Price List Update Summary - September 2026

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September 2026 Price List Changes Report

September 2026 Price List Updates Summary

Upcoming Major Additions / Modifications for next month’s 2026 Publication
1: Add items for 8” metal studs.
2: Add item(s) for HVAC condenser top/side panel repair.
Structural price list items added for the September 2026 price lists
1: CABLIGHTR Add for prefinished light rail molding per LF (+) (+)
Included: Light rail molding, finish nails, and installation labor.
Quality: Pre-finished light rail molding.
Notes: Additional material and labor to install light rail molding around cabinetry. This item should be used to add light rail molding to the cabinets only.
2: CABRESTC Cabinet - carcass only (+) (+)
Included: Material and labor to build and install new cabinet carcass (sides, back, shelves).
Excluded: Detaching/removal of cabinets.
Quality: Sides, deck, back, and shelves. Plywood, MDF, or other products fall within a similar price range due to the labor-heavy proportion of this item. Item can be used for upper or lower cabinets.
Notes: This item is intended to be used when joining new/salvaged cabinetry to existing cabinetry. When end panels, toe kicks, hinges, drawer slides, drawer boxes, face frames, door/drawer panels, etc. are not able to be restored/salvaged, estimators may consider using the available accessory cabinet items in conjunction with this item to account for the additional warranted items. Due to the large variance in costs when replacing/restoring cabinets, estimators are encouraged to verify costs through local contractors and estimates.
3: CABRESTCM Color matching to existing finish (+) (+)
Included: Cost to color match finish to existing cabinetry.
Excluded: Finishing cabinetry.
Quality: Specialty service charge for custom color matching to existing cabinetry.
Notes: Due to the large variance in costs when color matching cabinetry, estimators are encouraged to verify costs through local contractors and estimates.
4: CABRESTDB Drawer box (+) (+)
Included: Shop built drawer box and labor to install.
Excluded: Drawer slides, drawer front.
Quality: Drawer box made from melamine, plywood, or similar with rabbet, butt joint, or confirmat screws construction. Based on a normal kitchen-size drawer box, roughly 12 to 24 inches wide, 18 to 22 inches deep, and 4 to 6 inches tall.
Notes: Due to the large variance in costs when replacing/restoring drawer boxes, estimators are encouraged to verify costs through local contractors and estimates.
5: CABRESTDB+ Drawer box - dovetail (+) (+)
Included: Shop built drawer box and labor to install.
Excluded: Drawer slides, drawer front.
Quality: Dovetail drawer box made from solid hardwood. Based on a normal kitchen-size drawer box, roughly 12 to 24 inches wide, 18 to 22 inches deep, and 4 to 6 inches tall.
Notes: Due to the large variance in costs when replacing/restoring drawer boxes, estimators are encouraged to verify costs through local contractors and estimates.
Notes: Due to the large variance in costs when replacing/restoring drawer boxes, estimators are encouraged to verify costs through local contractors and estimates.
6: CABRESTFF Face frame (+) (+)
Included: Face frame, finish, and labor to install.
Quality: Per LF of cabinet.
Notes: Due to the large variance in costs when replacing/restoring face frames, estimators are encouraged to verify costs through local contractors and estimates.
7: DMOMASKSF< Mask or cover per square foot - 4 mil (-) (-)
Included: 4 mil plastic (12' wide roll), tape, and labor to install and remove.
Notes: This item is to be used for general dust control to mask or cover openings, furniture, appliances, cabinets, flooring, etc. When estimating, figure square foot of surface area covered.
8: ELSSOLARMB Solar panel roof mounting bracket (+ / -) (+)
Included: Solar panel roof mounting bracket, flashing, and installation labor.
Quality: L-foot type bracket and flashing or similar.
Notes: This item is for a mounting bracket and flashing only.
(-)
Included: Labor cost to remove a solar panel roof mounting bracket with flashing and to discard in a job-site waste receptacle.
9: FCVPLKQ Quarter round - for vinyl plank (LVP) flooring (+ / -) (+)
Included: Pre-finished quarter round, finish nails, and installation labor.
Notes: Commonly used with vinyl plank floors.
(-)
Included: Labor cost to remove quarter round and to discard in a job-site waste receptacle.
10: FNCMORTJ Mortise door jamb - per mortise (+) (+)
Included: Labor cost to mortise a door jamb.
Quality: Hinge or strike mortise.
