◆ Painting template · Starter and up

Painting estimates by the room, with wall area that adds itself up.

Paint is bought by the square foot of wall, sold by the room, and estimated on the back of a card. Estiquik's painting template prices each room separately — living and dining, kitchen, bedrooms each, bathrooms each, trim and doors and ceilings for the whole house, and the exterior — so a six-room quote is six short lists, not one long guess.

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✓ No card to start ✓ 29 priced lines, all editable ✓ CAD or USD, tax by region

An Estiquik painting estimate open in the app, with priced line items and the totals panel

Sample estimate from the live demo

Twenty-nine lines, six rooms

What is on the painting template

Every line below arrives with a starting price scaled to your province or state. Quantities are the template's defaults — you change them to the job. Prices are deliberately not shown here, because yours will differ from ours and the point is that they are editable.

Living / Dining Room7 lines

Line item	Category	Default quantity
Paint — walls (2 coats)	Materials	450 sq ft
Primer (bare drywall/patches)	Materials	1 lot
Ceiling paint	Materials	300 sq ft
Tape, drop cloths, supplies	Materials	1 lot
Wall prep + patching	Labour	1 lot
Wall + ceiling painting labour	Labour	450 sq ft
Trim + baseboard painting	Labour	140 lin ft

Kitchen5 lines

Line item	Category	Default quantity
Paint — walls	Materials	180 sq ft
Cabinet paint/refinish kit	Materials	1 lot
Wall prep + patching	Labour	1 lot
Wall painting labour	Labour	180 sq ft
Cabinet painting labour	Labour	1 lot

Bedrooms (each)5 lines

Line item	Category	Default quantity
Paint — walls	Materials	130 sq ft
Ceiling paint	Materials	120 sq ft
Wall prep + patching	Labour	1 lot
Painting labour	Labour	130 sq ft
Trim painting	Labour	45 lin ft

Bathrooms (each)3 lines

Line item	Category	Default quantity
Moisture-resistant paint	Materials	90 sq ft
Wall prep + patching	Labour	1 lot
Painting labour	Labour	90 sq ft

Trim, Doors & Ceilings (whole house)5 lines

Line item	Category	Default quantity
Trim / baseboard paint	Materials	1 lot
Door paint (per door)	Materials	6 ea
Ceiling paint (whole house)	Materials	1 lot
Door painting labour	Labour	6 ea
Ceiling painting labour	Labour	1 lot

Exterior4 lines

Line item	Category	Default quantity
Exterior paint	Materials	2000 sq ft
Caulking + prep supplies	Materials	1 lot
Power washing / scraping prep	Labour	1 lot
Exterior painting labour	Labour	2000 sq ft

Line items as shipped in Estiquik's Painting Project template on 7 September 2026. Contingency defaults to 10% on this template; markup and tax are yours. How the whole estimate is built.

How the price is built

Starting prices, your corrections, your markup

The painting template ships with 29 line items across six rooms: living and dining, kitchen, bedrooms (each), bathrooms (each), trim, doors and ceilings for the whole house, and the exterior. Paint and primer by the gallon or by the square foot covered, prep and patching, masking and protection, and labour by the room, each with a quantity, a unit and a researched starting price.

Prices are scaled by a regional index for your province or state and every one is editable. Contingency defaults to 10%, lower than the renovation templates, because paint has fewer hidden conditions — until you find the wallpaper under the wallpaper.

Contingency is applied to cost first, then your markup, then the tax for your region — GST, HST or PST by province, state tax in the US. The markup calculator shows what any markup really keeps as margin, and contingency vs markup explains why they are separate lines.

If there is a drawing

Take the quantities off the plan

Attach the PDF or a photo, set the scale, and the plan takeoff sends measured quantities to these lines with the prices left for you. For this job type, the measurements that matter:

Wall area per room

trace the walls once, set the ceiling height, and the run becomes square feet — both sides for a partition you are painting both sides of.

Ceilings

the room area; the template's ceiling line is priced per square foot.

Trim and baseboard

linear feet from the same wall trace, both sides of a partition.

Doors and windows

counted from the schedule; deduct them from paint only if you want to be exact — most painters do not.

After the number

From estimate to paid, without retyping

Send

Email it with an Approve button

Or a signing link. The client signs from their phone; name, time and document fingerprint are recorded. Follow-ups go out automatically on Pro.

Contract

Draft the contract from the estimate

Scope, payment schedule with deposit, draws and holdback, change-order clause. E-signed and filed with the job.

Changes

Change orders, priced and signed

The extra pot lights, the upgraded tile. Each one rolls into a revised contract value, so the final invoice is never a surprise.

Paid

Invoice each stage in a click

Deposit, draws and completion from the schedule on the estimate, with a Pay by card button through your own Stripe and e-Transfers recorded.

Before you ask

Questions contractors ask

How much does interior painting cost to estimate with this?

No single number. The template prices each room at starting rates for your region; measure the walls, correct the rates to your own, and the total is yours. Painters who track estimate against actual for five jobs have a better rate than any published figure.

Does it handle exterior work?

Yes. The exterior is its own room on the template with siding, trim, prep and lift or scaffold lines, so an interior-plus-exterior job is one estimate with two sections.

Can I price by the square foot instead of the room?

Yes. Change any line's unit to square feet and the quantity to the measured wall area, or keep the per-room lump sums — both are honest, and the estimate prints the way you set it.

Do I need a drawing?

No. Most painting estimates are measured on site with a laser; type the areas into the template. If the client has a plan, the takeoff traces the walls and does the height maths for you.

Which plan is the painting template on?

Starter and up, at $19.99 (CA$24.99). Plan takeoff is on Pro.