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Manual calculations and adjustments for Material Lists
Manual calculations and adjustments for Material Lists

How to calculate and update material list quantities manually

Updated over 3 months ago

Material list quantities are automatically generated based on the property measurements Hover provides. There may be instances where your project scope involves the removal of materials like j-channel, undersill trim, or siding starter strip.

To prevent ordering too much material in those cases, you need to manually update the coverage of a line item quantity.

This article explains how to calculate the new coverage using your Hover measurement PDF, and how to make the manual adjustment to your Material List.

Recalculating material coverage:


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Let's assume that as part of your project scope, you don't want to include any j-channel around a property's openings.

Step 1: Open your measurement PDF

You can access the measurement PDF from your property details page or from the top of the material list:

From the property details page:

From the top of the material list:

Step 2: Determine how many (ft) of material are included

From the second page of the measurement PDF, determine how many (ft) of j-channel are included around the openings.

Step 3: Determine how many (pcs) of material are included

  • Back in the material list, click the calculator icon to see the coverage information

    • For this example, 1 (pc) of material covers 12 (LF)

  • Divide the total footage (341) by the LF coverage (12)

    • 28 (pcs) of j-channel are included around the openings

Step 4: Update the line item

  • Subtract 28(pcs) of J-channel included around openings from the overall total of 87(pcs)

    • The new number of required pcs is 59

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