Dnk,
One way to understand flat rate, is, you do everything just as you would, when making up a contract, your scope of work, that you would put in the contract, is spelled out on the pre printed sheets, these sheets or pages, are helpful, for those, that may find estimating, either time consuming, or difficult, and would like to have a better way of pricing a job, and having more of those jobs making money.
[This message has been edited by LK (edited 09-27-2006).]