Cost Per Square Foot for Interior House Painting

A number of factors figure when costing out an interior house painting by the square foot. As an observation, some painters do offer square foot prices while others only give to property management firms and construction companies, as far as bidding homeowner projects.

But square foot costs typically apply to drywall areas and lineal foot prices for trim. Not carpentry items such as doors.



Prices for textured surfaces are among the greatest, like for brick and densely textured stucco.

What is most accessible in terms of square foot pricing is based on the number of coats of applied paint. If there is one, two, three or more coats. And with successive coats, this figure does tend to drop since preparation and setup becomes less of a factor; the walls are already patched and sanded smooth with the masking in-place (unless masking must be pulled prior to 3 coat coverage, where pulling it will no longer break a sharp line between the baseboard and wall for example) and with ladders already at the standby.

A single coat of rolled flat generally starts at around .50 per foot. Remember though, square foot prices either exclude preparation or account for a minimal amount of prep, so account for this in the quote. With paints of higher gloss requiring more intensive preparation in terms of patch and sand for smoothing, and less flexible process of applying, they will incur the greatest price per foot.

If sq. ft prices are given, its important that you have any itemized costs accounted for, not only the brand but the grade of paint being applied, the number of coats and method of application; by spray, hand brushed or rolled on, if there is any guarantee of coverage and if built-in costs like taxes and insurance are included, and pricing for extra job orders.

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