This command displays the Roof Costing-Rates dialog box allowing you to set or change various quote rates and job cost rates associated with the estimate on a per square basis or per unit length.
There is one rate regardless of pitch of the roof or storey number. The items are described below:
Hip cover length This value determines the number of hip tiles required. It is independent of the tile you selected.
Note that it is not used if you have supplied a hip tile length when you defined the tile using Set-Up > Tile.
Underlay/Sarking roll size This value determines the number of rolls of underlay.
Cartage per 100 tiles This value determines the total delivery cost.
Underlay/Sarking quote rate This is the rate to quote underlay/sarking.
Fall protection quote This is the rate to quote fall protection.
Default no of units This is the default number of housing units for this job.
Batten 50×25 quote This is the rate to quote 50×25 battens.
Batten 50×38 quote This is the rate to quote 50×38 battens.
Batten 50×50 quote This is the rate to quote 50×50 battens.
Batten 75×50 quote This is the rate to quote 75×50 battens.
Batten User quote This is the rate to quote the user defined batten.
Ridge cover length This value determines the number of ridge tiles required.
It is independent of the tile you selected.
Note that it is not used if you have supplied a ridge tile length when you defined the tile using Material > Tiles.
Batten length This is the length of battens per m2 of roof. It is used if you perform the estimate using the area method.
Underlay/Sarking cost rate This is the cost of the underlay/sarking.
Fall protection cost This is the cost of the fall protection.
2nd storey excess An extra value for second storey work.
Installers percentage The extra percentage to apply to the installers pay.
Batten 50×25 quote This is the cost of 50×25 battens.
Batten 50×38 quote This is the cost of 50×38 battens.
Batten 50×50 quote This is the cost of 50×50 battens.
Batten 75×50 quote This is the cost of 75×50 battens.
Batten User quote This is the cost of the user defined batten.
Waste per course The number of tiles you want to add per course if using the coursing method.
Waste – area method The number of extra pieces you want based on the total length of hips and valleys.
Sealant The rate per metre to add sealant to the trim. You define the finish of the ridges, gables and valleys etc as “Seal” to get a sealant value added to the Reporting dialog box.
Flexible pointing The rate per metre for flexible pointing.
Note: The cartage per 100 tiles variable described above will not appear in the Supply and Install dialog if the value is set to 0.
If a value is included, then it will appear and the value determined by the number of tiles ordered.
If a value is set, then it will appear in the material list summary, even if you have not estimated for tile.
This will be added to the material list even if a value is also set for delivery under Areas – refer to Set-Up > Areas.