Every opening scheduled individually with size, product, control side, mount type and any motorisation — a room-by-room schedule you can order from, not a count of windows.
Blinds are priced per unit against the unit's actual dimensions, so a count of windows tells you almost nothing. Twelve windows can be twelve small units or twelve wide sliders, and the price difference is large.
We build a schedule of every opening off the window schedule and the elevations, with each unit's width and drop, the product, the mount, the control side and any motorisation. It reads as an order list, which is what you need when you are pricing against a supplier's rate card.
Every opening is scheduled individually from the window schedule and the elevations, with width and drop, the room it serves, and the product specified for it. Where an opening needs multiple units — a wide slider on two or three blinds — that is scheduled as the units it will actually be, not as one item.
Each unit carries the detail that changes its price: face or reveal mount, control side, chain, spring or motor, bracket type, and fabric or slat specification including any blockout, screen or double-roller combination. Linked and coupled units are noted since they need matching drops.
Then the extras: pelmets and cassettes by the metre or by unit, side and bottom channels for blockout performance, motorisation with the motor, remote, hub and any hardwired power requirement, and the installation access where a unit sits high or over a stair.
Nothing here is an allowance. Each line is measured off your drawings in its own unit, so you can check it against the plan yourself.
| Item | How it is measured | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Opening schedule | Every opening listed by room with width and drop | Blinds are priced per unit against actual dimensions |
| Unit split | Wide openings split into the units they will be | One slider is often two or three blinds |
| Product per opening | Roller, roman, venetian, shutter, curtain, by opening | Product mix within one house is normal |
| Mount type | Face or reveal mount noted per unit | Mount type changes the size ordered and the bracket |
| Control side and type | Left or right, chain, spring or motor | Wrong control side means a remake, not an adjustment |
| Fabric and slat spec | Per unit, including blockout or screen | Double roller is two units per opening |
| Pelmets and channels | By metre or unit, including side channels | Required for genuine blockout performance |
| Motorisation | Motors, remotes, hubs and power requirements | Hardwired motors need an electrician on the program |
| Installation access | Noted where units are high or over stairs | High and stairwell installs take significantly longer |
| Detail | Why it matters | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Face vs reveal mount | Changes the ordered size | Reveal needs the opening measured precisely |
| Control side | Fixed at manufacture | A wrong side is a remake |
| Double roller | Two units in one bracket | Blockout plus screen on one opening |
| Side channels | Added hardware and labour | Needed for true blockout |
| Motorisation | Motor, remote, hub, power | Hardwired needs an electrician |
| Linked units | Matching drops across an opening | Set out has to be coordinated |
A blind ordered off a drawing and a blind ordered off a check measure are not the same risk. Windows get built with tolerance, and a reveal-mounted blind ordered from plan dimensions can arrive a few millimetres too wide, which makes it scrap.
We produce the schedule from the drawings so you can price and plan the order, and we mark it clearly as requiring a check measure before manufacture. It is the difference between a useful quoting document and an expensive assumption.
The same five steps on every job, whether it is a single slab or a full tender package.
Email the architectural and structural drawings, the specification and the scope of works in whatever format you have — PDF, DWG, or photos of a marked-up set. If something is missing we will tell you before we start, not after.
Every opening is scheduled individually from the window schedule and the elevations, with width and drop, the room it serves, and the product specified for it. Where an opening needs multiple units — a wide slider on two or three blinds — that is scheduled as the units it will actually be, not as one item.
Every measured item gets its own colour and legend entry on the drawing. When the takeoff comes back you can see exactly what was counted and what was not, so you are never asked to trust a number you cannot trace. This is the part clients tell us they did not know they needed until they had it.
The takeoff is delivered as a working spreadsheet, not a locked PDF. Your rates sit in their own column, so you can change a supply price or a labour rate and watch the total move. Plug in your own numbers and the sheet is yours to reuse on the next job.
Quantities are re-measured independently and cross-checked against the drawing before anything leaves here. You get the marked-up plans, the priced spreadsheet and a plain-English note on anything we flagged as unclear or excluded.
The takeoff arrives as a live Excel spreadsheet with the colour-coded marked-up plans beside it. Your rates go in your own column, so you can plug in your own supply and labour numbers and reuse the sheet on the next job. Nothing is locked.
First estimate free. After that the fee is confirmed in writing as a fixed amount before any work starts. No retainer, no subscription, no lock-in contract. Full pricing detail here →
West and north facing windows carry the heat load, and that often changes the specified product — a screen fabric with a specific openness factor, an external awning, or a double roller rather than a single.
We follow the specification where there is one and note the orientation where the schedule looks inconsistent with it, so you can raise the substitution at quoting time rather than after the units are made.
Quantities are measured against the standards and the specification for your job. Where a drawing and a standard disagree, we flag it rather than quietly picking one.
| Standard | Covers | Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| AS 2663 | Window coverings — performance and installation | Product performance requirements |
| AS/NZS 4486 | Window coverings — corded internal blinds | Cord safety requirements |
| AS 4055 | Wind loads for housing | Relevant to external awnings and outdoor blinds |
None of these are unusual. They are the things that get missed when a quote is put together at 9pm after a full day on the tools.
If your question is not here, email it through and you will get a straight answer, not a sales call.
Yes. Each opening is listed by room with its width, drop, product, mount type, control side and any motorisation. It reads as an order list, which is what you need when pricing against a supplier's rate card.
Split into the units they will actually be built as, with matching drops noted where units are linked across one opening. A wide slider is usually two or three blinds, and pricing it as one is wrong in both directions.
Yes, by metre or by unit. Side and bottom channels in particular are what make a blockout blind actually block out light, and leaving them off is a common cause of a rejected install.
Yes — motors, remotes, hubs and any hardwired power requirement, per unit. Where motors are hardwired we flag the electrical coordination, since the power position has to be set before the walls are lined.
Yes, always. We schedule from the drawings so you can price and plan the order, and the schedule is marked as requiring a check measure before manufacture. Windows are built with tolerance and a reveal-mounted blind a few millimetres wide is scrap.
The window schedule, the floor plan and the elevations, plus the finishes or window furnishing specification. The window schedule is the key document because it carries the opening sizes and types.
Most residential window furnishing schedules come back within 24 hours of the plans arriving. Multi-unit apartment and commercial packages take longer, and we confirm the timing up front.
Most jobs cross more than one trade. We can price the whole package in one spreadsheet.
Your first estimate is free. Email the drawings and the scope, and you will have a marked-up takeoff and a priced spreadsheet back within 24 hours on most residential jobs. Prefer to talk first? Reply with "KEEN" and your number.