Free painting bid calculators for painting contractors
Estimate calculators for painting and finish work. They take the measurements you already collect, apply coverage and production rates, and add the prep, materials and overhead a per-square-foot guess leaves out.
Starting a painting business? Most new painters underprice prep and travel. Run a sample room and a sample exterior here and compare the result with the price you had in mind.
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Price an epoxy or polyaspartic garage floor from grind hours, flake load, waste, cracks, and travel — not a $4/sq ft special. See kit cost, walk-away price, and whether a proposed…
Price a kitchen cabinet refinish from doors, drawer fronts, face frames, hardware, degrease, and a dark-to-light extra coat — then see price per door, price per painted piece, and…
Price a deck stain or seal from walking surface, picket-rail lineal feet, stairs, prep, coats, and access — not a published $2.50-per-square-foot special. See the walk-away number…
Price a hang-and-finish drywall job from rooms, waste, openings, ceiling height, and Gypsum Association finish levels 0–5 — not a flat price per square foot. See labor hours…
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Price a kitchen cabinet refinish from doors, drawer fronts, face frames, hardware, degrease, and a dark-to-light extra coat — then see price per door, price per painted piece, and…
Price a deck stain or seal from walking surface, picket-rail lineal feet, stairs, prep, coats, and access — not a published $2.50-per-square-foot special. See the walk-away number…
Price a hang-and-finish drywall job from rooms, waste, openings, ceiling height, and Gypsum Association finish levels 0–5 — not a flat price per square foot. See labor hours…
Price an epoxy or polyaspartic garage floor from grind hours, flake load, waste, cracks, and travel — not a $4/sq ft special. See kit cost, walk-away price, and whether a proposed…
Price an exterior house-painting job from extra stories, extra elevation square footage, scrape and prime, trim, shutters, and hard access — not a published $3,999 house special…
Price an interior painting job from production rates: walls, ceilings, trim, and doors — plus paint, payroll burden, overhead, and the walk-away number. See why a $2 per square…
Price popcorn ceiling removal from ceiling area, scrape-and-prime versus Level 4 skim versus Level 5 plus paint, 8-foot versus vaulted versus two-story access, and extras — plus…
Price a stucco or EIFS repair from crack linear feet, hollow area, tear-off to the substrate, stories and scaffolding, window flashing, color match, and moisture investigation —…