Bidding Iron Fences

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How to Bid Fences? Everything You Need to Know to Start Bidding Any Fence Job.

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Iron fences, though having less surface area than wood fences, require similar labor due to extensive prep work. This includes wire brushing and scraping off rust, followed by applying a rust-inhibiting primer (like Rust-Oleum Industrial Enamel) and then an oil-based coating. The liability of using oil-based coatings and the potential for rust call-backs result in a higher charge. For iron fences, especially those around pools (where chemicals exacerbate rust), the panel rate is typically $40-$45.

Goal: Establish pricing for iron fence painting, considering specific material and prep requirements.

Tools and materials

Rust-Oleum Industrial Enamel Rust-Oleum — A rust-inhibiting primer and oil-based coating for iron fences
Scraper — Removing loose paint or rust from iron fences
Wire brush — Removing rust from iron fences

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So I'll just touch on iron fences too And we do, I don't do iron fences nearly as much But your typical iron fence A lot of them are just like a four feet high You know, other ones are in that Six to eight foot range high And they're typically about six inch Pickets, little tiny pickets Not nearly as much surface area You don't go through nearly as much product Like three to four times less product But the labor takes just as much Because just to get those each one of those little spindles Or pickets sprayed with an HVLB sprayer Just takes a lot of time and effort Usually have some rusting That you got a wire brush off And you got a prime So the labor and the time comes out To about the same as doing a wood fence Over the years It's been about the same amount of time Doing a section of iron fence versus a section of wood fence So all my additional charges Or charges that I charge less on Or more on on a wood fence I'll typically pertain to an iron fence Also so if the fence is a little bit lower Instead of $35 a panel I might be charging $30 a panel If it's just like a little small three foot fence That keeps it a dog or something like that Now if I do have an iron fence Very common we have them around pools here And so you have this six foot or eight foot fence Around a pool And a lot of times the chemicals around the pool Cause those iron fences to be extremely rusty So you got to do some wire brushing You got to do some scraping You got to do some rust inhibited primer And we're typically using an oil-based Coding like rustolium and dust-reel enamel On a fence like that And I can't stand spraying oils So I do charge more because of liability Do charge more because of the rust issues And you will end up getting callbacks On it more and likely So on iron fences I'm typically in the range Per panel around pools $40 to $45 per panel So that's an additional $5 to $10 per panel On a pool fence So I know when it comes to fences Once again like the fence behind me You get a lot of questions about over spray I got tips and tricks

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