How to bid an HVAC job

mlite13

I am an electrician and am interested in starting an HVAC business. I have no idea how to bid the job. I can bid an electrical job all day. If someone can help I would really appreciate it.

refermadness

depends if you are doing the work yourself or hiring someone or subing.

FloridaHVAC

Get an iPhone... There's an App for that..

marksac

whats the name of the app

FloridaHVAC

It is called Quote Express. It was like $100 back in the day... It is great and makes giving an estimate a lot easier! All my guys who give estimates have it in the field.

catmanacman

i dont know if you have any feild experiance in hvac work. when bidding hvac work better put on plenty of money for warranty work especially if your hiring subs to do the work

refermadness

warrany work? wow

jpplumbing

man theres an app for everything

REP

Computer apps are great but I'm sure you have to plug in some numbers in order for it to work.
You really have to know what it costs you to wake up each morning.
For instance all your insurance costs stay the same if you work or sleep in.
You have wear and tear on your truck and you need gas .You have to take into consideration the wear and tear on your tools especially the test meters vacuum pump,micron gauge stuff like that.
When you bid a job all that and a ton more has to come out of that bid,plus you add your labor.Are you a hard working honest contractor ? well believe it or not that is worth something as it will build your reputation and lead to business in the future.
Its not a simple issue if you intend to be around for a while.
What you need to do is schedule an appointment with a CPA that has experience in the HVAC industry to figure out what it costs you to get up in the morning.Then you can bid a job.

beenthere

Are you going to do resi, commercial, or industrial HVAC?

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