Division 10 specialties takeoffs, counted twice.

A Countersheet Division 10 takeoff counts the toilet accessories, toilet compartments, urinal screens, lockers, visual display boards and fire extinguisher cabinets in your bid set, room by room, and ties every count to the sheet and tag it came from. You get a report, an Excel workbook, a CSV and the marked-up sheets within 48 hours of complete documents, with a scope matrix that says who furnishes, who installs and who provides the blocking.

What a Countersheet Division 10 takeoff includes

Five sections, each counted from the enlarged plans, the interior elevations, the schedules and the spec:

• Toilet accessories (10 28 00): each by tag, per room, with mounting type (surface, semi-recessed, recessed, partition-mounted) and mounting height. Grab bars by length.
• Toilet compartments and urinal screens (10 21 13): compartments per room by type (standard, wheelchair accessible, ambulatory), layout, mounting style, door swing and headrail run; urinal screens by size and mounting.
• Lockers (10 51 00): per bank, the type, tiers, size, frames and openings, with slope tops, end panels, bases, fillers, recess trim, number plates, locks and benches. Accessible lockers counted per type.
• Visual display units (10 11 00): markerboards and tackboards by type and size (W x H), with trim, tray and map rail, per room.
• Fire protection specialties (10 44 00): cabinets by type (recessed, semi-recessed or surface; rated or non-rated), trim and door; extinguishers by type, with who furnishes them.

Each workbook line carries the tag, basis-of-design model, room, quantity, mounting, height AFF, furnished by, installed by, blocking by, rated wall, basis (schedule, plan or elevation) and sheet.

How we count it

1. Read the spec first. Division 01 allowances, alternates and the owner-furnished list, then each Division 10 section in full. That fills the scope matrix before a tag is counted.
2. Check the scale. Enlarged toilet plans are often printed at a different scale from the title block, so every sheet is checked against its own written dimensions.
3. Build the room list. Every toilet room, locker room, janitor closet and classroom on its own row. "Typical" is a note, never a multiplier that hides an exception.
4. First count. Tags on the enlarged plan, then again on every interior elevation of that room. We take the union: a tag seen only on an elevation counts, a tag seen on both counts once, and each line names its sheet.
5. Second count, by a different method. A text search of the tags across the PDF or a symbol sweep, plus reconciliations: compartments against the water closets in the plumbing fixture schedule, extinguisher cabinets on the life-safety plan against the floor plans, locker openings against frames x tiers.
6. Explain every difference before a number goes out. Anything the drawings don't settle becomes a GC question or a field-verify item.

What estimators often miss on Division 10 bids

• Items tagged only on the elevations. Mirrors, hooks, shelves, napkin disposals and baby changers often appear nowhere on the plan, so both sources are counted.
• The ambulatory compartment. Every toilet room is checked against the ADA ambulatory rule. A room that looks short goes to the GC as a question.
• Single-user and family rooms. Each is a full set of accessories, and with no partitions they are easy to skip.
• Lockers in the wrong unit. Every bank is reported in openings and frames, with its slope tops, end panels, bases, fillers, recess trim and benches.
• Owner-furnished dispensers. Priced as furnished, they overbid the job; left out, the install labor goes missing. They stay in as install-only lines.
• Blocking. If no section claims it, it is a gap, and we raise it.
• Partition mounting against the ceiling. Overhead-braced partitions need enough ceiling height, so the RCP height at each toilet room is checked. Ceiling-hung units need steel above, usually Division 05.
• Accessible compartment depth. It changes with wall-hung or floor-mounted toilets, so the plumbing schedule decides, not the plan symbol.
• Cabinets in rated walls. A non-rated cabinet there is a swap at submittal, so each one is flagged.

The rules and dimensions behind each check are in the Division 10 takeoff checklist.

What you get

• The report (PDF): totals by section and mounting type, the scope matrix with spec citations, each toilet room, locker bank and cabinet, inclusions and exclusions, GC questions, the field-verify list and the quality check showing both counts.
• The workbook (Excel) and a CSV: every line, a column for your field measure, totals as live formulas.
• The marked sheets (PDF): every counted tag and symbol marked, ready for Bluebeam or Acrobat.
• Scope language to paste into your proposal.

Division 10 is usually priced as supplier furnish quotes per item plus install labor per item, and labor changes with mounting type. So the lines are grouped by section and mounting, ready to send to suppliers for quotes while you carry your own install rates.

Price and turnaround

Per trade, by the pages we work from: the drawing sheets plus the Division 10 spec pages.

Your first takeoff is free: one trade, a set under 25 pages. Plans run $449 a month for 3 takeoffs, $799 for 6 and $1,499 for 12 (pricing). We confirm the fee by email before work starts; you pay by card or bank through Stripe. The package is back 48 hours from complete documents, faster on request when we can, and revisions are free until bid day, plus one addendum.

What's not included

• Signage (10 14 00) and wall and door protection (10 26 00). These are not part of this takeoff.
• Blocking and backing (Division 06 or 09 22 16) and steel supports above the ceiling (05 50 00): listed as scope questions, not counted.
• Neighboring trades: unframed mirrors (08 83 00), ceramic tile accessories (09 30 00), kick and armor plates (08 71 00), deck-mounted soap dispensers (Division 22), hand dryer power (Division 26), Class K extinguishers at hoods, projection screens (Division 11), operable partitions (10 22 39 or 10 22 43, usually a separate sub) and concrete locker bases (Division 03). Where an item could sit in two sections, like under-lavatory guards, we check both.
• Construction-phase extinguishers, which belong to the GC's general conditions.
• Code-compliance review and site visits. We count what the drawings and specs require. Possible code gaps go to the GC as questions.

Frequently asked questions

Do you count accessories that appear only on the interior elevations?

Yes. We count every tag on the enlarged plan and again on every elevation of that room, then take the union so nothing is counted twice. Each line names the sheet the tag came from.

Will you tell me when a toilet room is missing an ambulatory stall?

We check every room against the ambulatory rule and send any room that looks short to the GC as a question. We never add a compartment on our own, and we don't certify code compliance.

How do you report lockers?

By bank, in both openings and frames, because drawings and specs mix the two. Each bank also lists its tiers, size, accessories and accessible count per type. If the drawings are unclear, it becomes a GC question.

Do you check fire extinguisher coverage?

No. We count cabinets from both the life-safety plan and the floor plans, explain every difference and flag cabinets in rated walls. Coverage depends on walking distance, which a takeoff can't prove, so possible gaps go to the GC as questions.