A frameless shower door, start to finish
An example job for a made-up client, Sarah Mitchell: one fixed panel and a door. Every size, quantity and total below is what StudSheet worked out; the prices are the app’s typical US prices, the ones a new price book starts with. Yours replace them.
Watch it: 59 seconds
The same job, tapped through on a phone and played a little faster. No cuts to the app’s numbers, no audio.
- The sizes. “Sketch and price” on the job, then the panel and the door typed in inches. The panel’s bottom gets 30-1/4″ with Only this side.
- The prices. “Add prices”, five lines picked from the price book, the hinges set to 2 and the install to 4 hours.
- The estimate. Added in one tap, with the markup and New Jersey’s sales tax on labor. Sarah signs on the phone.
- Paid. A 50% deposit invoice from the signed estimate, sent, and paid by Zelle.
StudSheet vs a notebook and a spreadsheet
| A notebook and a spreadsheet | StudSheet | |
|---|---|---|
| The sizes | Written on the pad, copied into the sheet later | Typed once to the 1/16″; every side shows its size on the sketch |
| An out-of-square opening | A note in the margin | Only this side: the bottom takes 30-1/4″, the top keeps 30-1/8″ |
| Square feet | A formula you trust you typed right | Off the sketch, to two decimals, the same on every screen |
| The price | Your rates, if the sheet is up to date | Your price book, line by line; change a size and the price follows |
| What’s not included | Often left out | A list the client signs with the price: tile repairs, remakes if the opening changes |
| The signature and deposit | Printed, signed, a check in the mail | Signed on your phone or their link; Zelle, check or card recorded on the job |
| What it costs | A notebook and a spreadsheet you already have | $49 a month after 14 days free |
| No signal | Always works | The web app needs a connection to open; the phone apps are coming |
What’s in it for glass
- Inches to the 1/16″. Type 28 11/16, 28.6875 or 73 cm; the sketch shows 28-11/16″. Glass jobs default to inches, the way glass is ordered.
- Panels by name. Panel, Door, Return panel, Mirror, Opening and Window are one tap when you type a size.
- Out of square, recorded. Only this side changes one side and keeps the one across, so a 30-1/8″ top and a 30-1/4″ bottom both stay on the sketch.
- Glass by the square foot. A price line measures every panel’s area, or only the ones you pick; hinges, clamps and pulls by the each, install by the hour.
- A price book that starts filled. Tempered 3/8″ clear, low-iron upgrade, hinges, pulls, clamps, sweeps and seals, silicone, mirror, mastic and J-channel, site visits and removal, at typical US prices to change to yours, or import your own list as a CSV.
- Lists for glass jobs. Included: glass, hardware and installation as listed, silicone where glass meets tile or stone. Not included: tile or wall repairs, blocking inside the wall, plumbing changes, remaking glass if the opening changes after the sizes are approved.
- Where the job stands, in glass words. Measured, estimate sent, accepted, glass ordered, scheduled, installed, invoiced, paid.
- Glass railings too. The railing Sheet draws and counts a glass balcony or deck railing: panels, posts, clamps and the top rail.
Questions
How do you measure for a frameless shower door?
Measure the opening’s width at the top, the middle and the bottom, and its height on both sides, and check each wall with a level: openings are rarely square. In StudSheet, type each panel to the 1/16″ and use Only this side where the top and bottom differ. The deductions for hinges, clamps and seals come from your hardware maker; StudSheet records the sizes you measured and doesn’t work out the deductions for you.
Is there an estimate template for glass installers?
Yes. The price book can start from typical glass prices (glass by the square foot, hardware by the each, install by the hour), and the estimate suggests included and not-included lists for glass jobs. Save a price sheet to My Sheets and the next shower starts from it, measuring its own sketch.
How do I price shower glass by the square foot?
Add your glass as a price book item per sq ft. On the job’s sketch, the line measures the panels’ area (28.6 sq ft for the panel and door above), and the price follows if a size changes. Markup, labor and tax go on in the estimate.
Can my client sign the shower door estimate on their phone?
Yes. Hand them your phone and they sign on the estimate, as in the example. With an account, you can also send a link: they sign there and pay the deposit by card into your own Stripe account, or you record their Zelle or check.
Does StudSheet make a glass order sheet for my supplier?
Not yet. Today the sketch prints or saves as a PDF with every size on it, which you can send with your order. A glass order sheet with thickness, edgework, holes and notches is on the list.
Does it work for mirrors and glass railings?
Yes. Mirrors are panels on the sketch, priced by the square foot with mastic and J-channel. Glass railings have their own Sheet that counts the panels, posts and clamps.