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.
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
Measure the trim
Measure the linear feet of trim and baseboards. Trim runs ~$5/ft and baseboards ~$4/ft, materials and labor included.
Price doors and baseboards
A door runs ~$150. Use the Trim and Door Painting Cost Calculator to build the quote, then add hardware protection.
Check the total
Your total should land within 10% of the calculator output before markup. Confirm whether windows are included.