Measure and qualify
Record surfaces, openings, condition, access, and finish requirements.
Painting estimating
Painting estimates built around your crew and production rates.
Turn room details, surface conditions, finish requirements, and your pricing into a reviewable estimate and proposal.
Bring your latest estimate or pricing sheet.Start from what you already use.
Where estimates go wrong
Trade details that change the price.
- Prep and protection are easy to undercarry
- Coats and finish changes alter production
- Occupied work behaves differently from empty-space work
Price your way
Use company labor, coverage, material, and production assumptions.
Check and present
Review crew economics, then produce a client-ready scope.
Example workflow
Interior repaint estimate → branded painting proposal
Keep walls, ceilings, trim, doors, prep, protection, and materials visible from estimate through proposal.
What carries forwardWhen you correct an occupied-home prep rate or separate floor protection, save the general rule for the next applicable job.
Why it matters
Square footage is only the start of a painting estimate.
Occupied rooms, protection, repairs, finish changes, coats, access, and production speed decide whether the price works for your company.
How it works
A clear path from input to reviewed estimate.
Each step stays visible, editable, and connected to the same job.
Describe the surfaces
Capture rooms, walls, ceilings, trim, doors, condition, and finish.
Apply company production
Use your labor assumptions, material rates, and prep standards.
Review margin
Check the estimate against crew cost and working days.
Present the scope
Create a clear proposal with inclusions, exclusions, and options.
Built into the workflow
What Painting Contractors gives you.
Painting calculator
Work through surfaces, coverage, coats, labor, and material quantities.
Company pricing book
Keep paint, sundries, labor, and production rates together.
Example-ready proposals
Show the client what is painted, how it is prepared, and what is excluded.
Learned scope rules
Remember conventions such as occupied-home prep or separate floor protection.
Keep exploring
Connected parts of the same estimate.
Questions
About Painting Contractors
Straight answers about how this part of BidPilot works.
Can BidPilot price walls, ceilings, trim, and doors separately?
Yes. Keep those scopes and their quantities, rates, and assumptions as separate editable line items.
Can I start from my current painting price sheet?
Yes. Bring the pricing data you already use and review it before it becomes company pricing.
Build the next estimate in your numbers.
Start free and teach BidPilot the rest as you work.