Timber, Chipping, and Access Equipment All Need Their Own Line A Hampshire homeowner posted in a UK tree surgeons group about removing 40 ash, 6 red cedar, and a large oak, asking whether anyone would take the wood as part payment for the removal work. It is a genuinely common arrangement in this trade, timber…
Job Management for Tree Surgeons Has to Cover More Than the Diary A tree surgery business posted a checklist for what nobody tells you starting out in the industry: watch the drop zone always, know where the timber is coming down before it comes down, keep a tidy site, brash dragged, chip cleared, tools where…
A Trade Where Getting the Admin Wrong Can Mean More Than a Bad Invoice In a UK tree surgeons Facebook group, someone building a quoting and job platform specifically for arb businesses listed what it needed to cover: quoting and invoicing, planning site tasks, managing a team, storing documents, carrying out risk assessments, incident reporting,…
UK Fencers UK Fencers Hub: Software, Quoting and Reviews Everything TradeStack HQ has written for UK fencers, in one place: the best apps, job management software, invoicing tools, a guide to quoting fencing jobs by the metre, the bay, or the day, and a dedicated Tradify review. Start here and work through whichever guide matches…
This is our Tradify verdict specifically for fencers. For UK pricing across all three plans, certificates, AI tools and our overall rating, see our main Tradify review. Tradify Review for Fencers UK 2026: Is It Worth It? ★★★★½4.4/5TradeStack HQ Rating – genuinely flexible on pricing model, though no boundary-dispute documentation or dedicated materials calculator Tradify…
Per Metre, Per Bay, or Day Rate? Get This Wrong and Everything Else Is Guesswork In a UK fencing group, a fencer pricing a 14-property new build job asked a simple question: “What is everyone currently charging per bay/per meter for 6ft closeboard all timber no top cap?” The replies gave real numbers, £55 per…
Get the Deposit Right and the Rest of the Invoice Takes Care of Itself A UK fencing group thread about a £5,000 fencing and shed job asked whether a 50% upfront deposit was normal. The most useful reply came from a working fencer: “I take 50% of what was on the estimate shortly before starting…
A Fencing Job Isn’t Just a Price, It’s a Start Date You Have to Hit In a UK fencing group, a homeowner asked what was normal for a £5,000 fencing and shed job where the contractor wanted 50% upfront before the work started end of September. Sixty replies followed, most from fencers themselves, and the…
Most Fencers Are Still Quoting From Memory, Not From an App In a UK fencing Facebook group, someone building a quoting app asked a simple question: “How do you currently do your quotes? Would you use something like that, or is your current way good enough?” The replies said everything you need to know about…
UK Bricklayers UK Bricklayers Hub: Software, Quoting and Reviews Everything TradeStack HQ has written for UK bricklayers, in one place: the best apps, job management software, invoicing tools, a guide to pricing bricklaying jobs by the thousand or by the square metre, and a dedicated Tradify review. Start here and work through whichever guide matches…