11: MASBMS10 Structural brick - bond beam - 10" x 4" x 16" - U block (+) (+)
Included: 10" x 4" x 16" bond beam structural giant brick, for use as a lintel, (10" wide and .444 SF per block), installed using 1/2" rebar, masonry mortar mix, sand, and grout. Reinforcing cavity is grouted using 7 bag mix (3000 psi) concrete with 3/8" and under aggregate.
12: PLMWH40HP Water heater - 40 gallon - Heat pump (+ / -) (+)
Included: Heat pump water heater, in-line ball valve for 3/4" tubing, pressure relief valve, two 3/4" flexible supply lines, and installation labor.
Quality: 40 gallon capacity.
(-)
Included: Labor cost to remove a water heater and to discard in a job-site waste receptacle.
13: PLMWH50HP Water heater - 50 gallon - Heat pump (+ / -) (+)
Included: Heat pump water heater, in-line ball valve for 3/4" tubing, pressure relief valve, two 3/4" flexible supply lines, and installation labor.
Quality: 50 gallon capacity.
(-)
Included: Labor cost to remove a water heater and to discard in a job-site waste receptacle.
14: PLMWH65HP Water heater - 65 gallon - Heat pump (+ / -) (+)
Included: Heat pump water heater, in-line ball valve for 3/4" tubing, pressure relief valve, two 3/4" flexible supply lines, and installation labor.
Quality: 65 gallon capacity.
(-)
Included: Labor cost to remove a water heater and to discard in a job-site waste receptacle.
15: PLMWH80HP Water heater - 80 gallon - Heat pump (+ / -) (+)
Included: Heat pump water heater, in-line ball valve for 3/4" tubing, pressure relief valve, two 3/4" flexible supply lines, and installation labor.
Quality: 80 gallon capacity.
(-)
Included: Labor cost to remove a water heater and to discard in a job-site waste receptacle.
16: WTRMASKSF Mask {V} per square foot - plastic and tape - 4 mil (+) (+)
Included: 4 mil plastic (12' wide roll), masking tape, and labor.
Notes: Item for masking with a single layer of 4 mil plastic. Calculate by square foot area of surface covered. The labor type used in this item is a remediation cleaning technician.
Structural price list material components added for the September 2026 price lists
1: CABDWR Shop built drawer box
2: CABDWR+ Shop built drawer box - dovetail
3: CABLIGHTR Light rail molding - prefinished
4: ELSSMB Solar panel roof mounting bracket
5: ELSSMBF Solar panel roof mounting bracket flashing
6: MASBMS10 Structural brick - bond beam - 10" x 4" x 16"
Structural price list items modified for the September 2026 price list
1: ELSSOLMHRS Modified (+) assembly and Included field of definition to include material assumptions for roof mounting bracket flashing.
2: FCWLAMQ Modified (+) assembly and Included field of definition to include material assumptions for finish nails.
3: HVCHCSP* Modified Quality field of (+) definition to reference SEER rating.
4: MASBMS12 Modified material component yield in (+) assembly.
5: MASBMS8 Modified material component yield in (+) assembly.
6: RFGRURMV+ Modified description and Included field of (+) definition to help further clarify item is intended for mechanically fastened and fully adhered rubber roofing systems.
7: RFGRURMVN+ Modified description to help further clarify item is intended for mechanically fastened and fully adhered rubber roofing systems.
8: RFGSPRMV+ Modified description to help further clarify item is intended for mechanically fastened and fully adhered membrane roofing systems.
9: RFGSPRMVN+ Modified description to help further clarify item is intended for mechanically fastened and fully adhered membrane roofing systems.
10: TILSWR<* Added text to Quality field of (+) definition to clarify item includes assumptions for tiling curb and/or jamb when applicable.
11: TILSWR Added text to Quality field of (+) definition to clarify item includes assumptions for tiling curb and/or jamb when applicable.
12: TILSWR+ Added text to Quality field of (+) definition to clarify item includes assumptions for tiling curb and/or jamb when applicable.
13: TILSWR>* Added text to Quality field of (+) definition to clarify item includes assumptions for tiling curb and/or jamb when applicable.
Structural price list material components modified for the September 2026 price lists
1: FCWLAMQ Modified description to clarify material can be wood or vinyl.
Miscellaneous changes made for the September 2026 price lists
1: For New Jersey: Modified capital improvement-related sales tax jurisdictions to include security system and certain landscaping items as taxable services.
2: Updated worker wage portion of the Retail Labor Rates for various areas in the United States and Canada.

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