{"id":9893,"date":"2026-11-06T07:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T07:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/?p=9893"},"modified":"2026-11-06T07:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T07:28:28","slug":"polyurethane-floor-coating-cost-per-square-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/id\/polyurethane-floor-coating-cost-per-square-foot.html","title":{"rendered":"Polyurethane Floor Coating Cost per Square Foot: 2026 Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2026, a polyurethane floor coating cost per square foot falls between 1.00 and 8.80 dollars, and the spread comes from thickness and preparation rather than from brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This breakdown separates the four numbers that make up every quotation, gives installed ranges by system, and shows how preparation cost and labour cost move the answer on a real building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-does-the-number-have-to-include-to-be-useful\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does the number have to include to be useful?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A polyurethane floor coating cost per square foot is only comparable when it covers preparation, primer, body coat, topcoat and site setup. Quotes that omit preparation are not cheaper, they are incomplete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same floor can be priced at three levels on the same day. The difference is usually the thickness, the preparation method, or whether the plant is empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A quote that fits on one line is not a price, it is a placeholder, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/id\/industrial-polyurethane-floor-coating.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how thickness is specified<\/a> is the first line it should carry. The useful document lists the build-up, the preparation method and the conditions, and then adds up to a number the client can test against another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polyurethane-floor-coating-cost-breakdown-chart.jpg\" alt=\"Stacked bar chart of preparation, material, labour and setup shares\" class=\"wp-image-9867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polyurethane-floor-coating-cost-breakdown-chart.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polyurethane-floor-coating-cost-breakdown-chart-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polyurethane-floor-coating-cost-breakdown-chart-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polyurethane-floor-coating-cost-breakdown-chart-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polyurethane-floor-coating-cost-breakdown-chart-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Figure 1: the four cost shares as one stacked block, in the order a quote shows them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where a client needs a figure before a survey, the honest answer is a band with its assumptions printed beside it: thickness, preparation method, access, and whether the plant is empty. A band with four assumptions can be narrowed in one conversation; a single number without them will be renegotiated on site, and the renegotiation always runs one way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything below is stated as an installed range per square metre and converted, because most of the world prices in square metres and most North American clients budget in square feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a quote arrives without the unit stated, ask. A coating price of 12 dollars is cheap per square metre and impossible per square foot, and the mistake is made more often than it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-are-the-four-numbers-inside-every-quotation\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the four numbers inside every quotation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preparation, material, labour and mobilisation. In a typical wet-area floor they split roughly 20, 35, 35 and 10 per cent of the installed price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those shares shift with scale. On a 2,000 square metre new build, material and labour dominate; on a 120 square metre repair, the fixed costs dominate and the percentages become meaningless. What does not change is the order of magnitude: a square metre of good polyurethane floor costs less than a shift of lost production in most plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Table 1: Where the money goes on a 3 mm polyurethane floor, per cent of installed cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Element<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Share<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Driven by<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th scope=\"row\">Persiapan<\/th><td>15 to 25<\/td><td>Slab condition, contamination, access<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Bahan<\/th><td>30 to 40<\/td><td>Thickness, binder content, aggregate<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Labour<\/th><td>30 to 40<\/td><td>Programme, shift pattern, detailing<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Site setup<\/th><td>5 to 15<\/td><td>Distance, plant access, small area<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The material cost is the easiest to quote and the least variable. Preparation is where two bidders can differ by a factor of three and both be telling the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is why we ask for the preparation method rather than a price for it. Grind and prime covers everything from a single pass to a full scarify and repair, and the two are not the same preparation cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same applies to crack repair. Filling twenty linear metres of shrinkage crack is a real polyurethane floor coating cost per square foot item, and leaving it out is the most common way a bid becomes 15 per cent cheaper than the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"material-cost-what-a-bucket-actually-covers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Material cost: what a bucket actually covers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Material cost for a polyurethane system runs from about 9 to 35 dollars per square metre depending on build. A 0.4 mm seal coat sits at the bottom; a 