Carter School of Estimating

Commercial Painting Estimating Course

Most painting estimates lose money long before the bid is submitted.

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10,000+ Estimators Trained
Teaching Since 1976
Family Roots to 1921
Estimating Systems Since 1981

If your pricing only works under perfect conditions, it is not pricing. It is guessing.

Most estimators are not losing money because they cannot do math. They are losing money because the assumptions behind their numbers are wrong.

Production rates copied from ideal conditions
No adjustment for real job conditions
Numbers that look right but fail in the field
  • Material quantities
  • Man days
  • Production rates
  • Difficulty factors
  • Overhead and profit
  • Complete estimate structure
Over 10,000 estimators trained.

Estimating has been taught in our family since 1976, with roots going back to 1921.

We built one of the first estimating systems in 1981.

This course is based on real production rates, real job conditions, and decades of field-tested estimating.

One bad job can cost more than this course.

$2,495

Commercial Painting Estimating Course

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No refunds once the course is accessed.
90 day access.
Downloadable materials must be saved.
Course is not designed for mobile.
Certificate requires completion.

Estimating is an art.

Let me bring out the estimating artist in you.