Build Complete Fixture Quotes With Less Training

Start with the room and expected traffic. Threekit assembles compatible fixture components and checks the required clearances.

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Why quoting is hard here

The quote has to capture the requirements that change the product, price and installation.

Configuration checks

1A fixture can require several compatible components.

The bowl, flushometer, carrier and seat may each have a separate part number. Sellers need to check the assembly as a whole when a specification changes.

Requirements to check
  • Component compatibility
  • Rough-in
  • Flush volume
  • Power supply

2Project requirements extend beyond the model number.

Accessibility, flow and material requirements affect which options suit the project. The quoting process needs the applicable project rules and manufacturer data before checking the configuration.

Requirements to check
  • Applicable accessibility standards
  • Flow and flush requirements
  • Lead-content requirements

3The spec writer needs usable output.

The quote must make the chosen components and assumptions clear. The fixture schedule and submittal can require different fields and document formats from the sales quote.

Requirements to check
  • Part numbers
  • Performance data
  • Schedule headers
  • Submittal format
Scope note.

 These are configuration considerations, not a compliance certification. Applicable requirements depend on the product, project location and current standards. Confirm them with a qualified specialist. 

What Threekit does about it

1

Build the full fixture from the room requirement

Needs Analysis asks about the room and the traffic, not the model. It then assembles the bowl, the flushometer, the carrier and the seat as one line a specifier can read. The four part numbers still print, because the wholesaler needs them.

2

Apply clearance and flow rules

Configure holds the clearance and flow rules you publish, and applies them as the buyer picks. Choose an accessible stall and the flush control side is set for you. Choose a lavatory over a 34-inch rim and Configure refuses it. A California job stops showing fixtures that only meet the federal lead number.

3

Create a submittal the spec writer can use

Quote prints the gpf, the gpm and the lead standard on the document, so the reviewer does not look them up. The cover page is yours to control. Handoff sends the same line items out as structured data for the schedule.

needs analysis · the room
The room asked first
Expected traffic not the model
Bowl, flushometer, carrier and seat assembled as one line
configure · clearance and flow
Accessible stall flush side set for you
Lavatory over a 34-inch rim refused
California job: federal-lead-only fixtures stop showing
quote · the submittal
Flush volume gpf, printed
Flow rate gpm, printed
Lead standard printed
Same line items out as structured data for the schedule

Work through a configuration

A 3-0 by 6-8 fiberglass entry door with two 12-inch sidelites, for a coastal Florida job. The unit needs impact glazing, a Miami-Dade NOA number on the submittal and a right hand inswing jamb. Threekit asks for the jobsite and the opening first, then shows only the door units that carry that NOA.

See a fixture quoted as a room, with the clearances checked as it is built.