6 mm mortar sits at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coverage figures on a datasheet assume a smooth, non-porous substrate. On a blasted slab the first coat disappears into the profile, and the real consumption is 15 to 25 per cent higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is why a square metre rate quoted from a datasheet and a rate quoted from experience differ. The experienced number includes the primer that soaked in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aggregate is the other quiet line. A broadcast floor consumes 2 to 4 kilograms per square metre of grit, which is a real material cost item and is often omitted from a first estimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Packaging and waste belong in the material cost line, not in a contingency. Twenty-kilogram bags and part-used kits mean a small job pays for material it cannot consume, and a broadcast floor consumes grit at a stated rate per square metre. Pricing that waste separately makes a bid comparable; leaving it inside a rate makes two identical floors look different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"labour-cost-is-the-largest-variable\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Labour cost is the largest variable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Labour cost depends on access and programme more than on area. A 500 square metre open hall is fast; the same area split into six rooms with racking is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Night shifts add 20 to 40 per cent to labour and often save more than that in lost production. That trade is the client&#8217;s to make, and it should be priced as a separate line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detailing is invisible in a square metre rate. Coves, drains, plinths and thresholds are priced per linear metre, and a wet room can carry 40 metres of them; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/id\/polyurethane-floor-coating-for-warehouse.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warehouse aisle traffic<\/a> needs almost none, which is why the same rate cannot serve both rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detailing also constrains the programme. A drain connection needs the surrounding floor to be finished and cured before the gully is set, which adds a day that no square metre rate shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"mobilisation-and-why-small-jobs-cost-more-per-foot\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mobilisation, and why small jobs cost more per foot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mobilisation covers moving plant, materials and crew to site. It is roughly fixed, so it dominates a small job and disappears inside a large one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most contractors carry a minimum charge equivalent to 100 to 200 square metres. Below that, the PU floor cost per sq ft is driven by the trip rather than by the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Distance matters less than access. A site ninety minutes away with a loading bay is cheaper to serve than one 20 minutes away with a lift and a corridor, and the coating price reflects that asymmetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where a plant can batch several rooms into one visit, the saving is often larger than any negotiation on the coating price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-do-square-feet-and-square-metres-compare\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do square feet and square metres compare?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One square metre is 10.76 square feet. Divide a square metre rate by 10.76 to get the figure most North American budgets use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A budget per m2 of 30 dollars per square metre is about 2.80 dollars per square foot. If a quote in square feet looks half the price, check whether it is per coat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A budget per m2 built from a per-coat price is honest only if the number of coats is stated. One coat of 1.5 mm and two coats of 0.75 mm carry the same headline thickness and different performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where the rate is quoted per coat, multiply it before comparing it with an installed figure for the whole system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currency, duty and tax belong on the same page as the rate. An ex-works price and an installed price are not in the same units, and the gap between markets is often wider than the gap between two contractors in one city. Ask for the incoterm, the currency and the date the price holds until.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Area is measured, not estimated from a drawing. A take-off omits the upstand at every plinth and the return at every doorway, and those returns are where a cove is priced. On a racked room the difference can reach ten per cent, which is enough to make the cheapest bid look expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"a-worked-example-500-square-metres-3-mm\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A worked example: 500 square metres, 3 mm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a food plant filling hall, sound slab, 500 square metres, diamond ground, one primer, 3 mm self-smoothing polyurethane, broadcast and sealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Table 2: Worked example, 500 m2, 3 mm self-smoothing polyurethane, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Baris<\/th><th scope=\"col\">USD per m2<\/th><th scope=\"col\">USD per sq ft<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Total<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th scope=\"row\">Preparation, grinding and crack repair<\/th><td>7.00<\/td><td>0.65<\/td><td>3,500<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Primer<\/th><td>4.00<\/td><td>0.37<\/td><td>2,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">3 mm body coat<\/th><td>22.00<\/td><td>2.04<\/td><td>11,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Broadcast and seal<\/th><td>6.00<\/td><td>0.56<\/td><td>3,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Site setup and detailing<\/th><td>3.00<\/td><td>0.28<\/td><td>1,500<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Total<\/th><td>42.00<\/td><td>3.90<\/td><td>21,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take