Serving Your Painting and Drywall Needs in the Dallas / Ft. Worth Metro

At Rangers Painting and Drywall, ware licensed painters and color consultants with a great deal of expertise in accurately estimating residential and commercial painting projects. If painting is an art, then estimating is an art on its own as well! We’ve been estimating projects for years, building the skills to consistently and accurately estimate projects, which makes the entire process of delivering an outstanding result to our customers run smooth and easy.

Can you get a lower bid on pretty much any project if you call another painting or drywall contractor out to give you an estimate? Of course you can! Does that mean you will still get the same high-quality result you expect? Not necessarily. In addition, may contractors who underbid at the outset will come back to you over and over again seeking a larger budget, or just deliver a poor quality result that you will not be happy with. 

To give you an idea of how our estimating system works, we break every piece of the project down to the smallest components to ensure that all of our expenses are accounted for in our own books.  

Trust me, even for professionals like us, if we walk into a large open space and are asked to estimate a price for ceilings, walls, trims doors, and everything else, it can be overwhelming to say the least. Nevertheless, we are constantly asked to give “ballpark” estimates not just on larger open spaces in residences and commercial spaces, but for entire homes and office buildings. The trouble here is that anytime we give a “ballpark” estimate, the customer almost always will not budge from that number, either believing that we are attempting to rip them off if they believe the number is too high, or they try to hold us to that number if we complete an in-depth estimate and it comes out higher. 

There are a great many variables that we must consider in the bid and estimating process. For example, let’s say everything in a room were to be painted the exact same color, with the same paint. In that case, it’s going to take a lot less time and resources to complete the project than it would if the ceiling, walls, and mouldings were all different paints and paint colors. The amount of time and effort required in cutting between colors is significant compared to a space that is painted all the same color and paint. Most of the time, we are asked to provide an estimate before any color or paint finishes have been determined.

In terms of estimating a project by square foot, this can be very complicated because measuring the areas that need to be painted and doing the math to come up with the estimate number is time consuming and the math can be insane for most people to process. 

The type of room to be painted also has a huge impact on an estimate. A large family room in an open floor design with one color and paint type requires much less effort than painting the bathrooms where walls are likely to be different colors than the ceiling and the intimacy of the space requires a great deal more brushwork. Doors and trim are other considerations and all of this affects the amount of work we are able to complete within a certain time-frame and therefore affects the final price we will quote. 

These are just some initial considerations to take into account when you are out looking for estimates and bids. At Rangers Painting and Drywall, we work with you to get the right information so we can give you an accurate bid that we can stand behind. Working off of “ballpark” estimates does not serve the customer or the health of our company. 

We are here for you and ready to work with you to make your painting projects a reality!