By trade · Insulation
Batts, board and spray foam, by R-value and by area
Measure your walls, attics and roof decks off the sections, carry the R-value with each area, and keep every blown, batted and sprayed square foot on the job that used it.
On an insulation job
- Blowing machine
- Spray rig
- Insulation knife
- Staple gun
- Respirator
- Depth gauge
How an insulation job runs
- 01Prep and mask
- 02Batts or board
- 03Spray or blow
- 04Firestop
- 05Inspect
- 06Clean-up
Pinnacle follows an insulation job through every step, from prep and mask to clean-up, and from the takeoff to the closed books.
Everyday problems on an insulation job
- Spray foam sets get used on one job and charged to another.
- An R-value change from the inspector gets installed and never billed.
- The square feet on the bid and the square feet installed never get checked against each other.
- Firestopping gets added at the end and lands on the wrong job.
(Illustrative trade situations, not customer data or quotes.)
How it works
- Take it off the plans: Measure wall, attic and roof deck areas on the sections and plans, and carry the R-value with each area.
- Buy it and post it: Put batts, board and foam sets on a PO, and post the bills to the job.
- Change it, bill it, close it: Write up R-value and scope changes as change orders, bill by area on the pay app, and check job P&L.
Shop talk, Pinnacle talk
What you call it on an insulation job, and where it lives in Pinnacle.
| On the job | In Pinnacle |
|---|---|
| Batt, blown, board, spray foam | Measured areas on the takeoff |
| Firestopping at penetrations | Counted items on the plan |
| Foam sets and material | POs and bills posted to the job |
| Inspector or R-value changes | Change orders |
| Crew hours | Hours by cost code, then payroll |
What's in Pinnacle
- Takeoff on the drawing. Open the plan set, measure lengths and areas, and count items right on the sheet. Every measurement becomes a quantity line in the estimate, so each number in your insulation bid traces back to the drawing it came from. Trade tools are built to let you measure insulated assemblies on the plan so batt and spray quantities feed the estimate Early access.
- Bid board to bid day. Every project you're chasing sits on one bid board, with its estimate attached. On bid day the final numbers are all in one place, and the bid you win carries straight into a live job.
- Assemblies and a parts library. Build an assembly once from your own parts and cost codes, then drop it into any estimate. Your shop's way of pricing work stays consistent from bid to bid.
- Live material prices. Material lines in the estimate carry live prices. Built to let you plug in your own price sources (supplier price files in CSV, supply houses or pricing services) from the admin area Early access.
- Cost control tied to the job. Purchase orders for material, bills, AP and AR post to the job and its cost codes. Job cost shows what's committed and what's spent while the work is still going.
- Change orders and extras. Log added scope on the job and the sold number moves with it, so extras get billed instead of forgotten.
- WIP and job P&L. See where each job stands at month end without rebuilding it in a spreadsheet.
- The books. Journals, trial balance, P&L and aging sit in the same system as the jobs that feed them.
- Hours and payroll. Post crew hours (straight, overtime, double time) and run payroll from them. Built today for a single shop; payroll for any shop is designed into the platform Early access.
- AIA G702/G703-style pay apps. Build the pay app from the job you already set up, with the schedule of values right there.
- Insights. Making-and-spending charts, plus billed, leftover and job mix, pulled from your job files.
- Teams and job chat. Channels, meetings and files for the office and crews, and job chat that keeps the files and photos with the conversation.
- Project manager desk. One place for a PM to run their jobs.
- Secure sign-in. Multi-factor sign-in protects your shop's data.
The Pinnacle vision
Where the product is headed. Each item below is designed into the platform.
- Invoice inbox: Designed to let you drop a supply-house PDF and file the bill to the job in one click Early access
- Price alerts: Designed to flag price moves in your own price sources (supplier price files in CSV, supply houses or pricing services) Early access
- Executive view: Designed to give owners live jobs and one-click approval lists Early access
- CSV export, email the books, reverse posted entries: Designed to export journals, trial balance and job cost, email the books, and reverse a posted entry instead of editing it Early access
- Payroll lock: Designed to lock payroll when the period closes Early access
- Certified payroll and WH-347: Designed to prepare and track certified payroll, WH-347 and tax worksheets (Pinnacle does not file or certify with any agency) Early access
Also in Pinnacle
- Shop files: View shop files right on the job
Questions
Is there a separate edition for insulation?
No. Every trade uses the same Pinnacle office package, from the estimate to the books.
Can I take off quantities from the drawings?
Yes. Measure and count on the plan and send the quantities to the estimate. Trade tools are designed to go further and measure insulated assemblies on the plan so batt and spray quantities feed the estimate Early access.
Do POs and bills stay on the job?
Yes. POs, AP, and AR live in cost control, tied to the job.
Can I see WIP and job profit?
Yes. WIP and job P&L sit in the books next to journals and the trial balance.
Can it run payroll for my shop?
Crew hours (straight, overtime, double time) post in Pinnacle, and payroll runs from those hours. Payroll is built today for a single shop; payroll for any shop is designed into the platform Early access. Request a demo to see it.
Can I prepare certified payroll and WH-347?
Pinnacle is designed to prepare and track certified payroll, WH-347 and tax worksheets Early access. Pinnacle does not file or certify with any agency.
AIA, G702 and G703 are trademarks of The American Institute of Architects; no affiliation or endorsement implied.
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