in the six-column format clients compare.
| Item | Description | Unit | Qty | Rate (PKR) | Amount (PKR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PPR hot and cold water pipe 25 mm, concealed in chase, including fittings and clamps | m | 85 | 520 | 44,200 |
| 2 | PPR water pipe 20 mm, branch runs to fixtures, including fittings | m | 60 | 380 | 22,800 |
| 3 | uPVC soil and waste pipe 110 mm, with bends, traps and clamps | m | 40 | 650 | 26,000 |
| 4 | Fixture installation: WC, basin, shower mixer, with angle valves and flexible connectors | nos | 6 | 3,500 | 21,000 |
| 5 | Water heater point: supply, return, isolation valves and connection | nos | 2 | 4,800 | 9,600 |
| 6 | Pressure test at 10 bar for 30 minutes, labelling and handover | lot | 1 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Total (before tax) | 129,600 | ||||
How it works for plumbers
Describe the job
Type the scope the way you would say it to a colleague: rooms, points, runs, what the client supplies. Pick the client; currency and tax come from your company settings.
AI drafts the BOQ lines, priced from your rate library
The draft comes back as line items with unit, quantity and rate, priced from the rates you have saved for plumbers. Edit any line, check the private cost price and margin, add lines by hand.
Add assumptions, exclusions, validity and a deposit line
Write down what you assumed about the site and what is not included, set the validity date and terms, and add an optional deposit line with your bank, JazzCash or Easypaisa details.
Send the link on WhatsApp or email
The client reads it on their phone and accepts by typing their name, or declines with a reason. You are emailed when they open it and again when they answer.
Free plan available. Pro is $9 a month or $90 a year.
Free
- 10 quotes a month
- 5 AI generations a month
- 20 clients
- PDF, WhatsApp, email and the client link
- Does not expire
Pro
- Unlimited quotes and clients
- 100 AI generations a month
- Your branding on the PDF, no EstimateQuote footer
- WhatsApp support from the founders
- $9 a month or $90 a year
EstimateQuote is plumbing quotation software. Describe the job, say two bathrooms with PPR supply and uPVC drainage, and the AI drafts pipe runs in metres, fixture points in numbers and testing as separate lines, priced from your own rate library. Add the exclusions, send the link on WhatsApp, and the client accepts on their phone.
What does a plumbing quotation need?
A plumbing quotation needs the pipe runs in metres by size and material, the fixture installations and points in numbers, the drainage separately from the supply, and the test as its own line, each with a unit, a quantity and a rate. Under the table it needs the subtotal, the tax (17% sales tax in Pakistan, 5% VAT in the UAE), the total, a validity date, and the exclusions: who supplies the sanitaryware, who cuts and closes the chases, whether the water tank and pump are included.
The AI drafts that structure from a sentence. You check the metres, change any rate, delete what does not apply and add what it missed. The assumptions and exclusions sit under the total on the client page and in the PDF, next to your payment terms.
Can I price from my own rates?
Yes. The rate library remembers what you charge per metre of 25 mm PPR, per fixture installation or per water heater point, and the AI prices from those first. Add a rate once and every later quote uses it until you change it, which is what keeps two quotes for the same work consistent. Each line carries a private cost price so you see the margin per line while the client sees only the rate; a line under 15% margin shows a warning before you send.
For the jobs you do every week, a two-bathroom house, a kitchen refit, a water heater swap, Pro lets you save a finished quote as a template and start the next one from your own lines.
How do clients accept the quote?
You send a link rather than a number. The Send on WhatsApp button opens WhatsApp with a short pre-filled message and the quote link; or you email it from the app, or download the branded PDF with your logo and brand colour. The client opens it on their phone, reads every line, the tax, the total and your exclusions, and accepts by typing their name, which gives you a dated record. If they decline they give a reason, so you know what to change before the next version.
You are emailed when the quote is opened and again when it is answered. If you take an advance for pipe and fittings, add a deposit line with your bank, JazzCash or Easypaisa details and the client sees the amount and where to send it on the same page.
Where do I start?
The free plumbing quotation format shows the full layout in Excel with a ten-line two-bathroom sample, and the free BOQ generator drafts the lines from one sentence without an account. When you want your own rates, the branded PDF and the client link, start on the free plan.
Should sanitaryware go in the plumbing quotation?
Only if you are supplying it. Most clients in Pakistan and the UAE choose and buy the WC, basin and mixers themselves, so price the installation per fixture and write 'sanitaryware supplied by client' in the exclusions. If you do supply it, give each item its own line with the make, so the client sees what they are paying for.
Can I quote plumbing per metre instead of a lump sum?
Yes, and the sample above does. Pipe runs in metres by size and material, fixtures and points in numbers, testing as a lot. When the scope grows mid-job, every extra metre already has a rate the client accepted, which is what a lump sum cannot give you.
Can I send a plumbing quotation on WhatsApp?
Yes. The Send on WhatsApp button opens WhatsApp with a pre-filled message and the quote link; you pick the contact and send. The client reads the lines on their phone and accepts by typing their name, or declines with a reason, and you are emailed when the quote is opened and when it is answered. You can also email the link from the app or send the PDF.
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