This calculator vs. QuoteIQ
Two different shapes: QuoteIQ is a paid, ongoing CRM for running a masonry business's quoting, scheduling, invoicing, and photo-documented inspections across every job. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what should this one wall cost, given its method, access, and mortar, before you quote it.
What each tool is for
QuoteIQ is a paid subscription CRM marketed to masonry and tuckpointing contractors alongside several other trades. Its publicly described feature set covers customer quoting, scheduling, invoicing, automated marketing and review requests, inspection forms that attach checklist photos to an estimate or invoice, and an AI estimator that drafts a starting line-item structure from a typed job description or a photo. It is sold as an ongoing account for the whole business, not a single-job tool. QuoteIQ's own site is not reachable from this session to confirm today's plan names or dollar figures, so none is invented here: only its well-documented identity and category — a paid CRM marketed in part to masonry contractors — are stated, and no dollar amount for QuoteIQ appears on this page.
This calculator does none of what QuoteIQ does. It does not market your services, hold a customer list, or keep an inspection record on a server. It takes one wall's length and height, a pointing method (smear, grind-and-point, or rebuild), an access method (ground, scaffold, or swing stage), a mortar (Type N, historic lime, or color-match), replacement brick, lintels, power wash, and control-joint caulk, and turns that into the per-job price and the walk-away price below which the job loses money — plus, if you already have a number on the table, a check of whether it clears that floor, a three-method comparison on the same wall, and a printable customer proposal for that one job. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I run a masonry business and need quoting, scheduling, invoicing, and photo-documented inspections in one system across every job. | QuoteIQ, or a comparable trade CRM — running a whole business is not something this calculator does. |
| What should I charge for this one wall, given its method, access, and mortar, before I quote it? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| How much does a swing stage actually add over working from the ground? | This calculator's access selector, which changes both equipment cost and hours together, not a flat surcharge. |
| Is a grind-and-point job priced differently from a plain smear on the same wall? | This calculator's method selector and its three-method comparison, not one blended per-foot rate. |
| Is the number the owner just countered with still above my walk-away cost? | This calculator's compare-to-proposed-price check. |
| How does the math behind a tuckpointing bid actually work? | This calculator's own pricing walkthrough. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. QuoteIQ is used through a paid subscription account. |
Most masonry contractors get different value from each: QuoteIQ (or a comparable CRM) for running quoting, scheduling, invoicing, and inspections across a business and every job it takes, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login gut-check on what one wall should cost before a business system is involved. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a scheduled job, an invoice, or a signed proposal.
This tool needs no account and no sign-in: it is a static page, the arithmetic runs in your browser, and once it has loaded it keeps working with the connection off — which matters standing on a scaffold with no signal.
Common questions
Should I use this calculator or QuoteIQ?
They fit different points in the job, and a masonry contractor of any size may end up using both. QuoteIQ is a paid subscription CRM marketed to masonry and tuckpointing contractors among other trades: customer quoting, scheduling, invoicing, automated marketing, inspection forms with photo evidence attached to an estimate, and an AI estimator that drafts a starting line-item structure from a job description or photo, run as an ongoing account across every job the business takes. This calculator does one narrower thing: starting from wall length and height, method (smear, grind-and-point, or rebuild), access (ground, scaffold, or swing stage), mortar (Type N, historic lime, or color-match), replacement brick, lintels, power wash, and control-joint caulk, it turns that into the per-job price and the walk-away price below which the job loses money. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. A masonry business already running quoting, scheduling, invoicing, and photo-documented inspections across a full crew is better served by QuoteIQ or a comparable platform; a mason who wants an instant, private gut-check on what one wall should cost before opening a business system is in the right place here.
Does this calculator tell the difference between a smear and a grind-and-point job?
Yes, and that split is usually where a flat per-square-foot special goes wrong. A point-only smear over existing Type N bags is a surface coat with no grind; grind-and-point removes the old joint first, which is a different crew day; cut-out-and-relay is a third one again. This calculator prices each method's hours separately on the same wall, along with a three-method comparison, rather than quoting all three off one blended rate.
Is this page affiliated with QuoteIQ?
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by QuoteIQ. QuoteIQ is named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
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