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Flagship 07 · painting estimate spreadsheet
Painting Estimate Spreadsheet & Bid Calculator
Price preparation, coverage, labor, coatings, and access without hiding the margin.
Build interior or exterior painting estimates from measured scope, production assumptions, materials, equipment, and full job cost.
Built for: Painting contractors quoting residential, commercial, interior, exterior, repaint, and finish work.
Actual workbook dashboard · sample data shownShort workbook walkthrough
See the workflow before you buy.
This 15-second tour uses actual screens from the delivered workbook: dashboard, scope, cost engine, and proposal. Sample values are illustrative and should be replaced before commercial use.
Real workbook screenshots
Not a mockup. Not a blank template.
The images below show the shipped sample workbook with its active formulas, scope, cost engine, proposal, and dashboard.
Built around the real job pattern
Coverage-driven jobs where preparation, coats, occupied conditions, access, equipment, and coating choices control labor and cost.
- Wall, ceiling, door, frame, and trim quantities
- Prep level, coats, production, and complexity
- Paint, primer, sundries, protection, and equipment
- Occupied-work allowances, overhead, and true margin
A complete path to price
Four connected decisions.
Inputs stay separate from internal pricing and customer-facing output, so the estimate remains easier to check and explain.
Apply production and materials
Use editable labor tasks, coverage assumptions, coatings, consumables, and equipment.
Price the whole job
Include burden, travel, lift or scaffold, warranty, overhead, and job-specific allowances.
Send a clear scope
Create a one-page proposal that summarizes surfaces, conditions, included work, price, and terms.
Included worked example
Open the workbook with a complete job already inside.
“Occupied commercial interior repaint covering 8,400 sq. ft. of walls plus ceilings, doors, frames, and trim with phased after-hours work.”
The sample exists to make the workflow understandable. Replace all sample companies, rates, quantities, costs, taxes, and assumptions before using the workbook for a real quote.
Questions before purchase
Know what the workbook does—and what it does not.
Can it price interior and exterior painting?
Yes. The labor and material catalogs cover common interior, exterior, preparation, coating, trim, and closeout tasks.
Can I change coverage and production rates?
Yes. Replace the sample labor hours, production assumptions, unit costs, and material quantities with your own verified values.
Does it account for occupied or difficult-access work?
Complexity factors, equipment, site protection, schedule notes, and job allowances can be adjusted for the actual conditions.
Painting Contractor EstimatePro
Price the work. Protect the margin.
Receive the Excel, Google Sheets-ready, and Apple Numbers-ready editions plus the illustrated user guide.