@larryb wrote:
There's always going to be some "hair splitting", unfortunately. BTW, contrary to popular belief, estimates do not have to be written on XM8 in order to be accepted by insurance companies. They cannot mandate how contractors and/or PA's write their estimates. That being said, if a contractor can write a thorough and complete XM8, not a problem. However, I have rarely seen a contractor XM8 that meets that standard. I can think of only a couple of guys who write XM8's the way they should be written - DAD, Alltex, Dave Stewart...
I never submitted an estimate on XM8 and never had to - nor wanted to, and I always did better with my own system. As important as writing a good estimate is being able to "argue" and win your case for full payment by defeating the specious objections of adjusters and in house claim reps with substantive rebuttals to those objections.
This is not the proper place to advertise my program but a little research will get you where you need to get for answers to your concerns.
Good luck!
Larry Burtis / LMB @ 3RSystems, LLC