Masonry estimate template — and a generator that fills it in

The line items a masonry estimate needs — unit counts, mortar, scaffolding and the access that decides half the labour — plus a generator that drafts one from your description.

Generate this estimate now

Describe the job in plain words. No email needed to see your first estimate — about fifteen seconds for a small job, a little longer for a big one.

What you get — see the format first

A complete estimate you can send to the customer, built from the rate you enter:

Description	Qty	Unit	Unit price	Total
Labor — itemized by task	hrs	hour	your rate	—
Materials — with your markup applied	qty	ea / sq ft	cost + markup	—
Permits, disposal, access	—	—	—	—

Plus a plain-English scope summary, assumptions (what had to be guessed), exclusions (what you are not doing — the section that prevents most change-order arguments), and a validity period. Printable, or send the link.

Every figure comes from the rate and markup you supply. We never fill in a market price for you.

3 free masonry estimate and bid templates

An estimating spreadsheet that opens in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets, or prints to PDF. Pre-filled with the line items a masonry estimate should contain, plus a checklist of what masonry estimating most often leaves out — so you price it before you send, not after.

Blank — the line items, ready to price by hand.
Auto-calculating — same sheet with the maths built in; type a quantity and a rate and it totals itself. Formulas work in Excel and Google Sheets.
Printable — a clean one-page layout to fill in on site or save as PDF.

Blank (Excel / Sheets) Auto-calculating Printable PDF

How masonry jobs are bid

Masonry is bid by the unit or by the square foot of finished face, and the unit count is the easy part. What moves the price is access, scaffolding and the mortar. Matching mortar colour and joint profile on repair work takes trial batches that nobody quotes; a new wall needs the block or brick delivered somewhere a forklift can reach, and a courtyard behind a house is a wheelbarrow job at four times the labour. Weather is a hard constraint — cold-weather protection is a line item, not an inconvenience.

What a masonry estimate should contain

Unit count and type — brick, CMU, stone — with size and the coursing assumed
Mortar type (N, S, M) and colour, and whether a match sample is required
Square feet of finished face, stated separately from unit count
Footing or foundation prep where the wall is new
Reinforcement — rebar, horizontal joint reinforcement, grout in cells
Flashing, weeps and any through-wall detail
Scaffolding: setup, rental duration and takedown as their own line
Material delivery and on-site staging within reach of the work
Cleaning and pointing after the wall is up
Labour as mason hours plus tender hours — the tender is not optional

What gets left out of masonry estimates

Mortar match trials on repair work — several batches before one is approved
Cold-weather protection: blankets, heated enclosure, admixture, lost days
Wheelbarrow access when a forklift cannot reach the wall
Cutting waste and breakage on stone, which is nothing like brick waste

Your prices, not internet averages

Generic AI quotes national averages. BidWand builds a price book from every estimate you send and every rate you correct, so by the fifth bid it prices like you do — your labor rate, your markup, your exclusions.

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