FLAT-RATE PRICE BOOK FOR HVAC CONTRACTORS

Price the capacitor
before you pull it.

A capacitor’s $18 at the counter. Charge $18 and you’re working for free; charge $280 and the homeowner Googles the part and calls you a thief. Hourly billing on a 45-minute repair looks like a rip-off no matter what you write. A flat-rate price book sets one honest price per repair — the same whether the job takes 30 minutes or 90.

50 HVAC JOB TEMPLATES · YOUR RATE DOES THE PRICING · FREE, NO SIGNUP

WHAT A BOOK ROW LOOKS LIKE

The book, one row at a time.

This is what a flat-rate price book for HVAC contractors actually looks like — a row per job, typical hours, what’s included, and a price. These nine come straight from the QuoteIron HVAC catalog.

These prices are examples. Every row below is priced at a sample rate of $95/hr labor + 30% materials markup, rounded to $5 — the book-builder’s defaults, not market rates. In the builder you set your own three numbers and every row reprices in one second. Some folks call it HVAC flat rate pricing; others want a HVAC price list template. Same thing — a book of firm prices, built off your own numbers, that you own outright.

Job (what a book row looks like)Typical hoursParts (mid-grade)Example price
Standard service call and diagnosticShow up, inspect the system, and find the fault; repairs quoted separately. 1 h $5 $105
Replace dual-run capacitorSwap the failed dual-run capacitor feeding the compressor and condenser fan, then test amp draw. 0.75 h $15 $95
Recharge R-410A, per poundAdd one pound of R-410A after leak repair and weigh in the charge; billed per pound. 0.5 h $12 $65
Replace hot surface igniterFit a new hot surface igniter, handle it clean, and verify a solid light-off. 1 h $30 $135
Install smart thermostatMount and wire a smart thermostat, set up the app, and test every mode. 1 h $130 $265
AC tune-up, single systemCheck charge, clean the condenser, test capacitor and amps, and confirm safe cooling operation. 1 h $5 $105
Furnace tune-up, single systemClean burners, check flame and gas pressure, test safeties, and confirm safe heating operation. 1 h $5 $105
Clear condensate drain lineVacuum and flush the plugged condensate line, then confirm it drains free and clear. 0.75 h $5 $80
Replace condenser fan motorChange out the seized condenser fan motor, match the blade, and verify rotation and amps. 1.5 h $140 $325

Templates carry structure — typical hours and mid-grade parts cost. Your rate and markup do the pricing; every number is editable in the builder and the app.

HOW THE FREE BOOK BUILDER WORKS

Three numbers.
Your whole book prices itself.

STEP 01

Pick the trade

Open the builder and tap HVAC. You get real residential HVAC work — capacitor and igniter swaps, condenser-motor replacements, seasonal tune-ups, thermostat installs, condensate clears — the calls you run all season.

STEP 02

Set three numbers

Your labor rate, your materials markup, your rounding. The sample reprices in one second. The example rows here use $95/hr and 30% — swap in yours and watch every price change.

STEP 03

Print it or quote it

Print the sample as a paper book for the truck, or open the QuoteIron app to quote a live HVAC repair in about 90 seconds — then turn the quote into an invoice with one tap.

OTHER TRADES

Not your trade? Pick it.

Every trade below has its own flat-rate book in QuoteIron — real residential jobs, priced from your numbers. There’s also the multi-trade book builder and the main QuoteIron page.

STRAIGHT ANSWERS

Fair questions.

Can I edit every price?

Yes — every number. The 50 hvac templates carry structure only: typical hours and mid-grade parts cost. Your rate and markup do the pricing, and you can override any single row. QuoteIron never ships “market prices” it can’t stand behind.

Does it work offline?

The book-builder runs right in your browser. The full QuoteIron app installs to your phone’s home screen and works with no signal at all — attics in July, rooftop units, mechanical closets with no signal. It’s an app that lives on your phone, not a website that dies with the bars.

What does it cost after the free sample?

The sample book is free, no signup. The full app — the whole 50-job book, editing, 90-second quoting, invoices, e-signatures, and follow-ups — is $14 a month flat, or $140 a year. Fourteen-day trial, no card up front, and you cancel online in one click.

What about a full system changeout?

That’s a custom quote and QuoteIron leaves it custom — add your own line and price it your way. The book is for the repairs you run every day — the cap, the igniter, the condenser motor, the tune-up — quoted in about 90 seconds so you’re back in the truck.

BUILD IT NOW

Your book. Your prices.
Built in about a minute.

Start free — pick the trade, punch in three numbers, and watch the book price itself. No signup for the sample; the full 50-job book, editing, and 90-second quoting live in the $14/mo app.

CANCEL ONLINE, ONE CLICK · NO CONTRACTS · NO PER-DOCUMENT CAPS · EXPORT EVERYTHING, ALWAYS