Wow that information on ballpark pricing from Rudy was great! He said that he prices his frames from $7-$9 a board foot.
Does that include raising?
How do other framers initially ballpark price a frame?
It is a helpful skill to have when you are first talking to a client. I have to do it all of the time and wish I had someone to compare to.
My process is this: I give an initial ballpark and if the client is game, I am contracted to complete a Timber Frame design. From the completed timber frame design, I provide a fixed bid and a raising date.
I understand the various factors needed to price a Timber Frame, but I do not have the years of experience pricing out frames to see a pattern develope which would enable me to develope a formula such as Rudy's board footage formula.
What other formula's are used by professional framers?
