Extra material ordered on top of the measured quantity to cover offcuts, breakage and mistakes. Flooring and tile commonly carry something in the range of five to ten per cent on a simple square layout, and more where a diagonal, a pattern match or a lot of small rooms turn usable material into offcuts. Ordering short costs a second delivery and a second day, which is nearly always dearer than the waste.
In FieldQuo — Material costs and recipes
FieldQuo holds what your materials cost and how much of each a job of a given size consumes, so the waste is priced rather than absorbed.
Related terms
- TakeoffMeasuring the quantities a job needs — square footage, linear feet, fixture counts, cubic yards — off a drawing, a photo or the site itself.
- Material costWhat the stuff on the job actually costs you, as opposed to what it cost the last time you bought it.
- UnderlaymentA layer that goes between the structure and the finished surface, and which means two different things depending on the trade.
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