Painting Tips
How to Price Painting Textured Walls
Textured walls are everywhere in residential painting. Orange peel, knockdown, skip trowel and heavy hand troweled finishes are standard in many regions and many decades…
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How to Price Painting Plantation Shutters and Louvered Doors
Interior plantation shutters, louvered closet doors and louvered bifolds share one quality that makes them slow: they are made of dozens of thin slats, each…
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How to Price Painting Interior Windows
Windows are one of the classic places painters lose money. On a walkthrough, a window is one item on a wall. On the job, it…
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How to Price Painting a Fireplace and Mantel
Painting a fireplace is one of the most requested small jobs in residential painting. A dark brick surround or a dated stone wall can change…
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How to Price Caulking on a Painting Job
Caulk is the most used and least priced material in painting. Almost every job needs some, most crews apply it without thinking, and most estimates…
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How to Price Painting Radiators and Baseboard Heaters
Radiators and baseboard heaters turn up in a large share of older homes, apartment buildings and schools, and customers often ask for them to be…
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How to Price Painting Exposed Beams and Wood Ceilings
A flat drywall ceiling is one of the most predictable surfaces a painter prices. A ceiling with exposed beams, coffers, tongue and groove boards or…
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How to Price Painting Wood Paneling and Wainscoting
Paneling and wainscoting are some of the most satisfying transformations in residential painting. A dark basement lined with old sheet paneling becomes a bright room.…
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How to Price Painting Built Ins and Bookcases
Built in bookcases, entertainment walls, window seats, mudroom lockers and office cabinetry are some of the most requested and most underpriced items in residential painting.…
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How to Price Painting Stair Balusters and Handrails
A staircase looks like a small job on a walkthrough. The floor area is modest, the wall area is a stairwell the painter has priced…