🪚 Built for carpenters & joiners
Job management software for carpenters
Decks, pergolas, fit-outs, and second-fix work booked weeks ahead — Flowody keeps every carpentry job, quote, and variation in one place. Built in Australia for solo chippies and carpentry crews working for builders and homeowners alike.
30-day free trial · All features included · 🇦🇺 Australian-owned
Sound familiar, carpenters?
- Fixed-price quotes that lose money once the timber price moves
- Variations agreed verbally on site and never charged for
- Multi-day jobs where nobody is sure what was finished yesterday
- Working for three builders at once with three different sets of expectations
- Offcuts, hardware and hire gear that never get costed back to the job
Flowody replaces the spreadsheets, paper forms, and group chats with one platform your whole carpenter business runs on.
How carpenters run jobs in Flowody
Carpentry sits awkwardly between trades that do quick call-outs and trades that run long projects — a job might be two hours or six weeks, and the same business does both. Here is how that fits together in Flowody.
Quoting fixed-price work you can still make money on
Most carpentry is quoted as a number rather than charged hourly, which puts all the risk on the estimate. The estimate is usually fine; what erodes it is the return visit, the hardware bought at retail, and the half-day nobody counted. Flowody records materials and labour against the job as the work runs and compares them to the quoted value, so the margin is visible while you can still do something about it. Over time you get something more useful than a gut feel — a record of what a deck of a given size actually cost you last three times.
Variations that get written down when they are agreed
The single most expensive habit in carpentry is agreeing to a change on site and intending to sort out the money later. By the time the invoice goes out, the conversation is a month old and the customer remembers it differently. Because the job record travels on the phone, a variation can be added as a note, a photo, or a fresh quote while you are standing there. A quote converts to a job in one click, so an agreed change becomes a chargeable line rather than a memory.
Multi-day and staged work with a changing crew
A kitchen fit-out is not one booking. It is a first fix, a wait on someone else's trade, and a second fix, often with different people on each. Flowody lets you assign several workers to one job and give each their own time blocks across multiple days, so a staged job stays one record rather than three disconnected diary entries. Everyone assigned sees the same notes, photos and files in the mobile app, which is what stops the second-fix crew arriving without knowing what the first-fix crew changed.
Working for builders, and for homeowners, at the same time
Subcontract work for a builder and direct domestic work are different businesses in everything but name — different lead times, different paperwork, different people signing off. Keeping customers, sites and contacts as separate but linked records handles both: a builder is one customer with many sites, a homeowner is a customer with one. Job history, quotes, invoices and photos build up against both, so when a builder asks what you charged on the last three lots, the answer is a search.
Site paperwork and sign-off without the clipboard
Carpentry generates less compliance paperwork than electrical or plumbing, but the paperwork it does generate tends to matter — SWMS for site access, a completion sign-off, photos of work about to be covered up. Build your own forms with the drag-and-drop form builder, complete them on a phone on site, capture a signature on the device or send a secure signing link. Completed forms and photos stay attached to the job, which is what you want when a builder queries workmanship on something now behind plasterboard.
Everything carpenters need in one place
Quote fixed-price work and variations
Send branded quotes for decks, pergolas and fit-outs, add variations as they are agreed on site, convert accepted quotes to jobs in one click, and invoice on completion.
Job costing on every project
Record materials, hardware, hire gear and labour against the job as the work runs and compare them to the quoted value, so you know the margin before the invoice goes out.
Multi-day and staged scheduling
Assign several carpenters to one job with their own time blocks across multiple days, so first fix and second fix stay part of the same job record.
Site forms, sign-off and photos
Build your own SWMS, job sheets and completion sign-offs, complete them on site with a signature or secure signing link, and keep photos attached to the job.
Carpenters FAQs
Can Flowody handle variations on fixed-price carpentry jobs?
Yes. You can add notes, photos and additional quotes to a job from the mobile app while you are on site, and an accepted quote converts to chargeable work in one click — so a change agreed in the moment is recorded when it happens rather than reconstructed at invoicing.
Does Flowody work for both builder subcontract work and domestic jobs?
Yes. Customers, sites and contacts are separate but linked records, so a builder can be one customer with many sites while a homeowner is a customer with one. Job history, quotes, invoices and photos build against both.
Can I track materials and labour on a carpentry job?
Yes. Materials, hardware, hire costs and labour are recorded against the job as it runs and compared to the quoted value. Labour hours come from job check-in and check-out rather than a timesheet filled in later.
How much does Flowody cost for a carpentry business?
Flowody starts from $30 AUD/month with every feature included and unlimited jobs, customers and sites, plus small flat add-ons for extra seats. There is a 30-day free trial and no lock-in contract.
Flowody is job management software for Australian trade businesses — see the full feature list, what it costs, or how it works for field service teams. Also used by electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, landscapers, builders, cleaners, pest control, locksmiths and roofers.
Working in a capital city? Flowody is used by carpenter businesses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
Run your carpenter business from one place.
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