PAINTING

How to Estimate Trim and Door Painting

Contractor method for estimating interior trim, baseboard and door painting.

Trim jobs fail on the doors and the baseboards. The linear footage is easy math; the doors, the trim and the baseboards are separate lines that grow the quote.

THE SHORT ANSWER

How do you estimate trim and door painting?

Count the doors (~$150 each), measure the trim (~$5/ft) and baseboards (~$4/ft). A 10-door house with 100 ft of trim runs about $2,400.

01

Count the doors

Count every interior door to paint. Glazed doors cost more. Confirm the condition — a door needing filling runs higher.

  • Count interior doors
  • Note glazed vs solid
  • Check the condition
  • Count frames separately
02

Measure the trim

Measure the linear feet of trim and baseboards. Trim runs ~$5/ft and baseboards ~$4/ft, materials and labor included.

03

Price doors and baseboards

A door runs ~$150. Use the Trim and Door Painting Cost Calculator to build the quote, then add hardware protection.

04

Check the total

Your total should land within 10% of the calculator output before markup. Confirm whether windows are included.

TRY THE TOOL

JOB INPUTS

Enter your numbers

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Number of doors to paint

Number of doors to paint

Linear feet of trim

Linear feet of trim

Include baseboards

Include baseboards
Results update automatically
CALCULATED RESULTUSD
Estimated total cost$2,400.00
Doors$1,500.00
Trim$500.00
Baseboards$400.00
FORMULA USED10 doors × $150.00 + 100.0 ft × $5.00 + baseboards = $2,400.00
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