Exterior metal enamel
$2.08 / SF
Exterior metal enamel costs about $2.08 per square foot installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
PT-039 · MasterFormat 09 91 00 · SF
What’s in this rate
This unit is painting one square foot of exterior metal (doors, lintels, or frames) with enamel. The painter preps lightly, applies enamel, and leaves a weatherable finish. The rate is per square foot of metal face. Structural steel field enamel and primer-only metal are separate units.
Includes
- exterior metal enamel with waste
- light scuff / clean
- brush / roll / spray apply
- small tools
Excludes
- structural steel enamel field (see paint-structural-steel-enamel)
- metal primer only (see paint-primer-metal)
- blast / heavy prep
Build-up
- Labor 0.03 hr × $43.00 wage and burden
- $1.29
- Material and small tools
- $0.43
- Direct rate (labor, material, and tools)
- $1.72 / SF
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $0.17
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $0.19
- Loaded rate
- $2.08 / SF
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