August 2024 Price List Update Summary
The updates associated with the August 2024 Price List included three new line items, and otherwise the changes to existing line items are immaterial.
The first new line item is PLM[BPSTUB;] Black pipe - per stub out - up to ¾” and this line item exists to capture the cost associated with rough-in of a gas line. Note that this line item includes the materials associated with PLM[CAP;] are included as highlighted below, so augmenting this line item with PLM[CAP;] would be an overage as it is included in the component build-up of this new line item.
Typically, Xactimate line item descriptions that include the word “rough-in” include a home run component. And when I say “homerun” I mean the cost to run the supply lines back to a larger supply line and/or main supply branch system. This new line item does not seem to include the materials required to perform a home run, so although atypical, these activities we be constrained to the immediate work area where the stub out is installed. If a home run is required, then PLM[BP3/4;] Black pipe with fitting and hanger, ¾” may be warranted in quantities relative to the length of the run back to the main supply line.
The second new line is PNT[PNLS1;] Finish paneling - 1 coat urethane and one thing that occurs to me is it is a rather unique line item is that applies a urethane finish with a unit of SQ (square footage), were the other urethane line items are applied based on unit types of LN (linear feet) or EA (each). Besides this unique characteristic, this line item includes sanding, deglosser and painter's putty.
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If more than one coat of urethane were required, it remains unclear how one would invoice for that activity accurately.
The last line item is RFG[FLPJFR;] Flashing - pipe jack - frost resistant and this new addition is straightforward in that if the project requires roof jack flashing, and the property is exposed to freezing temperatures, then it is likely warranted to use the new frost resistant variant as opposed to legacy RFG[FLPIPE;] flashing - pipe jack variant.
These are the material changes made to the published price list for August 2024.
Keep building,
-Whatley-