EXAMPLE AT A GLANCE
This fictional Southampton new timber deck installation project has 8 itemised lines and an illustrative £7,843.00 total. The app-exported PDF, first-page preview, measurement basis, scope boundaries and matching UK estimating guide let you inspect every quantity and rate.
What this example covers
This fictional job is set in Southampton and concerns one low-level rectangular deck. Build a new low-level timber deck on a prepared garden area, with a defined frame, boards, edge trim and one short step. The estimate is a bounded document: the customer should be able to compare the described work with its measured lines, product allowances and exclusions. The matching UK guide explains how to prepare those inputs.
- Prepared by
- Cedar & Beam Builders · fictional business
- Prepared for
- Jordan Taylor · fictional customer
- Example location
- Southampton, UK
- Issued / valid through
- 25 September 2026 / 25 October 2026
Itemised new timber deck installation example
These 8 lines reproduce the app-exported PDF exactly. The largest is Frame construction at £1,728.25; this is one fictional component, not a typical price. Read each quantity with its unit: area, length, time, count and lump sum describe different work and must not be interchanged.
| Work item | Quantity | Unit rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site layout and protection | 1 lump sum | £192.00 | £192.00 |
| Ground preparation | 22.3 sq m | £34.40 | £767.12 |
| Support and footing allowance | 8 each | £76.00 | £608.00 |
| Frame timber allowance | 1 lump sum | £1,000.00 | £1,000.00 |
| Frame construction | 22.3 sq m | £77.50 | £1,728.25 |
| Deck board allowance | 24.6 sq m | £60.30 | £1,483.38 |
| Board fitting and edge trim | 22.3 sq m | £77.50 | £1,728.25 |
| Step and clean-up | 1 lump sum | £336.00 | £336.00 |
| Illustrative total | £7,843.00 | ||
The table separates the named product or material allowances from labour and site tasks wherever the scope needs that distinction. Before replacing a rate, check whether the product allowance includes delivery, waste, fixings and the selected specification.
How the total is calculated
Ground preparation is 22.3 sq m × £34.40 = £767.12. Support and footing allowance is 8 each × £76.00 = £608.00. The other lines follow the same calculation and sum to £7,843.00. Each fixture line lands on an exact penny, so the native PDF total equals the sum of the displayed line amounts.
Measurement to check: Measure deck footprint, finished height, board direction, post locations and site access. Selection to check: Price framing timber, deck boards and fixings as separate material allowances. The 0% tax field and zero markup are example document inputs, not an instruction for a live quote. Decide the correct settings for your own business and job.
Assumptions and exclusions
Confirm ground and support design before ordering; build frame and check level before boarding.
Outside this stated scope: No roof, balustrade, structural engineering or hidden utility relocation.
Poor ground, drainage conflict or a higher deck level can change the support design. A changed condition should lead to a newly measured quantity, explicit revised allowance or separately agreed task. Keep the customer informed of which figure changed and why before producing another PDF.
Download the app PDF
The document was exported from Estimates using the fictional business, client, dates, short PDF scope, notes and cost lines above. Its first page appears below. Download the complete PDF to inspect every entry and its presentation; no listed rate is a current Southampton market claim.
Make an estimate for your own job
- Write the actual work boundary and exclusions. Use this measurement basis: Measure deck footprint, finished height, board direction, post locations and site access.
- Confirm the selected products and access conditions. Record this selection decision: Price framing timber, deck boards and fixings as separate material allowances.
- Replace every fictional product, labour and subcontractor rate with your own evidence.
- Check line extensions, total, tax and markup settings, customer details and validity date.
- Preview every PDF page before sharing the estimate with the customer.
- Measure deck footprint, finished height, board direction, post locations and site access.
- Price framing timber, deck boards and fixings as separate material allowances.
- Confirm ground and support design before ordering; build frame and check level before boarding.
- Poor ground, drainage conflict or a higher deck level can change the support design.
Read the matching estimating guide for the project-specific measurement and work sequence.
Questions about this job
Which quantity controls this new timber deck installation estimate?
Measure deck footprint, finished height, board direction, post locations and site access.
When should this new timber deck installation quote be revised?
Poor ground, drainage conflict or a higher deck level can change the support design. No roof, balustrade, structural engineering or hidden utility relocation.
MAKE THE EXAMPLE YOUR OWN
Build a new timber deck installation estimate
Use Estimates on iPhone or Android to enter your measured scope and line items. Review the result carefully and export a PDF for the actual job.
