Quoting Flatglass Window Tint Using Window Tint Software

Quotes for flatglass window tint for a home or business will vary from location to location which is why it’s important to gather some key details to accurately quote the job. The first and most important is the dimensions of the glass. The quantity, width and height of the windows will be the key factor in figuring out the cost of the job. The type of window film that will be used is another key factor and will be dependent on the problem the film is solving (heat blocking, privacy etc) as well as the type of glass it’s being applied to.

In this video, Patrick Latman takes you through a home he is quoting for window tint, pointing out what he looks for and what his process is for quoting home window tint.

Think about watching an Olympic-level athlete performing at his or her preferred sport — despite the immense challenges of the ski jump, the sprint, the pole vault, the ice-skating routine, the long jump, or whatever physical activity, what do we always say? “They make it look easy!” The same can be true for a musician who has mastered his or her instrument; the notes seem to come flowing out of the piano, guitar, or other instrument almost by themselves, not as a result of the player’s work.

What we don’t see when we witness the handwork an athlete or a musician — or an artist or an architect or a surgeon or anyone else who performs skilled work — are the countless hours that have gone into practice and the careful use of the tools of the trade that person employs.

So believe this: though Patrick Latman of Window Tinting Business might make it seem pretty easy to create a flatglass window tinting plan and price estimate for an entire residence, as you see him do in this video, the process is only so fluid because Latman has years of experience under his belt and because he uses all the right tools of his trade. In this case, the making of a residential window tint estimate, the most important tools of the trade are a measuring tape and the Tint Wiz platform, an all-in-one solution window tint professionals use to capture leads, manage customer relations, provide estimates, manage projects, handle invoicing, and to generate more repeat business.

How Tint Wiz helps tinters make estimates at every step

Right from the start of the window tint estimate process, we see Window Tinting Business’s Latman enlist the help of Tint Wiz. He mentions how he will take care to record all measurements in inches (as opposed to feet and inches) because that way he can load all of the glass he measures into Tint Wiz, letting the Tint Wiz app create all the custom calculations he will need as he plans out the install work. 

Latman shows us how he starts with a walk-through of an entire home to take stock of all of the windows and glass doors to first get a general sense of a residence. This lets a tinter get a sense of the scope of the work before they delve into specifics like actually taking and inputting measurements and beginning to share samples of specific flatglass window tints that could be used. The walk-through of the home is the same as a walk around of a vehicle; it’s a quick pre-planning session that let’s an expert tinter get a sense of what he or she will be doing. And yes, Patrick Latman makes it look easy, but in fact he is collecting mental data in each and every room he enters and studies.

Making a plan for a window tint install

As Patrick Latman gets into the nuts and bolts of the tint estimate process, he immediately enlists the help of Tint Wiz, opening up a section of the app that allows him to enter each specific room in the home for which he is creating a window tint proposal. We see as he adds rooms to the proposal and, to make it even easier, he can even name each individual room in the project within the Tint Wiz app, such as calling one room the Living Room, another the Master Bedroom, and so on, which makes it so much easier to create a proposal and, even better, will make it easier for him and his team to act on their plans later once the client has approved and committed to the work.

The Tint Wiz app offers the tinter the chance to collect all sorts of data, from window width and height to the number of windows present and even to the glass type and direction of the windows relative to the sun, all of which can have quite an impact on the best type of tint to use. In this way, Tint Wiz makes the process of preparing a tint install even easier, a benefit even for experienced tinters, because even the best in the business can forget things from time to time.

As Latman works, you can see how much faster his work goes thanks to the fact that he inputs everything into Tint Wiz. The app not only makes his work more efficient, but it also ensures that he will be more accurate even as he works more quickly. This is what is called, in the military parlance, a “force multiplier.”

And what’s more, as Latman points out, Tint Wiz not only helps tinting experts move faster and with more care and reliability, the app also allows less experienced tinters to make decent plans and proposals. Because Tint Wiz prompts all sorts of input metrics, anyone who uses the app with care will never forget to take a given measurement, to mark a window type (transom or skylight or plate glass door, e.g.), or to collect and note other data.

Once the measurements are in, Tint Wiz makes it easy to make a proposal

So all the measurements are in, the details on window placement and type are recorded, and now it’s time for the actual proposal. Because Latman has all of the details collected in Tint Wiz, it’s easy for him to calculate cost estimates based on the actual type of tint (or tints) the customer chooses, so he can now show the client their different options for tint — privacy tint, heat control tint, and so on — and then he can create an immediate proposal.

Using Tint Wiz, a tinter can measure a home or business’s windows and glass door surfaces, select the tint type for the job based on needs and budget, and create a specific, customized proposal right there on the scene. Or better yet, the tinter can create multiple different proposals all at different budets. Tint Wiz helps tinters do their job better than ever, all aspects of the job included.