the 42 dollars per square metre from table 2 and apply it to a larger hall. At 600 square metres the material, labour and preparation come to 25,200 dollars before detailing, and the same area split into three rooms adds the linear metres at every doorway plus a second visit. The rate did not change; the total did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is a mid-range number for a straightforward building. Add a night shift, a live plant or significant removal, and the polyurethane floor coating cost per square foot moves by a third without anything changing in the resin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also shows the value of a second mobilisation. Where a plant can release two rooms 3 months apart, the PU floor cost per sq ft per square foot usually falls, because the setup is shared and the crew already knows the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is the argument for a two-stage tender rather than a single price. Staging lets a plant buy the same crew twice at a declining setup cost, and it spreads the budget per m2 across two budget years instead of one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same logic applies to a whole site. A plant that replaces floors room by room over 4 years usually spends less in total than one that waits for a single shutdown, because each replacement teaches the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-pushes-a-quote-up\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What pushes a quote up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five items account for most of the variance: contamination, moisture, access, programme and removal of an existing floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil-soaked concrete can double the preparation cost, because the area has to be degreased and sometimes scarified more than once before a primer will bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moisture is the second. A slab reading above the primer limit needs a surface membrane, which adds both material and a day, and the preparation cost rises before any resin is ordered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Temperature sits behind both. A cold building slows cure, which lengthens the programme and the labour line, and in winter that effect is larger than any difference between suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where heating is unavailable, the practical options are a faster resin or a longer window. Both cost money, and a quotation that assumes neither will be the one amended on site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pu-floor-cost-per-m2-by-thickness.jpg\" alt=\"Installed cost against thickness for seal coat, self-smoothing and mortar systems\" class=\"wp-image-9868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pu-floor-cost-per-m2-by-thickness.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pu-floor-cost-per-m2-by-thickness-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pu-floor-cost-per-m2-by-thickness-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pu-floor-cost-per-m2-by-thickness-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pu-floor-cost-per-m2-by-thickness-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Figure 2: cost rises with thickness faster than service life does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A high coating price is not automatically a bad quote. It often describes a building the cheaper bidder has not visited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where two quotes differ by more than 40 per cent, the usual explanation is not margin. It is a different preparation method, a different thickness, or an assumption that the plant will be empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-pushes-a-quote-down-and-what-does-it-cost-later\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What pushes a quote down, and what does it cost later?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three levers are thickness, preparation and the number of coats. Each one has a consequence that appears in year three rather than at handover. Add the shutdown to the total rather than to a footnote. A floor that cures overnight in a chilled room can cost more per square metre and less per project than a cheaper one that keeps the line down for two nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cutting a 4 mm build to 2 mm saves about 12 dollars per square metre and halves the time to wear-through under forklift traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Removing coats is the third. A two-coat system reduced to one saves perhaps 15 per cent, and the coating price looks better until the first winter washdown lifts the single film at the cove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A quote that looks 30 per cent cheaper is usually a different floor. The question to ask is which of the five cost drivers was assumed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A useful discipline is to price the floor twice: once as specified and once at the thickness the load actually needs. The gap is the risk the buyer is taking, expressed in money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also gives the client a number for the conversation about frequency. A floor that costs twice as much and lasts twice as long is a different proposition from one that costs twice as much and lasts a bit longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"reading-three-quotes-side-by-side\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reading three quotes side by side<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turn the PU floor cost per sq ft into a total before you compare it. Multiply area by the zone rate, add the trip once per visit, add detailing at its linear rate, then divide by area for the blended figure. A small room and a large hall never share a blended rate, because the trip is spread over a fraction of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below the minimum charge, the square metre figure stops describing the work. Price the trip separately and compare trips, otherwise a small room is judged against a hall and loses on arithmetic rather than on quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Put the four elements in rows and the bidders in columns. Any cell without a number is a question, and the polyurethane floor coating cost per square foot becomes comparable once the rows are full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask each bidder to state the preparation cost separately. It is the line most often left vague, and the one that decides whether the finished floor bonds or lifts in sheets after the first season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then add the conditions: shift, access, water and power. Two quotes for the same floor in different conditions are two different offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, ask what is excluded. Exclusions are where the budget per m2 grows after the contract is signed, and they are always cheaper to discuss before. