How Are Exterior Painting Jobs Costed?

Whenever you begin a painting project and are looking to keep costs under control it is important to know how the project is likely to be costed by the company you hire. This will allow you to understand exactly where the different cost factors are coming from. In today’s blog we will be providing a useful guide to how exterior painting jobs are usually costed by painting companies.

The costing of painting jobs is usually broken down into three distinct pricing categories, these categories are siding, trim and doors. Furthermore, these prices usually include the cost of surface preparation, the primer coat, two coats of paint and the cost of the paint itself. The most common way to price house siding is per square foot.

The trim of your house is priced differently, being priced per linear foot rather than per square foot. Doors and similar, separate exterior objects are often priced per item rather than by a specific measurement.

There are also other important factors that can modify the cost of an exterior painting job, these include things such as the size of the building being painted, the complexity of the building’s architecture, the cost of preparatory work such as cleaning and priming and the time of year can make a difference especially in places where the climate may be more volatile.  There are also various factors involving the paint itself which can lead to major cost changes with the painting job, these include things such as paint type, with glossy finishes usually costing more, paint quality, with higher quality paint costing more and the paint color, as lighter colors often require more primer and thus require more cost be allocated to it.

We hope that we have provided you with some useful information surrounding the costing of exterior painting jobs and hope that you will contact us at Level 5 Painting for any questions you may have about painting jobs.

Level 5 Painting are experienced and dependable interior and exterior, residential and commercial painters based in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The Level 5 Painting crew performs at the highest industry standards to exceed your expectations and deliver painting projects with phenomenal results. 

If you have any questions about this article or would like to talk to us about your next painting project, then please call us at (604) 910-4828.