Free planning tool
Renovation timeline builder.
Explore an illustrative schedule. Pick a start date, change the phases and how many working days each takes, add a lead time where something has to be made or delivered, reorder them by dragging or with the arrow buttons, and see proposed dates. Then slide one phase late and watch what it does to the rest.
Proposed dates
Illustrative only. Brad's written estimate carries the real start date, and changes on the job are priced and dated before they happen.
How the dates are built
Four rules. Phases run one after another on working days, and a phase with a lead time waits for it.
- A phase starts the next working day after the previous one ends; Saturdays and Sundays are skipped, holidays are not
- A phase with a lead time can't start before that many working days after the project start, even if the crew is ready
- A phase's end = its start + its duration − 1, counted in working days
- The slip slider adds days to one phase; every phase after it moves by the same amount, and the finish date shows the shift
The sample schedule
The builder opens with the nine phases of a typical tub-to-shower conversion: demo, rough-in, the rough inspection, pan and waterproofing, tile, grout, fixtures and vanity, the glass door, paint and walkthrough. Fifteen working days on site, three calendar weeks from a Monday start.
- Sample: 9 phases, 15 working days, about three weeks
- Glass: 10 working days of lead time, measured after tile
- Slip tile by 2 days: everything after it moves 2 working days
- Illustrative only; the written estimate carries the real dates
The details
The glass door carries a ten-day lead time because it's measured after the tile is in and made to order. On the sample it arrives just as the fixtures finish, so it doesn't wait. Move tile up to five days, or drag the glass earlier in the list, and the builder shows it waiting for the lead time instead. Slide tile two days late and the finish moves from a Friday to the Tuesday after.
Why our jobs run on a board
This is the same logic as the day-by-day board on the home page: the licensed trades land on fixed days, the inspection has to pass before the pan goes in, and the glass is measured after the tile. On our jobs the same crew comes every day, and a change is priced and dated before it happens, so the board stays true.
- Inspection before the pan, tile before the glass measure
- Same crew every day, so phases don't wait on a different sub
- Changes priced and dated before they happen
- Brad on the first call and the last day
The details
Use the builder to understand the shape of a job and to see where a delay would hurt. Then ask for the written estimate; it has the start date, and the board comes with it.
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Questions about this tool
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Is this my actual schedule?
No. It's an illustration built from your phases and durations. The real start date and the day-by-day board come with Brad's written estimate after a visit.
Why does a phase say it's waiting for the lead time?
Because it has a lead time longer than the phases before it. Glass measured after tile takes about ten working days to make, so if tile finishes early, the glass still arrives when it arrives. Reordering or lengthening earlier phases changes that.
Does the builder send my dates anywhere?
No. It runs in your browser and nothing you enter is stored or sent. Our analytics only records that the tool was used.
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