Quick Paint Rate
Painting rates calculator software. Calculate painting rates for ceilings/bulkheads, walls, woodwork/trim, metalwork etc. For use when pricing bills of quantities or painting projects based on your own measure.
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Painting and Decorating Quantity Surveyors. We measure and cost all types and sizes of commercial painting project as well as carrying out on-site re-measures and valuations.
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Providing health and safety advice for Painting Contractors. Help with CHAS, Constructionline, EXOR, Alcumus, SMAS etc. applications as well as Health and Safety Policies, Risk Assessment, Method Statements (RAMS) etc.
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Providing specialist tendering and estimating training courses for Painting and Decorating Contractors: Learn how to measure and price medium to very large size painting contracts.
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Digital Drawing Takeoff Software
Electronic drawing takeoff software. An Excel add-in giving you the power to takeoff your electronic drawings directly within any Microsoft Excel workbook including your own Excel spreadsheet templates.
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Latest Blog Posts
Painting Contractors: Are Shrinkage Cracks A Defect Under the Defects Liability Period?
27th NOV 2020
NO! but get ready for the arguments!!
The defects liability period is a fixed period of time (typically 6-24 months), starting from the date of practical completion.
At the end of this period the painting contractor is meant to return to site to rectify 'defects'.
The Principal Contractor retains a percentage of the contract value (typically 2.5%) for this period of time, subject to the painting contractor completing the necessary 'remedial'
£/m2 and £/Lm Painting Rates: What Do Painting Contractors Do For 'Unusual' Paints and Wallpapers?
11th AUG 2020
OK, so if you're familiar with painting rates, you'll probably know your typical rates for emulsion to ceilings and walls, gloss to woodwork etc.
You may even have a 'guess' at adding a bit to your 'normal' rates to cover for rates when you are travelling at distance to a job and have to allow for extra travel time and fuel for the van?
But what do you do when you have to calculate £/m2 and £/Lm rates for unusual/specialist paints such as Keim products, two-pack pa
Pricing Painting to Steelwork for Commercial Painting Contractors
7th AUG 2020
Painters often struggle pricing painting to steelwork especially if they rely on 'guesstimating' on days as their only method of pricing.
The reason for this is there's often lots of different steel components and at high level, so even if the painter can visit the site to view the works, their 'eye' is often deceived as to the amount of time required to complete the works.
The only accurate way to accurately price painting to steelwork is to measure the works and