Guides for exterior contractors
How to price and bid gutters, siding, roofing, painting, pressure washing, permanent lighting and Christmas lights, with a worked example in each. Every cost input is labeled as an example, and every outside fact links to its source.
- By the Measured Bid team
- Updated September 2026
- 10 guides
SidingHow to price siding jobs
Wall area, coverage, material, removal, trim and job minimums, with a worked siding bid and a map to Measured Bid settings.
RoofingHow to estimate a roof replacement
Roof squares, waste, steep sections and tear-off in a worked retail roof estimate. Avoid double-counting pitch or waste.
Pressure washingHow to price pressure-washing jobs
Price house wash, roof and gutter cleaning, and driveway presets with the right units and one job minimum. Worked examples and scope limits.
Gutters & guardsHow to price gutter installation
Build a per-foot rate from your own costs, then add downspouts, stories, removal and a minimum.
- Gutters & guards
How to price gutter cleaning
Build cleaning rates from crew time and costs, with a rate by story and a minimum for short jobs.
- Getting leads
How to get the online estimates label on Google
What Google has confirmed, what agencies report, and what to put on your website.
PaintingHow to bid an exterior painting job
Wall area, gallons, crew hours, prep and a price per square foot, worked on a sample house.
Permanent lightingHow to price permanent lighting installs
Roofline by coverage, a per-foot rate from your costs, controllers, power and a minimum.
Christmas lightsHow to price Christmas light installation
Per-foot rates by story, peaks, takedown, customer's own lights, add-ons and a minimum.
- Permanent lighting
Permanent lighting systems for installers compared
Dealer programs from seven systems, compared from their own pages. Checked September 2026.
Worked examples you can check
Most examples use one sample house, measured by the same engine Measured Bid runs on real addresses. The siding, roofing and pressure washing guides use round numbers so the math is easy to follow. Each guide says which it uses.
The rates are Measured Bid's sample rates, and the cost inputs that build them are examples. They show the method. Your own costs set your prices.
Templates that go with the guides
Price jobs from an address
Set your rates once. Measured Bid measures the house and prices it for your team, and shows homeowners a range on your website.
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