Timber, aluminium, pool and boundary. WorkArc builds the quoting, follow-up and margin system for your fencing business, inside Fergus and Xero.
They show up in almost every fencing business we talk to, usually after hours and usually at the owner's desk.
Posts every 2.4m, rails, palings, gates and concrete. Each fence type has its own sums, and by hand they take time.
Fencing Act cost-sharing, neighbour approvals and shared gates slow decisions and complicate the quote.
Quote on last month's prices and the margin disappears. Quotes need current rates every time.
Most fences are 20 to 50 metres. That means a lot of quotes, bookings and invoices for modest dollar amounts.
We build these around your price book and your workflow, then keep improving them every month. The examples are illustrative.
Posts, rails, palings, concrete and gate hardware are worked out from length, height and fence type, using your current supplier rates.
On a job · illustrative45LM boundary fence, 1.8m high, H4 posts, one gate. ArcQuote prices posts, rails, palings, concrete and the gate from your rates.
Boundary fences wait on neighbour conversations. ArcChase keeps the quote in view with its next step, so it doesn't go quiet.
On a job · illustrativeA boundary quote goes out. ArcChase flags it for a check-in a few days later, has the cost-sharing information ready to send and flags the price hold near month-end.
Approved jobs flow through to materials, scheduling and invoicing in Fergus and Xero, so small jobs don't create double handling.
On a job · illustrativeA pool fence is approved Friday. The job, materials list and invoice schedule are set up without anyone retyping the details.
Timber boundary, aluminium, pool fencing and retaining-plus-fence combos compared by margin per metre, every week.
On a job · illustrativeThe report shows short pool fences earning well per metre while long rural boundaries barely cover travel.
Two illustrative examples: a quote built from a fencer's notes, and the kind of question ArcAssist answers from your own job history.
45LM timber boundary fence, 1.8m high, H4 posts in concrete, 1 single gate. Remove existing fence.
What did we quote the Nguyens for the boundary fence?
$9,800 ex GST for 45LM of 1.8m timber paling with one gate, old fence removed. The neighbour is splitting the cost under the Fencing Act.
Source · Quote Q-1784, sent 2 JuneNames, figures and references above are made up to show the format. Your own quotes use your rates, your margins and your templates.
What fencers usually want to know before a first call.
Yes. Length, height and fence type go in, and posts, rails, palings, concrete and gates are priced from your supplier rates.
The quote covers the full job. How the cost is split is between you and your clients, and the quote is ready to share either way.
Quotes are built from your current supplier rates. When prices change, the price book is updated and every new quote uses the new numbers.
WorkArc works inside Fergus and Xero, so fencers keep the tools they already know and nothing gets entered twice. If you run another job system with an open API, we assess it case by case on the call.
Start with a 30-minute call. We look at how you quote and book jobs today, build the first part around that, then keep improving it every month.
The parts of the system mentioned on this page, and a few short reads for owners.
We build inside Fergus and Xero, so your crews and office keep the tools they know. The quote, the job and the invoice stay in one flow, with nothing entered twice.
How we work inside themEvery trade quotes, runs and loses margin in its own way. The system is built around yours.
Thirty minutes on how your fencing business quotes, runs and tracks jobs today. We'll show you what we'd build first, using your own jobs. We work with a small number of businesses at a time.
