AHS said:
I have 60 different 12x10 decks with no steps to bid on for a property manager. How much would you charge per deck to pressure wash and stain. This includes spindles, rails and floors. I'm new to bidding these type of projects, I came up with $425 each but it seems to high to me. What do you think. :Thumbs:
For a home owner with just one deck it sounds about right, for a condo complex with 60 decks it will be to high (in my area of the mid west that is) This is assuming you are cleaning and not stripping the failed finish and applying 1 coat of a contractor grade semi transparent stain/ preservative.
I just lost a bid last month at for a complex at the Lake of the Ozarks for 15,000 square foot clean and seal (almost all of it was cat walks and railing). I only bid it at $9,000, because I am a wholesale distributor for deck restoration products and wanted them showcased, and I still lost the damn thing.
Here is a very simple and very rough estimating sheet that I have been working on. It is still being tweaked and is far from perfect. As you can tell it was not designed for multiple levels of decks, but more for organizing my notes in the office before writing the proposal. This is for my area of the country. As you know already some people charge more....some less.
This estimating sheet assumes that you are applying a commercial grade deck cleaner or stripper such as HD80, power washing with no more than 900 PSI, and low pressure spraying/ back brushing 1 coat of contractor grade semi transparent oil based sealant like Wood Tux.
Floor
Length_________ x Width__________= _______ Square Foot
Hand Rail (sealing all sides of the spindles, hand rail cap/ trim piece, upper post and band board)
Length__________ x 5 =________Square Foot
Support Posts (only portion below band board to the ground)
Length__________ x 2 =________Square Foot
Stairs (up to 4’ wide with up to 3 stair stringers factored)
Number of Steps__________ x 15 =________Square Foot
Pricing
Total Square Footage____________x $1.50 labor and material = $___________
Miscellaneous Add On’s
~ Moving items off of the deck and back on after completion = $5 + for each item moved
~ Extra masking or tarping due to extenuating circumstances = $75 +
~ No exterior access available or access is extremely difficult = $100 +
~ Multiple layers of unknown stain, paint or acrylic sealer = $150 +
~ Extremely hard to please customer = $100 +
~ Very expensive flowers or bushes right next to the deck = $100 +
Best of Luck
Jesse R. Kirchhoff
Advanced Power Washing and Restoration Services LLC
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