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re: TIL: Why Painters Charge So Much
Posted on 12/7/21 at 10:34 am to Drunken Crawfish
Posted on 12/7/21 at 10:34 am to Drunken Crawfish
My wife does little to no home maintenance type projects, except she does ALL the painting.
I'm good with this arrangement.
I hate painting.
I'm good with this arrangement.
I hate painting.
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Posted on 12/7/21 at 10:45 am to Drunken Crawfish
I painted the entire exterior of a historic 3 story home for a summer in college. took me all summer and i hired 2 helpers. i probably made $10k (huge money at the time!) but now i realize now that i was maybe 1/4 of the cost of paying real painters 
Posted on 12/7/21 at 11:40 am to YOURADHERE
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we are doing damn near a full interior repaint minus trim/moldings, walls and ceilings
So what your idea of "...near full interior repaint...." is appropriately 35% of the actual job. Lol.
Posted on 12/7/21 at 12:17 pm to VolunGator
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we are doing damn near a full interior repaint minus trim/moldings, walls and ceilings
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So what your idea of "...near full interior repaint...." is appropriately 35% of the actual job
If you aren't painting "trim, moldings, walls or ceilings", what is left for the 35%? Doors?
Posted on 12/7/21 at 1:36 pm to JPLSU1981
Jesus.
WHen we moved into our 3200 square foot home with a two story entryway it was 100% builders beige walls and ceiling. Every square inch of it. We had ceilings painted white and all walls painted at it was $3200.
WHen we moved into our 3200 square foot home with a two story entryway it was 100% builders beige walls and ceiling. Every square inch of it. We had ceilings painted white and all walls painted at it was $3200.
Posted on 12/7/21 at 1:50 pm to Drunken Crawfish
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It took me three weeks of sporadic nights and afternoons to finish.
What was your quote? Painting is often times very high. Paint has also gone up some.
But I mean 3 weeks of nights and afternoons you are talking what maybe 60 hours of work? 60 hours x $50/ hour= $3,000 in labor cost. Now $50/ hour maybe questionable but that's also a hell of a lot for a side hustle job.
The key to painting is proper prep and prepping new construction or a remodel is often a PITA.
Posted on 12/7/21 at 1:51 pm to VolunGator
I suppose I worded it weird, we're painting ceilings throughout the house and walls in every room except laundry room and maybe the office, trim and molding is already white so we're leaving that alone. The house was built in the early 2000s so it has color matched ceilings throughout. 
ETA: I'm a cheap bastard and DIY as much crap as I can.
ETA: I'm a cheap bastard and DIY as much crap as I can.
This post was edited on 12/7/21 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 12/7/21 at 3:11 pm to JPLSU1981
Painting is pretty easy. It sucks but easy to do.
Posted on 12/7/21 at 4:39 pm to Drunken Crawfish
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A divorce would be less effort.
Probably more expensive though
Posted on 12/7/21 at 6:32 pm to shadowdancer
Never have I met a sober painter.....
Posted on 12/7/21 at 8:22 pm to Odinson
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I paid $30k to have entire interior of my house painted. Pretty steep but was worth it imo.
Huh, I got the entire inside of my house including cabinets done for 10k.
I take that back. It was 11.5k because we bought the paint
This post was edited on 12/7/21 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 12/7/21 at 8:25 pm to Drunken Crawfish
I leave painting and drywall to the experts....
Posted on 12/8/21 at 7:08 am to Drunken Crawfish
Wife and I need to clean and paint our baseboards, interior doors, and trim. Dreading it.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:14 pm to Drunken Crawfish
This the house that had the crappy concrete work? If it is that space looks nice.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:19 pm to Drunken Crawfish
Flooring and painting. Two things I will always pay a pro to do.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:23 pm to HarsiningHard
I love painting. Maybe I should start a business.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 5:37 am to GatorReb
Was it a new build? If so, The painter taped off the windows and sprayed everything. Probably took him 5 days max. No fixtures, cabinets, or floors. Spray all trim and do doors in the centers of rooms, spray all walls and ceilings, cut walls and ceilings, throw away plastic and tape, leave lots of overspray on the floors, leave unused paint for owner to touchup once the rest of construction is done. Profit?!?
Posted on 12/9/21 at 9:20 am to holmesbr
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This the house that had the crappy concrete work? If it is that space looks nice.
Ha, thankfully no. The guys doing this have been A+, except the painter.
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Wagner HVLP Sprayers
What model did you get? Those things look like they are worth every penny from the videos I have seen.
This post was edited on 12/9/21 at 9:23 am
Posted on 12/11/21 at 5:53 pm to YOURADHERE
I enjoy painting interior rooms in my house. A couple of years ago I painted the entire interior of my in-laws’ house, including trim work. It took me 8 days. It was very satisfying.
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