Carpentry contractors on Command
quote custom work faster,
and protect their real margin.
Built for carpentry - trim, finish work, custom millwork, and decks. Range quotes before site visits. Lumber repricing alerts. Concurrent project crew board. All configured before you go live.
The problems most software ignores.
Every job is different. You drive out before you can quote.
Custom trim, millwork, and deck work is impossible to quote without a site visit - or so you thought. Every lead requires a drive-out before you can put a number together. Meanwhile, the homeowner has already received ballpark ranges from two other contractors. You haven't even called back.
Lumber pricing moves. Your open estimates don't.
Custom carpentry requires precise measurements and current lumber pricing to protect margin. Framing lumber, hardwood, sheet goods - all subject to supply fluctuations. You sent an estimate two weeks ago. Lumber moved. You have no visibility into which open jobs are now priced wrong.
Four jobs, three crews, zero single view.
You're running multiple custom projects at once with no single view of crew allocation. Who's on the Hendersons' deck? Is anyone free Thursday for the Patel install? You find out by calling four people. Scheduling conflicts surface on-site, not in a dashboard.
Clients want custom work with IKEA expectations.
Homeowners who want custom carpentry have no frame of reference for price. They've seen the project on Pinterest and built a number in their head based on nothing real. Without a credible range quote early in the conversation, you're spending time on site visits that go nowhere.
Before Command. After Command.
6 things built for carpentry.
Range quotes before the site visit
Customer calls about a custom deck or trim project. Command generates a credible ballpark range using scope type, rough dimensions, and current material pricing - before you ever drive out. The homeowner has a real number to anchor to. You close twice as many site visits because they're already pre-qualified.
Custom scope estimate builder
Every carpentry job is different - Command handles it. Deck framing, composite decking, trim packages, wainscoting, built-ins, custom millwork. Scope-specific line items, material types, and labor rate templates for each. No more starting from a blank spreadsheet for every custom project.
Lumber and material repricing alert
Command monitors your configured material pricing against open estimates. When lumber or hardware prices change and affect an open estimate's margin, Command flags it, shows you the updated number, and gives you a one-tap option to revise before the homeowner accepts. No more margin surprises at the lumber yard.
Concurrent project crew board
All active custom projects on one dispatch board. Crew allocation visible by day and by job. Scheduling conflicts flagged before they become a crew showing up to an unready site. You see Thursday's availability in 10 seconds without making a single call.
Client education flow
Command generates a plain-language scope explanation alongside the estimate. Homeowners see why custom work costs what it costs: material grades, fabrication hours, install complexity. You stop re-explaining price on every call because the estimate does it for you.
5-day lead follow-up automation
71% of carpentry leads decide within 5 days of first contact. Command fires an automated follow-up sequence - SMS day 1, call day 3, final SMS day 5 - for every open estimate without you touching your phone. You follow up on all of them, every time, even during your busiest project weeks.
How Command works for carpentry.
From the first call to the final payroll run - every step automated, every handoff tracked.
Homeowner calls about a deck, trim package, built-in, or custom millwork project
The AI phone agent picks up every call. It introduces itself as your company's scheduling assistant, asks qualifying questions (project type, rough dimensions, timeline, budget signal), and logs the lead instantly. No voicemail. No hold. Even if you're mid-cut on a job site, every inquiry is captured and qualified.
AI captures scope type, dimensions, and sends a range quote in minutes
Based on scope type and rough dimensions provided over the phone, Command generates a credible range quote using current material pricing and your configured labor rates. The homeowner has a real number with a clear explanation of what drives the range. Serious leads self-select. You stop driving out to quote homeowners expecting IKEA pricing.
Site visit scheduled - full estimate built on exact measurements
Once the homeowner is pre-qualified, the AI books a site visit. On-site, the detailed estimate is built with exact measurements, material selections, and scope-specific line items. Command has a template for every carpentry category - deck framing, composite decking, trim, wainscoting, built-ins, custom millwork. You start from structure, not from a blank page.
Detailed estimate sent via SMS - homeowner can accept, ask questions, or schedule
The homeowner gets a mobile-optimized detailed estimate link by text. Three options: Accept (triggers job creation), Ask a Question (routes to AI or your team), or Discuss Changes. The estimate includes a plain-language scope explanation so you stop re-explaining price on every call.
Job created in dispatch, crew assigned, material list generated
On acceptance, Command creates the job, adds it to the dispatch board alongside your other active projects, assigns crew based on availability, and generates the material list from the accepted scope. GPS-verified clock-in and payroll calculations run from the first day on-site. Lumber pricing is locked at estimate or flagged if it changes before you order.
