Welding · Same day
What to write the day you send a steel stair rail estimate
A same-day note is optional. It is not one of the three scheduled follow-ups. Use it when you are not sure the steel stair rail estimate for $3,050 arrived, or when one point from the visit is easy to forget.
Names, prices, and companies on this page are examples.
Skip it if you already talked it through
If you handed over the paper and walked the job, another email that night is noise. Welding bids stall on finish, because raw steel, primer, and powder coat look similar in an email.
What the recap should say
Name what the price includes: a shop-built steel rail for the stair we measured, primed and ready for your painter. Name what it leaves out: a powder coat, and any structural beam, which this rail is not. Primer for your painter, or do you want it powder coated before install? Do not call a handrail a structural repair.
If you send it from QuoteLasso
The default schedule is three emails, at 2, 5, and 10 days. Day 10 is the last one. You can move the dates. Add the estimate by typing it in, forwarding the message, or importing a spreadsheet. The customer sees your business name and the address followups@quotelasso.com. A reply comes to your inbox and the remaining follow-ups stop. QuoteLasso does not send texts. During the 14-day trial, due emails can send on their own. After that, Free is manual. Starter is $79/month and Pro is $149/month.
Example email
Steel stair rail
Subject
Your steel stair rail estimate from Hale Welding
Hi Angelo, I sent the steel stair rail estimate for $3,050 earlier today. It includes a shop-built steel rail for the stair we measured, primed and ready for your painter. It does not include a powder coat, and any structural beam, which this rail is not. Primer for your painter, or do you want it powder coated before install? Thanks, Brooke Hale Hale Welding
Questions
Is this the last welding follow-up?
No. The default schedule is day 2, day 5, and day 10, and day 10 is the last email. This page is the same day note for a steel stair rail. Do not call a handrail a structural repair.
What will the customer see if QuoteLasso sends the steel stair rail email?
The customer sees your business name and the address followups@quotelasso.com. A reply comes to your inbox and the remaining follow-ups stop. The words are yours. The sample on this page uses made-up names and the example price $3,050.
Send this kind of note on a schedule.
Add the estimate. QuoteLasso drafts the email in your words and, on the trial or a paid plan, can send it when it is due.
Start free trial14-day free trial, no card required. Then the Free plan, or upgrade if you want automatic sending.