A sketch leaves room for assumptions
An outline may show the shape but omit edge details, hardware or finishing. Discuss those choices before accepting the brief so the finished work is judged against an agreement both sides understand.
Software for carpentry business owners
Put the agreed detail into the carpentry estimate.
From measuring at the property to fitting the finished piece, small decisions can change a carpentry job. Clarify dimensions, hardware, finish responsibilities and what the client supplies before starting. Microtra connects those business decisions to the estimate and invoice while your drawings and measurements guide construction.
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The everyday details
You know the work.
The admin adds up.
The site is rarely an empty workroom
Occupied rooms, uneven surfaces and access restrictions affect fitting. Record practical observations and confirm protection or clearing arrangements before arriving with tools and materials.
Changes create work beyond the new material
Moving a shelf or changing a door can affect cutting, fitting and finishing. Explain the commercial effect and agree it before an informal request becomes part of the installation.
How Microtra helps
Keep the business connected.
Use the tools that fit your day, with your records ready on your phone or on the web.
Describe the work in useful pieces
Build estimates with measuring, fabrication, fitting and agreed materials separated as needed. Identify finishes and hardware responsibilities clearly; enter your own quantities rather than expecting the app to calculate cut lists.
Explore this featureKeep the address and contact together
Use client contacts and linked property records for site context. Keep access and room notes beside the job so the fitting visit does not begin with a search for the original conversation.
Explore this featureFollow work from bench to site
Create job tasks and status for preparation and installation. Assign staff appointments around the sequence you plan, keeping unresolved choices visible before arranging a fitting visit that depends on them.
Explore this featureSee the labor behind a custom piece
Record shop and site time manually or with a job timer. Review entries against the estimated labor to understand how measuring, transport and fitting contributed to the completed work.
Explore this featureKeep purchases tied to the work
Enter timber, hardware, delivery and other business expenses with receipt photos. Review job costs against the estimate, especially when a client-approved change calls for a different material or an extra trip for supplies. This makes the business effect visible without replacing your own material selection, measurement checks or purchasing decisions about what the construction and installation will actually require on site.
Explore this featureA day in the life
From the first quote to paid.
Measure and discuss
Inspect the location and confirm what the client wants supplied and fitted. Use your professional measuring process and note any decisions needed before preparing the estimate.
Settle the scope
Describe materials, hardware, finish and installation boundaries. Resolve client-supplied items and any preparation responsibilities before the project moves into fabrication.
Work through the tasks
Update the job as bench work and fitting progress. If site conditions require a change, discuss it with the client and update the commercial record after approval.
Review and invoice
Check the completed installation against the agreement. Share the invoice PDF through your device and record payment the business receives through its existing method.
Your words
Find your way around.
Choose Trades & construction when you set up Microtra and these are the labels you start with. Change them, and the tools you use, any time in Modules & terms.
- Your work
- Job
- Your customer
- Client
- Your records
- Properties
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Questions from carpentry business owners.
Does Microtra generate carpentry drawings or cut lists?
Microtra does not draft joinery, calculate structural specifications or optimize cutting. Use suitable drawings, trade tools and professional judgment, then record the agreed business scope and quantities.
What does the setup call a carpentry project?
Trades & construction starts with Job, Client and Properties. Linked records are enabled so property context can sit alongside the work and document history.
Can I manage timber and hardware supplies?
Stock starts off in this setup. Enable it in Modules & terms before using items, locations and purchasing for the supplies your business decides to track.
Can I bill for stages of a larger installation?
Progress invoices can be prepared from estimates. Check each stage against the client agreement and describe the work being billed so the invoice is clear without needing the original sketch beside it.
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