Average rates for painting - Resene

Resene Professional development programmeInterior new workPainting interior doors and their frames requires time and skill compared to many other tasks andcurrently costings are averaged against three well proven methods.(a) is the average pricing needed to undertake the preparation and painting on site, mostly brushingand rolling (mostly indicative that most sealer is applied by spray conjointly with other surfaces.(b) is the average where the doors are stripped, removed off site and booth sprayed, returned and hung.Although the costs per door are attractive, by the time and frame and fittings etc are properly allowed forthe costs add up!(c) covers those people that are spraying all the coatings ‘in situ’! Painters using this method have theirown substitute hinges so that the doors can be included with the frames. Monocolours (i.e. door andframe the same) will save more money. This system works best with waterborne coatings (such asResene Lustacryl) because overspray can be easily covered with adjacent wall finishes.Overheight doors are difficult to handle and are also often ‘solid cored’ so be very careful whentaking these off – they can be heavy!Each fire door (used in apartments, hotels, motels and hospitals) has an individual matching certification plateon both door and frame – (don’t take off!). There is also a rebated frame detail filled with a smoke seal. Thismust be carefully kept clean of all paint, and of course, the doors are very heavy to handle.13