A project total can hide the specification
The chosen siding, trim, removal work and agreed preparation need recognizable descriptions. A broad total leaves too much room for different expectations about what the contractor included.
Software for siding business owners
Make each siding project legible in the business.
Approving a new elevation changes more than the crew list: it can affect materials, labor and the next project invoice. Organize the estimate, crew effort, approved additions and project account so the owner can review what the business has committed and what remains to be billed.
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The everyday details
You know the work.
The admin adds up.
Crew effort is easy to undercount
Setup, removal, return visits and finishing all take time. Recording only the installation hours makes it difficult to understand how the accepted project used the crew.
Changes affect purchasing and billing
A revised finish or added elevation can alter materials and work stages. Document approval and review the financial effect before the new request disappears into the original job.
Unpaid work needs its own review
A crew can finish an elevation while an invoice still waits for payment. Review completed work, billed stages and receipts separately so progress on site does not become an assumption that the project account has been settled.
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.
Build an estimate from your own quantities
Use reusable items, quantities, prices and markups to describe the accepted siding scope. Microtra does not measure elevations, calculate takeoffs or design siding layouts.
Explore this featureReview the project account
Record expenses with receipt photos and link billable client costs where appropriate. Compare job costs and unpaid invoices with the agreed work instead of relying on a full crew calendar.
Explore this featureTrack crew effort by task
Link staff time entries to the project and its tasks, using the timer or manual entries. Review labor for preparation, installation and finishing before preparing time-based billing.
Explore this featureBring purchasing into the record when useful
Stock starts off in Trades & construction. Switch it on in Modules & terms for quantities, locations, suppliers, purchase orders and material costs linked to jobs.
Explore this featureBill an agreed work stage
Create progress invoices from estimates after establishing the client's billing arrangement. Review approved additions and share the invoice PDF through your device, then record payment received elsewhere.
Explore this featureKeep the property-level agreement accessible
Retain the client, linked property and ordinary access notes with the project. Review these alongside estimates and invoices when another person takes over a billing or scope conversation.
Explore this featureA day in the life
From the first quote to paid.
Set the commercial scope
Confirm the property, chosen work, exclusions and client. Establish measurements and the technical specification through your own professional process.
Prepare the job account
Create the estimate and project tasks, keeping the property and billing contact connected. Confirm the accepted arrangement before ordering special materials.
Review a project variation
Explain the change, obtain approval through your normal process and update the estimate and job notes. Revisit purchasing and crew tasks where needed.
Reconcile a billing stage
Compare the agreed scope, labor and costs. Share the progress invoice PDF and record any payment received through the business's 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 siding business owners.
How is this different from the siding app page?
This page covers the owner's project administration: estimating, labor, purchasing costs and staged billing. The siding app page focuses on finding and updating work records from a phone or browser.
Does the software create a siding takeoff?
No. Microtra does not measure buildings, generate material takeoffs or design elevations. Enter quantities established through your own measurement and specialist estimating process.
What labels and records does a siding business get?
Trades & construction uses Job, Client and Properties, with linked records on. Stock begins off and can be enabled in Modules & terms for material quantities and purchasing.
Can I review projects without accounting sync?
Job and client reports, recorded income, expenses and outstanding invoices are available in the app. Accounting sync is coming soon; use your accountant's existing process for work outside those records.
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