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Saturday, April 23, 2011
The square foot method of estimating a paint job is probably the dumbest way to estimate a paint job in interior house paint prices in Riverwoods. It just seems like the dumbest method. The Square Foot Method warrants acknowledgment, if for no other reason than to point out that although a great many painters subscribe to this method, it really is quite a stupid way to arrive at a price for a paint job.
If someone estimates these rooms using the square foot method, they will arrive at the same price because both rooms have exactly the same square footage of floor. But you will see that the latter room has more than double the square footage of wall, and that both the ceiling and the extra square footage of wall are at twice the height of the first room, entailing much longer times to paint these areas. Also the time to paint a French Door is double the time to paint a flush door, and the second room has six doors while the first has two. Obviously, estimating a room by the square footage of floor is a very inaccurate method of estimating an interior paint job.
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