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Free Chimney Sweep Pricing Calculator

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Business assumptions

Planned Simple Sweep JobsNumber of simple sweeps being tested as new work in this scenario; enter 0 when none are under consideration. · jobsPlanned Multi-Service JobsNumber of combined sweep, inspection, minor service, or similar multi-service jobs being tested as new work. · jobsSimple Sweep Direct Job CostConsumables, disposal, equipment wear, and other costs attributable directly to one simple sweep. · usd_per_jobMulti-Service Direct Job CostConsumables, disposal, equipment wear, and other costs attributable directly to one multi-service job. · usd_per_jobLabor Cost per Crew-HourCurrent labor cost for one combined hour of one worker's time. · usd_per_crew_hourOverhead Allocation per Crew-HourOperating overhead assigned to each crew-hour, using the company's current internal allocation method. · usd_per_crew_hourCost Uncertainty BufferOptional buffer applied to calculated cost before rounding to cover ordinary uncertainty; it is not a guaranteed margin. · percentQuote Rounding IncrementIncrement used to round each calculated price floor upward, such as USD 1, USD 5, or USD 10. · usdSimple Sweep Service Crew-HoursCombined hands-on service time required for one simple sweep. · crew_hours_per_jobSimple Sweep Travel and Setup Crew-HoursCombined travel, parking, access, protection, and setup time attributable to one simple sweep. · crew_hours_per_jobSimple Sweep Cleanup Crew-HoursCombined containment removal, cleanup, packing, and closeout time for one simple sweep. · crew_hours_per_jobMulti-Service Job Service Crew-HoursCombined hands-on service time required for one multi-service job. · crew_hours_per_jobMulti-Service Travel and Setup Crew-HoursCombined travel, parking, access, protection, and setup time attributable to one multi-service job. · crew_hours_per_jobMulti-Service Cleanup Crew-HoursCombined containment removal, cleanup, packing, documentation, and closeout time for one multi-service job. · crew_hours_per_jobAvailable Crew-Hours TodayTotal workable crew-hours available today across all participating workers after known non-job obligations. · crew_hoursAlready-Booked Service Crew-HoursHands-on service crew-hours already committed to today's confirmed jobs. · crew_hoursAlready-Booked Travel and Setup Crew-HoursTravel, access, protection, and setup crew-hours already committed to today's confirmed jobs. · crew_hoursAlready-Booked Cleanup Crew-HoursCleanup, packing, documentation, and closeout crew-hours already committed to today's confirmed jobs. · crew_hoursCapacity ReserveCrew-hours intentionally kept unbooked for ordinary delays, access problems, and verified scope changes. · crew_hours

What this tool does

Problem: Independent chimney sweeps need a defensible minimum quote and a safe same-day acceptance decision, but direct cost, labor, overhead allocation, service mix, travel, setup, cleanup, crew availability, and existing bookings are often evaluated separately.

Finished job: Completion occurs when the user enters the service mix, direct costs, labor rate and hours, overhead allocation, travel or setup time, cleanup time, available crew hours, and already-booked work, then receives a numeric price floor, feasible additional-job count, day-utilization percentage, limiting bottleneck, and overload warning before accepting or declining another job.

Your result

Planned Mix Price Floor—Calculates and rounds each service type's buffered per-job cost floor upward, then totals the entered mix. Verify current costs, scope, access, and site conditions before quoting; this is not a guaranteed margin.

Feasible Additional Jobs at Planned Mix—Returns the whole-job capacity estimate using the average crew-hours of the entered service mix after booked work and the reserve. Confirm the actual job sequence, route, staffing, and individual durations before booking.

Day Utilization—Shows booked and planned crew-hours as a percentage of available crew-hours. The capacity reserve is excluded from utilization but included in the overload test.

Capacity Bottleneck Code—Decodes the largest time component as 1 for service, 2 for travel/setup, and 4 for cleanup; summed values 3, 5, 6, or 7 indicate ties. Codes 9 through 15 mean the reserve-adjusted plan exceeds available crew-hours, so capacity_overload takes precedence.

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Optional $19 recurring system

Chimney Sweep Pricing Operations System

The free tool completes and exports one full case. The optional one-time USD 19 system supports multiple, repeated, and future cases with retained history and saved customer, job, quote, schedule, assumption, and acceptance records.

Customer and chimney-site registry for contact details, service locations, access notes, chimney characteristics, and verified scope assumptions.
Reusable simple-sweep and multi-service pricing-and-duration preset library with side-by-side scenario comparison.
Quote and daily-capacity workspace showing price floors, crew-hour demand, utilization, bottlenecks, reserves, and overload warnings.
Job pipeline and evidence log tracking quote-to-booked-to-completed status, schedule changes, assumptions, acceptance decisions, and company branding.

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