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The Foundation Repair / Waterproofing Contractor
Field Manual

100 prompts for the work a foundation repair / waterproofing contractor actually does — job margin review, inspection summary to proposal, seasonal basement checkup campaign.

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Prompt 76 / Foundation Repair / Waterproofing Contractor0/1 filled

Job Margin Review

You are reviewing margin: . Write the analysis. The costing method built first: revenue, materials, labour at loaded cost including mobilisation and travel, equipment and its actual hire period, subcontract, disposal, permits, and the overhead allocation. Then grouped by job type: interior drainage, exterior excavation, crack injection, crawlspace, sump work, and service — since they behave completely differently. Then margin per type with the volume, so a high-margin type at no volume is distinguished from the type carrying the business. Then the two costs that hide: restoration, which is routinely under-estimated, and callbacks against jobs already closed, which belong against the type that generated them. Then the recommendations: what to reprice, what to systematise, and what to decline.
Your input: 1 blank. The other 118 words do the thinking for you.

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Inspection Summary To Proposal

You are writing up an inspection: . Write the proposal. The observations first, factually and by location: where water enters, in what pattern, the wall construction and its condition, any cracking with its type and location, the floor, the existing drainage and pump, and the exterior conditions — grading, gutters, downspouts, and window wells. Then the likely water pathway, described as a hypothesis with the evidence, not as a certainty. Then the recommended work in sequence, starting with the cheapest measures that might resolve it. Then the options at different scopes and prices.
Your input: 1 blank. The other 93 words do the thinking for you.
Prompt 510/1 filled

Seasonal Basement Checkup Campaign

You are running a pre-season campaign: . Write the campaign. The timing logic, which is the whole argument: the time to check a system is before the season rather than during it, when you are booked and they are standing in water. Then the specific failure points that a check finds: a pump that has not run in months, a battery past its life, a blocked or frozen discharge, and a settled or blocked drainage line. Then the segments with different messages: existing system customers who need a service, past inspection customers who declined work, and homeowners with no system who have had water before.
Your input: 1 blank. The other 105 words do the thinking for you.

Contents

Eight chapters, 100 prompts

  1. 01

    Pricing & quoting

    Quotes, hourly rate, value-stack, discount calls

  2. 02

    Estimates & proposals

    On-site walkthroughs, scopes, proposal copy

  3. 03

    Customer communication

    Hard emails, follow-ups, late payment chases

  4. 04

    Scheduling & jobs

    Routing, dispatch, no-show recovery

  5. 05

    Marketing on a budget

    Local SEO, postcards, Google profile, reviews

  6. 06

    Hiring & subs

    Job posts, screening, contractor agreements

  7. 07

    Finances & taxes

    Margin, runway, “should I take this job?” math

  8. 08

    The hard ones

    Firing a client, layoffs, mistakes you made

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