A real estimate. Scoped for custom work.
This is what lands in the homeowner's SMS after a site visit. Detailed, itemized, built from your scope template - not a spreadsheet.
A week in the life with Command.
Four active projects. One clear board.
You open the Daily Brief - four custom jobs in progress, crew allocation visible by day. The Hendersons' deck is three days from wrap, the Patel trim package starts Thursday, and there's a gap Wednesday afternoon you didn't notice. Command flags it. You move a material delivery to fill it before anyone shows up to a standing-around site.
Lumber pricing moves. You're already covered.
Framing lumber ticks up 8% at your distributor. Command identifies two open estimates that used the old pricing and flags both. One is a $22K deck estimate you sent Friday - the homeowner hasn't responded yet. You revise with a note, resend, and protect $1,400 in margin before they accept the old number. Without Command, you'd find out at the yard.
Call comes in. Range quote fires in minutes.
A homeowner calls about a custom built-in for their home office - floor to ceiling, painted, with a desk section. You're running crown on the Patel job. The AI agent takes the call, gets rough dimensions and a budget signal, and fires a range of $8,200–$12,400 with a plain-language explanation of what drives the variance. The homeowner books a site visit on the spot. Serious lead, pre-qualified.
Payroll runs. Projects close clean.
The Henderson deck wraps. Payroll calculates from GPS-verified clock-in and clock-out for the full project. No timesheet arguments. No hours disputes. Command outputs the totals. You approve in two taps. Final margin: estimate $19,200, cost $16,100, $3,100 gross. You close the week knowing exactly where you stand on all four jobs.
What Command replaces for carpentry contractors.
Most carpentry operations are running on 4–6 disconnected tools and a lot of verbal communication. Command consolidates all of it.
- BuilderPrime · $199/mo
- QuickBooks · $100/mo
- Scheduling tool · $79/mo
- Estimating spreadsheets · free but slow
- Missed leads from verbal quoting · unmeasured
- Total: $378+/mo · none integrated
- ✓CRM + pipeline management
- ✓Custom scope estimate builder
- ✓Range quotes before site visits
- ✓Concurrent project crew board
- ✓Job costing + payroll
- ✓One system · one login · fully integrated
Carpentry-specific answers.
How does Command handle custom carpentry scopes that vary widely?
Command includes scope-specific estimate templates for every major carpentry category: deck framing and composite decking, interior trim packages (crown, base, casing), wainscoting, built-ins and shelving, custom millwork, and exterior trim. Each template has its own line-item structure, material types, and labor rate multipliers. For highly custom one-off scopes, Command's custom line-item builder lets you build from scratch with live material pricing. No two jobs have to look the same - but they all start from a structured baseline rather than a blank spreadsheet.
Can Command generate range quotes before a site visit?
Yes - this is one of the highest-leverage features for carpentry contractors. When a homeowner calls about a deck, built-in, or trim project, Command generates a credible ballpark range using scope type, rough dimensions provided over the phone, and current material pricing. The homeowner gets a range with a clear explanation of what drives the variance. Contractors with instant range quote capability capture 2.3x more serious leads because they pre-qualify interest before spending time on a site visit.
How does Command manage multiple concurrent custom projects?
Command's dispatch board shows all active custom projects with crew allocation by day and by job. You see who is assigned to what, when gaps exist in the schedule, and where conflicts are forming - before they surface on-site. Crew notifications fire automatically when a job date changes, a new job is added to the week, or a scheduling conflict is detected. You get the single-view visibility that most carpentry operations build manually in a whiteboard and a group text thread.
Does Command track lumber and material pricing changes on open estimates?
Yes. Command monitors your configured material pricing - framing lumber, hardwood species, composite decking, sheet goods, hardware - against all open estimates. When a price change affects an open estimate's margin by more than your configured threshold, Command flags it immediately, shows you the updated margin, and gives you a one-tap option to revise and resend. You stop discovering margin problems at the lumber yard or, worse, at the end of the job when accounting runs the numbers.
The platform powering it all.
Range quote on the first call
The AI agent answers every inbound call, qualifies the scope, generates a range quote, and books a site visit - before you ever get off your current job.
Custom scope - structured estimate
Scope-specific templates for decks, trim, built-ins, and millwork. Current lumber pricing. Your labor rates. Detailed estimate built from structure, not from a blank page.
All your active projects at once
Crew allocation, open estimates, material pricing flags, job progress - everything you need to run multiple concurrent custom projects, delivered before your first call.