Scaffolding quotation that bills every week

What goes on a scaffold hire quote

A scaffolding quotation is really two prices: the cost to erect and dismantle, and the hire for every week the scaffold stands. This template keeps them apart, with erect and dismantle per linear meter, weekly hire after the included period, edge protection and mesh, and an inspection and handover line. Use it as a scaffold hire quote online or as Word, Excel or PDF.

A scaffold hire quote should describe the scaffold well enough that the customer and every trade working on it know what they are getting: where it runs, how high, what duty, how long the hire includes, and what each extra week or alteration costs.

1. Building faces and lengthWhich faces of the building, the run in linear meters or feet, and the number of lifts or the working height.
2. Duty ratingLight, medium or heavy duty, matched to what the trades will load on it: a painter with a few cans versus a bricklayer with packs of bricks on every lift. Exterior work on a painting quote usually needs only light duty.
3. Erect and dismantleOne price to put it up and take it down, usually per linear meter per lift or per m² of face.
4. Hire periodWeeks included in the erect price, the weekly rate after that, and the date hire starts counting.
5. Edge protection and meshGuardrails, toe boards, roof edge protection and debris mesh or shade cloth.
6. AccessLadder access, stair towers, loading bays or a hoist if the job needs one.
7. Inspection and handoverThe handover inspection, the tag or certificate given to the customer, and any repeat inspections during the hire.
8. AlterationsMoving lifts, adding a bay or adapting for a roofer, charged at an hourly crew rate. Roofers often carry scaffold as a line on their own roofing estimate, priced from yours.
9. Permits and groundSidewalk or road occupation permits, sole boards on soft ground, and protection for neighbors and the public.

Sample scaffolding quotation with example prices

Highframe Scaffolding’s sample is for Dalton Renovations: scaffold to the front and one side of a two story house for eight weeks, with edge protection. Erect and dismantle is priced at $28 across 64 m. The first week is included, so weekly hire runs for 7 weeks at $320. Edge protection with mesh is a set, and inspection and handover is $150. The subtotal is $4,632 before tax with no deposit. All rates are examples.

Edit the Highframe Scaffolding quote

4 lines are filled in, from scaffold erect and dismantle to inspection and handover. Put in your own scaffolding rates, then download the PDF.

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How to price scaffolding hire

Scaffolders price labor and hire separately. Erect and dismantle covers the crew, transport and the risk of the build, while hire covers the equipment standing on site. Customers compare quotes on both, so show the weekly rate clearly and what happens when a job overruns.

1. Per linear meter per liftRun length times lifts times a rate covering erect and dismantle. Common for houses and simple facades.
2. Per m² of scaffold faceLength times height, used for larger facades and commercial jobs.
3. Weekly hire after a minimumA set number of weeks included, then a weekly rate. It gives the customer a reason to finish on time.
4. Fixed price for the jobErect, hire and dismantle for a fixed period with a stated overrun rate, popular with builders who know their schedule.

Transport, yard handling and wear on fittings belong in your rates, not as surprise extras. The overhead guide shows how to spread those costs, and the markup calculator checks your margin on hire.

Worked example: 64 m of scaffold for eight weeks

Here is how the sample builds up, and what happens if the renovation runs late. Rates are examples.

1. Run and liftsThe front is 14 m and the side 18 m, a 32 m run. Two lifts for a two story house gives 32 x 2 = 64 m.
2. Erect and dismantle64 m at $28 per meter: $1,792, which includes the first week of hire.
3. Hire and extrasWeeks two to eight are 7 weeks at $320: $2,240. Add edge protection and mesh at $450 and handover at $150 for a total of $4,632.
4. OverrunIf the job runs to ten weeks, two extra weeks at $320 add $640, making $5,272.
5. AlterationDropping a lift for the roofers takes two scaffolders three hours each. At $75 per person per hour: 2 x 3 x $75 = $450.

Sloping ground, roof access, a public sidewalk or a heavy duty rating change both the erect price and the hire rate. Price each one from a site visit, not a photo.

Inclusions and exclusions for scaffold hire

Scaffolding quotation mistakes

• Rolling hire into the erect price with no weekly rate, then having no basis to charge when the job runs over.
• Pricing light duty when the bricklayer plans to stack packs of bricks on the lifts.
• Forgetting the sidewalk permit and any overhead protection or hoarding that comes with it.
• No off hire notice clause, so the customer claims hire stopped the day the painters left.
• Measuring the run from a plan and missing a bay window or a step in the facade.
• Leaving alterations unpriced, so every trade asks for a lift moved for free.