Upload a floor plan and Bolster does the takeoff, the estimate and a proposal your customer can choose floors in. Every room measured and priced in about three minutes, then sent as a presentation they can sign.
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Get startedFlooring software should turn room measurements into an accurate, itemized quote with the finishes the client actually wants. Bolster is flooring estimating software that measures each room, applies the right waste for the material and layout, prices flooring, underlayment, transitions, prep and labour with current costs, and builds a quote where homeowners choose between hardwood, tile, luxury vinyl plank (LVP), laminate or carpet themselves.
Flooring jobs are won on clarity and choice. Clients want to see options and prices side by side, and flooring contractors lose margin when prep work, transitions and waste are left out of a rushed quote.
Illustrative example: 850 sq ft of LVP across a living room, kitchen and hallway. Add around 7 to 10% waste, round up to full cartons, then add removal of existing carpet, underlayment if the product needs it, 60 linear feet of quarter round, four transitions and a floor-levelling allowance. A hardwood option for the same rooms would carry a different waste factor, labour rate and finish. These figures are only an example; your products and rates will differ.
The fastest way in is to start from the plans. Upload the floor plan, ask for the flooring estimate in one line, and Bolster returns a 3D takeoff and a priced estimate by room in about three minutes. It matches hardwood, carpet and tile to the right rooms, places the baseboards and leaves the cabinets out of the floor area. There is a full walkthrough in how to do a flooring estimate.
In Bolster, Takeoff measures rooms on uploaded plans or photos and links the areas to your estimate. Each flooring product is an assembly that knows its waste, underlayment, trim and labour, and AutoCost keeps material and labour prices current for your region. Change a room size and everything linked to it updates.
Each area of the proposal shows a room picture that changes with the floor your client picks, and the price updates as they choose. The Lookbook goes further: 24 designer looks, like Coastal, Craftsman and Modern farmhouse, each built from the floors on your estimate with staged room photos, so clients see the floor in a room instead of a two-inch swatch.
Every estimate becomes an interactive quote. With selections and upgrades clients compare LVP, engineered hardwood and tile with photos and prices adjusted to their actual square footage, then sign online. Robert Hatfield of Hatfield Flooring put it simply: "customers are selecting more expensive options themselves." Bolster contractors win 15% bigger jobs on average when they offer upgrades and options.
When the job is signed, Bolster builds the install schedule, the material list for ordering, and a budget that tracks actual costs. If you find subfloor damage, send a change order for digital approval. Collect deposits and final payments online through Bolster Payments.
Stairs should be their own assembly priced per tread and riser, including nosing, and they often carry a higher labour rate than the rest of the floor. Tile needs extra lines for backer board or membrane, thinset, grout, spacers, trim pieces and cutting, and the labour rate depends heavily on tile size and pattern. Large-format tile and intricate patterns take longer, so build that into separate assemblies rather than one generic tile price.
Flooring clients often come back for other rooms. The Bolster CRM pipeline keeps every client, quote and past job in one place and alerts you when a quote is opened or changed, so you can follow up at the right moment. Past estimates make the next quote for the same home fast, because the products and rooms are already there.
Many flooring contractors still quote from a spreadsheet or a handwritten measure sheet. That works for one product in one room, but it gets slow and error-prone across a whole house with three product options, stairs, transitions and prep. Flooring software keeps your products, waste factors, labour rates and markups in one catalog, recalculates everything when a room size changes, and produces a quote the homeowner can review and sign online instead of a number on a business card.
Product choice is where flooring jobs stall. Homeowners take samples home, compare prices from different stores and come back weeks later. Putting two or three products with photos and exact prices for their rooms into one quote shortens that decision. It also lets you show the value of an upgrade, such as a thicker wear layer or a better underlayment, without a hard sell.
If you also handle kitchens, bathrooms or basements, the same Bolster account prices the full remodel, not just the floors. See our remodeling software page for how general contractors and remodelers use it.
Flooring material is often ordered weeks before install, so collect a deposit when the quote is signed and the balance when the job is complete. With Bolster Payments the homeowner pays online by card or bank transfer from the quote or their client portal, and the payment is matched to the job automatically. No chasing cheques, and the invoice always matches the approved scope, including any change orders. Because the floor estimate is part of the same project, the schedule, material list, budget and payments all stay in one place, and the homeowner sees one clear quote for the whole job instead of separate prices from separate trades. That makes it easier to sell the complete scope and keeps the floor work coordinated with the rest of the build.
If your current process misses any of these, book a demo and see a flooring quote built in Bolster.
Yes. Upload the floor plan and type one line, like "estimate to do the flooring in this house". In about three minutes Bolster builds a 3D takeoff and a priced estimate by room, with hardwood, carpet and tile matched to each room, baseboards placed and cabinets taken out of the floor area.
The best flooring software measures rooms accurately, applies the right waste by product and pattern, prices prep and transitions, and lets clients choose products in a quote they can sign online. Bolster does that and also runs scheduling, material lists, change orders and payments.
It depends on the product and layout. Straight-lay plank flooring usually needs less overage than diagonal tile or herringbone hardwood. Build the waste factor into each flooring assembly so it is applied consistently.
Price labour per square foot by product and pattern, then add separate items for removal, prep, stairs, transitions and furniture moving.
Yes. Bolster presentations show flooring options with photos and prices calculated from the actual square footage, and the total updates as the client chooses.
Bolster is built for residential contractors, but the same assemblies, takeoffs and quotes work for light commercial flooring jobs.
Yes. Bolster Takeoff lets you upload plans, set the scale, and measure areas and lengths that link directly to your estimate items.