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jinyupaint.com\/id\/food-grade-polyurethane-flooring.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The audit requirements in a food plant<\/a> are the usual source of a clause that was never priced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One exclusion deserves particular attention: who pays if a moisture test fails after the contract is signed. If the answer is the client, the PU floor cost per sq ft is not the number on the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retention and payment terms move the effective price as much as the rate does. A bid at a lower rate with a long retention period can cost more across a budget year than a higher rate paid on completion, and that comparison belongs in the same table as the square metre figure. If you have to defend the number to a board, take the blended figure and the four assumptions with you; the rate on its own will not survive the first question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of this is unusual in the industry. It is simply cheaper to read a quotation line by line before signing than to discover the missing line when the first moisture reading fails. That habit costs an hour of careful reading and usually saves more than any negotiation that follows it. Across the quotations we have reviewed, the lines that were missing were worth five to ten per cent of the contract value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Table 3: What each quotation line should actually say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Baris<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Accept only if it states<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Problem if missing<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th scope=\"row\">Persiapan<\/th><td>Method, passes, profile grade<\/td><td>Bond failure blamed on the resin<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Primer<\/th><td>Product type and coverage<\/td><td>Hidden moisture risk<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Body coat<\/th><td>Thickness per coat and number of coats<\/td><td>Two quotes for different floors<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Detailing<\/th><td>Linear metres of cove, drain, plinth<\/td><td>Scope argument at handover<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Conditions<\/th><td>Shift, access, temperature<\/td><td>Price drift after award<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"faq\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pertanyaan yang Sering Diajukan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-much-does-polyurethane-floor-coating-cost-per-square-foot\">How much does polyurethane floor coating cost per square foot?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between 1.00 and 8.80 dollars installed in 2026, with a 3 mm self-smoothing floor near 3.90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-is-the-cost-per-square-foot-range-so-wide-for-the-same-specification\">Why is the cost per square foot range so wide for the same specification?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thickness and preparation. The same area can need grinding or full removal, and a 2 mm build uses a third of the material of a 6 mm one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"is-material-or-labour-the-bigger-cost\">Is material or labour the bigger cost?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are close, at roughly 35 per cent each on a normal floor. On small jobs the fixed setup cost overtakes both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-much-does-preparation-add\">How much does preparation add?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diamond grinding adds 4 to 9 dollars per square metre, captive blasting 6 to 12. Contaminated slabs can double that again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-fair-minimum-job-size\">What is a fair minimum job size?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 150 square metres. Below that the mobilisation dominates and the square metre rate stops meaning much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"does-a-night-shift-cost-more\">Does a night shift cost more?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Labour rises 20 to 40 per cent, and most plants find the saved production is worth more than the premium. It should be a separate line, not hidden in the rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-do-i-compare-quotes-when-one-is-per-coat-in-square-feet-and-the-other-installed-in-square-metres\">How do I compare quotes when one is per coat in square feet and the other installed in square metres?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convert to dollars per square metre installed, including preparation, and check whether the number covers one coat or the full system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"why-buyers-ask-kaida-paint-to-price-per-square-metre\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why buyers ask Kaida Paint to price per square metre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaida Paint prices in square metres and publishes the build behind the number, so a polyurethane floor coating cost per square foot can be checked line by line against another supplier. We quote preparation, material and labour cost separately, which makes the comparison honest and the exclusions visible. For a project with several rooms we price each room on the same basis, so the figure becomes a decision the client can defend to their own board rather than a number to negotiate.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, a polyurethane floor coating cost per square foot falls between 1.00 and 8.80 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