Pavers per square foot. Wall block per linear foot. Base stone per ton. Cap adhesive per tube. Edge spikes per bag. The AI works the same way you do — and uses your real supplier costs to produce profitable hardscape estimates in minutes.
Create Account →Hardscape pricing has dozens of cost line items per project — Outdoor Estimates calculates them all from a description, then lets you tweak quantities before sending the proposal.
Pavers + base stone + bedding sand + polymeric sand + edge restraint + spikes + fabric + delivery — calculated by area, pattern, and waste factor.
Linear foot pricing with corner cuts, soldier-course borders, and entry steps included.
Heavy-duty base stone depth, geotextile fabric, and drive-rated paver pricing.
Wall blocks + cap blocks + drainage stone + footing base + cap adhesive + geo-grid for tall walls.
Lower walls without geo-grid, cap finishing, integrated planters and pillars.
Step treads, base stone, adhesive, and proper rise/tread geometry.
Fire pit kits, gas line allowances, surrounding patio area.
Wet-area pavers, coping linear feet, expansion joints.
Old patio removal, base haul-out, disposal load count, dump fees.
Hardscape jobs hide costs in places generic estimating tools miss. Outdoor Estimates was built specifically to catch them so you don't lose money on jobs you thought were profitable.
1 ton of base covers ~80 sq ft at 2", ~40 sq ft at 4", ~27 sq ft at 6". The AI calculates from area × depth automatically — no more "I think we need a few tons."
Spikes come 100 per bag. The AI counts them by perimeter linear feet and orders the right number of bags.
One tube per 3 linear feet of wall cap. Easy to underestimate by half on a long sitting wall.
0.054 tons per linear foot for a properly sized wall footing. Rounded up to the half-ton when ordered.
One bag per ~80 sq ft of paver joints, more for wide joints. The AI factors paver size in.
Roll widths and overlap percentages — calculated by area + overlap allowance.
Hardscape estimating software is a tool built to price paver, wall, and outdoor living projects. It accounts for the dozens of materials hardscape jobs need — pavers, base stone, bedding sand, polymeric sand, edge restraint, fabric, wall blocks, caps, drainage stone, adhesive, and so on — and produces accurate quantities and costs from a written project description.
Most contractor apps (Jobber, ServiceTitan, HouseCall Pro) are built for service trades that bill per hour. Hardscape jobs are priced per square foot of pavers, per linear foot of wall, per ton of base. Outdoor Estimates is purpose-built for that math.
Yes — and you should. The AI uses whatever costs you load into your material library. If you let the AI use generic averages your estimates won't be accurate to your supplier prices. Loading materials takes about 30 minutes and only has to happen once.
Yes. The estimating engine adapts to whatever scope you describe. Pure wall jobs, pure paver jobs, mixed jobs (patio + wall + steps), or large outdoor living projects with multiple scopes — all supported.
Yes. Every estimate generates a branded proposal with your business name, logo, scope of work, three-tier pricing options, and customer-facing narrative. You can send it as a PDF or as a link with built-in e-sign.
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