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The Masonry Repair / Tuckpointing Contractor
Field Manual

100 prompts for the work a masonry repair / tuckpointing contractor actually does — job costing after completion, onsite inspection follow-up proposal, before-after case study.

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Job Costing After Completion

You are costing a completed job: . Write the costing. Every cost captured: labour at loaded rates including the setup and strike days, materials including waste, equipment hire for the full period actually held rather than the period planned, subcontract, permits, disposal, and travel. Then the revenue with any variations and what was written off. Then the margin against the estimate. Then the variance analysis by category, since the categories behave differently: labour overrun means the estimate or the execution, materials overrun usually means waste or measurement, and equipment overrun almost always means weather or a schedule slip. Then the specific lesson for estimating this job type. Then whether the lesson is general or specific to this building.
Your input: 1 blank. The other 118 words do the thinking for you.

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Onsite Inspection Follow-Up Proposal

You are writing up an inspection: . Write the proposal. The findings by element — joints, units, lintels, sills, copings, crowns, and flashings — each with what was observed rather than a conclusion, and where it is. Then the severity grouping: what is admitting water now, what will fail within a season or two, and what is cosmetic. Then the recommended work per finding with scope and price. Then the sequencing, which for masonry means water first, since repointing a wall that is being wetted from a failed coping is wasted work.
Your input: 1 blank. The other 92 words do the thinking for you.
Prompt 520/1 filled

Before-After Case Study

You are writing a case study: . Write it. The building and the problem, described so a reader with a similar building recognises theirs — the age, the type, the symptom, and how long it had been developing. Then what was found on investigation, including anything that was not what the owner assumed. Then the approach with the reasoning: why that mortar, why that method, why that sequence — since the reasoning is what demonstrates competence and the photographs alone do not. Then the result, including the matching, which is what a prospect judges.
Your input: 1 blank. The other 94 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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