Outsourced takeoffs for the bid in front of you.
FathomTrowel provides an outsourced, trade-led takeoff service for UK commercial flooring and tiling contractors. We set out measured quantities, material requirements, preparation allowances and labour inputs, and document assumptions against the drawings and scope you provide.
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Send a project brief to start an outsourced takeoff scope review. We discuss possible price, availability and timing after review.
scope first
availability checked
from £95
one-off takeoffs
capped at £250, published schedule.
your rates
your bid, owned by you
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From request to scope review
A clear handoff, from brief to takeoff pack.
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Send the project brief
Use the request form to share the project brief and any drawings you have available.
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Review the supplied scope
We clarify gaps where needed or record them as assumptions for review.
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Discuss a possible next step
After review, we discuss possible price, availability, timing or next steps.
Reviewed measured quantities and material schedules, preparation allowances and labour inputs, with scope notes, assumptions and exclusions.
For UK commercial flooring and tiling bids
Trade-reviewed takeoffs and estimates.
FathomTrowel provides trade-reviewed takeoffs and estimates for UK commercial tiling and flooring contractors. Based on the supplied drawings and scope, the work sets out measured quantities, material requirements, preparation allowances and labour inputs.
Your rates and final bid stay yours.
Contractors set their own rates and retain ownership of pricing and the final bid. FathomTrowel does not set contractor rates or submit the bid.
Start a takeoff requestFor the bid you have to live with
A drawing can show a room. It rarely shows the substrate, the access, the sequencing or the time it takes to make the room ready. That is where a tidy-looking bid starts to lose money.
The method
Trade review before you price.
Modern takeoff tools make measuring faster. They do not know when a “simple” wetroom is a 1960s school, or when the access route will eat your production rate. FathomTrowel pairs disciplined measurement with trade-informed review, so the quantities reflect how the work will actually be built.
Send the drawing set
Plans, schedules, specifications — rough or polished. We’ll tell you what is usable and what needs a question.
We read it like a tiler
Quantities are checked against access, substrate, sequencing and the awkward details that hide in a tender pack.
We confirm availability and timing
We review the scope and tender deadline, then confirm availability and timing. If we can take on the work, the bid-ready pack includes a measured takeoff, rates-led summary and a clear assumptions page.
No mystery numbers
Know what you are pricing — and what you are not.
Based on the supplied drawings and project scope, each takeoff sets out what has been measured and allowed for. Any priced summary uses rates you supply; you retain your rates and final bid.
For contractors who know the drawing is only the beginning.
You are bidding
Commercial tiling, resilient flooring, screeds, wetrooms and the awkward renovation work around them.
You are short on time
You can price the work, but not at 9pm after a day on site — and not with your margin left to guesswork.
You want ownership
You want support that strengthens your estimating process, not a black-box number you cannot explain.
You need a clear line
We supply quantities and judgement. You own the rates, the offer and the final bid.
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Request a takeoff for the bid in front of you.
Tell us the tender deadline, the drawing set and what you already know. We’ll review the scope, then confirm availability and timing. Your rates and final bid stay yours.