Run carpentry projects from estimate to final invoice, job management, materials tracking, equipment, and AI receipts.
Mike runs a three-person carpentry crew in the Pacific Northwest. Here is how a typical deck framing and trim project moves through Bit & Grain from the first call to the final payment.
Mike walks the yard, measures the deck footprint, and opens Bit & Grain on his phone. He builds the estimate on the spot: linear feet of decking material, joist spans, post hardware, and labor. The estimate goes to the client as a link in under five minutes. The client approves from their phone later that evening.
The morning of demo day, Mike stops at the lumber yard and picks up framing materials. He snaps a photo of the receipt in the Grain AI chat. The AI reads vendor, total, and each line item, and asks which job to assign it to. Two taps, and the purchase is on the deck job. No manual entry, no forgotten receipts in the glove box.
Halfway through the frame, the client wants to add a pergola. Mike pulls up the job in Bit & Grain, creates a change order with the added labor and materials, and sends it through the client portal. The client approves it from their kitchen while Mike is still on the job site. The change order automatically rolls into the final invoice so the billing is exact.
The last day of finish work, Mike opens the job summary and reviews actual materials versus estimated. He logs the final mileage for the project by telling Grain AI the start and end addresses, and it calculates the IRS-rate deduction. He converts the estimate to a final invoice in two clicks, the client pays via Stripe from their phone the same evening, and the job is closed. Total time on admin: under 20 minutes for a two-week project.
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Overhead includes fuel, tool replacement, and insurance only. Labor costs, materials, and other expenses vary per job and are not included here.
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