The quote is born of square metres and extras. Laying pattern, skirting, lifting the old covering and moving furniture are lines that otherwise get negotiated on site.
The survey is never the drawing. Measuring on site and noting the discrepancy prevents the extra order that costs two weeks of lead time.
Waste belongs in the costing. Chevron consumes more than straight laying, and a percentage per pattern separates margin from break-even.
Drying blocks the job, not the company. Putting those days in the plan lets you go and sand elsewhere during the wait instead of waiting.
The machine costs more than the van. Allocating sander and extraction per job shows whether a second machine pays for itself or merely fills a store.
Handover needs a written report with photographs. Scratches and marks nobody documented on the day always end up, without exception, belonging to the tradesman who laid the floor.