Hi Patricia! You may recall from our past conversations that, mostly, we finish existing basements.

When I draw out the existing basement, than add the partition walls to the drawing, the estimator adds all the existing walls as if they are being built by me. Often, that's the right thing to do, but sometimes, we are working on a project where much of the basement is already finished, and we are only adding a couple partition walls.

Another good way to visualize this is, on a typical basement, there will be a portion of the existing basement that will remain unfinished, so no need for framing (or anything).

Can you think of a way to have the estimator only generate materials for a portion of the project?

Thanks!

Tom Newell

A simple, elegant solution!

Thanks Patricia!

Tom