Baseboard Installation Pricing Per Lineal Foot

Brendakeen

Hi guys,

I need a reality check to make sure we are not losing money. What do you charge for baseboard installation by the lineal foot if the customer buys materials?

Joewho

Painters don't usually install base.

TonyD

I would charge about $50 to install 1 lineal foot of baseboard.

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Hammatime

I don't price by lin/ft. You have to look at the whole job, how many corners, angles, doorways, can I cut inside, do I have to cut outside and bring up 2 flights of stairs. Is it stained wood, primed or MDF? There is a lot more to it than lin/ft.

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Brushslingers

Installation or paint?

Installing I charge 2.25 per linear plus a buck a corner, unless its stain.

Paint I charge 1.20 per linear.

Providing that materials are supplied.

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DaveTap

Easy... $60/hr plus materials...
baseboard heat $60/hr plus materials... but it usually takes longer LOL

DaveTap

Do you give a bulk discount for 2 feet?

Brendakeen

We are bidding installation and paint.

I haven't counted the corners...

Mike Meyering

Like brushslingers (who posted above), we are in NW Florida, and have bid some paint-grade base @ about his $1.20. We bid it at $1.25/lin. ft., for 36 townhomes that are metal stud framed and 2nd and 3rd floor, with room to set up and cut on the 2nd floor. Our price was based on 3 1/4" base, but it is 6". Contract not yet signed. Any suggestions for price for labor, glue and nails? Looks like about 90 pieces of trim, 330 linear ft./unit. No bullnose, no scribe to fit tile, and they accept our Florida Worker's comp exemptions.

Thanks,

Mike Meyering

TonyD

Oh yeah the price for any additional feet drops considerably.

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