Free carpenter invoice template
A free invoice template for carpenters, visible in full below, downloadable as a PDF, no signup asked. It carries everything a professional carpenter's invoice needs: your details, a unique number, itemised lines for labour and materials, payment terms and a clear total. Fill it in, send it the day the job finishes, and it reads like a business, not a favour that can wait.
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Your Business Name
Phone · Email
Address
| Description | Qty | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Hang internal doors ×4 (supplied & fitted) | ||
| Labour: bench hours, bespoke shelving | ||
| Materials: oak, ironmongery, fixings | ||
| Fit skirting & architrave, ground floor | ||
| Second fix: handles, latches, hinges | ||
| Add your own lines… |
What a carpenter's invoice must include
- Your business name and contact details (and logo, if you have one)
- A unique invoice number, where sequential is fine, gaps are fine, duplicates are not
- Invoice date and payment due date
- The client's name and the job address
- Itemised lines: each piece of work and each material, with its price
- The total, and whether VAT (or your local sales tax) is included
- How to pay: bank details or a payment link
- Payment terms, because "due within 7 days" is a term; silence is a suggestion
Tips from the trade
- Split the timber from the bench hours. Good oak and a day at the bench are not one number, and itemising is what stops the haggling.
- Name the ironmongery. "Hinges & latches, brushed steel" reads as checkable; "fittings" reads as padding.
- Take a deposit against bespoke timber before you cut it. Cut oak doesn't go back on the rack, and a customer who changes their mind shouldn't leave you holding it.
- Write the "while you're here" jobs down the day you do them. Eased windows and a planed gate are real hours, and they're the hours most likely to be forgotten by invoice day.
Common questions
- What should a carpenter's invoice include?
- Your business details, a unique invoice number, the date and payment due date, the client's name and job address, itemised lines for work and materials, the total (with VAT position stated if registered), and how to pay. The template above carries all of it.
- Is this carpenter invoice template really free?
- Yes. View it, download it as a PDF and use it for real jobs, no signup asked. It's from SoloDesks, a quoting and invoicing app for solo tradespeople; if you'd rather have the invoice numbered, sent and chased for you, the app has a free plan too.
- Do my invoice numbers have to be sequential?
- They should be unique and consistent. 001, 002, 003 is the easy convention, and it's what makes 'invoice 032' unambiguous on the phone and at tax time. Don't reuse or duplicate numbers; gaps are fine.
- When should I send the invoice?
- The day the job finishes, from the van ideally. An invoice sent three weeks late quietly tells the customer that paying it late is fine too, and it's the single most fixable cause of slow payment.
Related reading: What to Do When a Customer Doesn't Pay Your Invoice
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