Estimating by trade
Masonry estimating software: price the wall, not just the wall area
Masonry bids live or die on the lines nobody measures: grout at reinforced cells, bond beams, lintels, flashing, scaffold time, and the wash-down at the end. BuiltSum ships those as assemblies alongside CMU, brick and stone, priced with your crew rate, burden and markup. The estimator below is live — load the masonry pack and try a real wall.
Live estimator
CMU walls
Brick & stone veneer
Reinforcement & grout
Openings & detailing
Site & hardscape masonry
Access & cleanup
Restoration
Pack v2026.08: starting defaults for a mid-market US crew — edit any unit cost or production rate below to your numbers. Save estimates to your account and these become your own price book.
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The chain: this estimate → schedule of values → monthly AIA-style pay applications. All free, and saved in your browser until you put it in an account.
CMU, brick, stone and SRW
8, 6 and 12 inch block, architectural upcharges, modular brick veneer with ties and weeps, adhered thin stone, full-bed stone, cast sills, and segmental retaining wall with geogrid.
Reinforcement priced honestly
Vertical bar in cell, grout at reinforced cells or all cells solid, joint reinforcement, bond beams, lintels and flashing are separate lines — so a spec change is a defensible number, not a guess.
Access and weather are lines too
Scaffold erect and strike, mast climber upcharge above three stories, cold-weather protection, wash-down and point-up. The costs that eat masonry margin get bid instead of absorbed.
Restoration work is covered too — repointing by SF, cut-and-tooth brick replacement, and demo with haul-off. For commercial contracts, pair the estimate with the free pay application generator and the schedule of values builder.
Assemblies in this pack
28 assemblies ship in pack 2026.08. Every material cost and labor rate below is a starting default for a mid-market, non-union crew — edit any of them, and your own won jobs become the defaults over time.
CMU walls
- 8" CMU wall — laid in running bond, struck jointsSF
- 12" CMU wall — laid in running bondSF
- 6" CMU partition wallSF
- Architectural CMU upcharge — split-face or ground-faceSF
Brick & stone veneer
- Brick veneer — modular, running bond, ties & weepsSF
- Brick veneer — soldier/header course or pattern bandLF
- Adhered thin stone veneer over scratch coatSF
- Full-bed natural stone veneerSF
- Cast stone sill or band — set & pointLF
Reinforcement & grout
- Vertical #5 rebar in cell — set & tieLF
- Grout reinforced cells solid (32" oc)SF
- Grout all cells solidSF
- Horizontal joint reinforcement — every other courseSF
- Bond beam course — knock-out block, rebar, groutLF
Openings & detailing
- Precast lintel — set over openingLF
- Loose steel angle lintel — set & shimLF
- Through-wall flashing + weeps at base and headsLF
- Core-fill foam insert insulationSF
Site & hardscape masonry
- Segmental retaining wall — base, block, drainage backfillSF
- Geogrid layer for retaining wallSF
- Chimney — brick above roofline, with capLF
Access & cleanup
- Scaffold — erect, move, strike (wall above 5 ft)SF
- Mast climber or swing stage upcharge (3 stories and up)SF
- Wash down & point-up at completionSF
- Cold-weather protection — blankets, heat, admixtureSF
Restoration
- Repoint / tuckpoint — grind and refill jointsSF
- Cut out and tooth in replacement brickEA
- Demo existing masonry wall + haul-offSF
Frequently asked questions
How do you estimate a masonry job?
By wall type and unit count. Convert wall area to units (1.125 block per SF for 8x8x16 CMU, about 6.75 modular brick per SF of veneer), apply a laying rate in units per mason-day, then add mortar, grout, reinforcement, flashing, scaffold and cleanup as their own lines. The assemblies on this page carry that math: enter wall SF and the labor hours, material and price come out with your rates applied.
Is there masonry takeoff software that also does the estimate?
That is the gap this page exists for. Most masonry-specific products sold today are takeoff-only — you measure walls, then export quantities to a spreadsheet to price them. BuiltSum starts at the pricing end with real CMU, brick and stone assemblies, and browser takeoff feeds those same assemblies when it ships. Until then, quantities come in by hand or by CSV.
Does it handle grout, rebar and bond beams separately?
Yes. Reinforcement is where masonry bids get lost. Vertical rebar in cell, grout at reinforced cells versus grout-all-solid, horizontal joint reinforcement, bond beam courses, lintels and through-wall flashing are each a separate line with its own unit, so a change from 48-inch to 32-inch cell spacing is a number you can defend.
Can I bill a commercial masonry contract from the same estimate?
Yes, and this is the part takeoff tools skip. An accepted estimate becomes a schedule of values, and each month you bill it as a G702/G703-style pay application with retainage, stored materials for block and brick delivered but not yet laid, and change order rollup — no retyping the numbers into Excel.
Estimate it once. Bill it every month.
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