Sizes from the drawings, not guesses
Pipe and duct sizes come from the tags, equipment schedules, riser diagrams and piping tables on the set. Pipe with no size anywhere is held back and flagged, and the bid tells you how much is missing.
Mechanical insulation takeoff & estimating
Insulation takeoffs in minutes, not days.
Bid more jobs with the estimators you already have.
Upload a mechanical or plumbing bid set. InsulEngine measures the pipe and duct, sizes it from the drawings, and prices it on your own costs, so your estimators check a takeoff instead of building one.
Manual takeoff eats days of estimator time on bids you may never win. InsulEngine does the measuring and pricing, so the same team covers more bids, and the hours spent counting pipe go to winning work.
Start free trial Book a demo7 days, 5 estimates, no credit card. Run it on a job you've already bid and compare.
- 17 min
- median from upload to finished takeoff, on a typical 12-sheet set*
- Your costs
- material, labor, waste and markup from your own cost book, never ours
M-101
Inspector
- Length
- 45.07 ft
- Scale
- 1/4" = 1'-0"
- Service
- Heating hot water supply
- Size from
- riser diagram M-401 checked
- Bends
- 2 at 90°
Pipedomestic water, storm, heating and chilled water, condensate
Refrigerantline sets sized from the schedule or the unit's model
Ductsupply, return, outside and exhaust air, indoor and outdoor
Fittings & jacketingbends, outdoor jacket, details from the drawings
How it works
Three steps from a bid set to a price you can defend.
- Upload the bid set
Drop in the drawings and the spec. Pick the systems you insulate. The sheets are read and the right plans picked out for you.
- Review the takeoff
Every run is drawn on the sheet with its size and where the size came from. Anything the drawings don't settle is flagged for you, not guessed.
- Send the price
Priced on your cost book, with an estimate, a takeoff spreadsheet and marked-up drawings ready to send or check.
Where the days go, and where they don't anymore.
Spend estimator hours on bids, not on counting pipe.
On a typical insulation bid, most of the estimator's time goes to measuring runs, reading sizes off tags and schedules, and keying quantities into a spreadsheet. That's the part InsulEngine does.
Your estimator's time goes to what only they can judge: the scope, the spec, the price. When the addendum lands, run the set again instead of starting over.
Done for you
Measuring every runautomatic
Sizes from tags, schedules, riser diagramsautomatic
Bends, risers, allowancesautomatic
Pricing on your cost bookautomatic
Still yours
Scope and spec decisionsyou
Anything flagged as unsettledyou
Markup and the final numberyou
Built to be checked, not blindly trusted.
Every quantity traces back to the line on the drawing it was measured from. Where the evidence is thin, the software says so instead of choosing for you.
Code owns the arithmetic
Measurement and totals are deterministic: lengths and square feet are computed, not estimated by a model. The same drawings and settings give the same number every time.
Your corrections move the bid
Drag a run to fix it or set a size by hand: the feet, square feet and price update on the spot, and the change is recorded.
Assumptions are labeled
Where the spec is silent, your house standard fills the gap and the line says so. Nothing that changes a price is applied without a person deciding.
Your costs, your rules.
Material prices, waste, labor productivity, markup and your house insulation standard are yours. Import a cost spreadsheet or edit them in place. Nothing about your pricing is shared with anyone.
Revisions without re-reading sixty sheets.
Upload the addendum and see which sheets changed, what moved, and what it did to the bid. Sheets pair by drawing number, so an inserted sheet doesn't throw off the rest.
See it on one of your own jobs.
Book a 20-minute demo and we'll run a bid set you choose. Or start the free trial and try it yourself today.
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Questions worth asking.
How long does a takeoff take?
Over the last three weeks of production runs, the median was 17 minutes from upload to finished takeoff, on a median 12-sheet set. Large sets of 100+ sheets take an hour or two. You can work on other bids meanwhile; the job tells you when it's ready.
What trades and systems does it cover?
Mechanical insulation: domestic hot and cold water, storm, heating and chilled water, refrigerant line sets, condensate, and supply, return, outside and exhaust ductwork, with fittings, risers and outdoor jacketing. You pick the systems you insulate on each job.
How accurate is it?
We don't publish one accuracy figure, because one measured on our drawings wouldn't tell you what it does on yours. Run it on a job you've already bid and compare. Every quantity traces back to the drawing, and anything the software couldn't settle is flagged rather than folded into a total.
Does it just trust the AI?
No. Models are used to read documents (plans, schedules, notes, the spec) and never to measure or to compute. A specification is read twice, independently, and agreement between the readings is treated as evidence, not proof: it still has to survive a check against the document. Anything unresolved goes to a person.
Can I use my own prices?
Yes, and you should. Import your cost spreadsheet or edit the book in place. Waste, labor productivity, markup and your house insulation standard are all yours.
Who can see my work?
Only your company and the people you invite. Your drawings and prices are never shared with other customers. InsulEngine staff open a project only through a support session with a stated reason, which is recorded.
What happens at the end of the trial?
Your projects and estimates stay as they are and remain readable. New estimates stop until the account is on a plan. Nothing is deleted.
* Production runs in the three weeks to October 20, 2026: 84 runs, median 17 minutes from upload to finished takeoff, median set 12 sheets. Larger sets take longer.