Example quote: a warehouse bay floor
Same trade, same price book, a floor four and a half times the size.
| Surface prep and diamond grinding | $3,000.00 |
| Moisture-tolerant primer | $2,280.00 |
| Epoxy base coat, 100% solids | $8,400.00 |
| Crack and joint repair | $720.00 |
| Drain and penetration detail | $170.00 |
| Trip charge | $95.00 |
| Subtotal | $14,665.00 |
| Sales tax 8.25%, on the taxable lines ($11,400.00) | $940.50 |
| Total | $15,605.50 |
An example, not a price list. The customer is invented. Every rate above is a row from the price book a new warehouse bay coating account is seeded with, and the first thing you would do in the app is replace them with yours -- which is why the total is a shape to compare against, not a quote for your job.
The same trade, four and a half times the floor
2,400 square feet instead of 528, and the price per square foot falls -- not because the work is cheaper per foot but because mobilisation is one line either way and there is no cove base around a bay the forklifts use. Put the two examples side by side and you have the answer to "why is my garage more per foot than a warehouse", which is a question every coating contractor is asked.
Primer instead of flake
A solid colour floor over a slab on grade wants a moisture-tolerant primer more than it wants decoration. The flake and the polyaspartic come off, the primer goes on, and the system is three coats rather than four.
Moisture is a test, not an assumption
Nothing in this quote survives a slab that is passing vapour. On a floor this size that is a test before the number, not a hope after it -- there is a guide to it.