How to calculate the cost of acrylic wall putty per sq. ft.? / Estimating the cost of acrylic wall putty. (Part - 2)

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Let us apply Trucare acrylic wall putty of Asian paints as shown below.

Let us find out the application cost of acrylic wall putty for the below-given wall.

Given data:

Height of the wall = 10 ft.

Length of the wall = 16 ft.

Area of the wall 

= [length × height]

= [ 16 ft. × 10 ft.]

= 160 sq ft.

A. Material calculation:

The coverage area as specified by the company for 2 coats is 24 - 35 sq ft./kg.

Let us take the average of these coverage areas = 29.5 sq ft./ kg.

So, total acrylic putty consumption 

 = [total wall area ÷ coverage area in sq ft.]

 = [ 160 sq ft. ÷ 29.5 sq ft.]

 = 5.42 kg.

B. Labor calculation:

The labor rate for applying 2 coats of wall putty is between INR 3/- to 5/- per sq ft.

Let us take the average rate of INR 4/- per sq ft.

The total cost of labor

= [ total wall area × labor rate / sq ft.]

= [ 160 sq ft. × 4/- ]

= INR 640/-

Now, let us calculate the cost of applying Asian acrylic putty in table format.

Sl. no.	Item.	Qty.	Rate. in INR.	Unit.	Cost in INR.
1.	Acrylic putty	5.42	58/-	Kg.	314.36
2.	Miscellaneous	Lump-sum			50.00
3.	The material cost =				364.36
4.	Add 5% wastage =				18.22
5.	Total material cost =				382.58
6.	Labour cost =				640.00
7.	The total cost of applying acrylic putty =				1022.58

 

Note: To get accurate results, insert your regional market rate of materials & labor, in the above table.

1. Cost of applying acrylic wall putty /sq ft.

     = [ Total cost  ÷ area of the wall ]

     = [ INR 1022.58/- ÷ 160 sq ft. ]

     = INR 6.39 / sq ft.

2. Cost of applying acrylic wall putty /sq m.

    = [cost per sq ft. × 10.764]

       ( As 1 sq m. = 10.764 sq ft.)

     = [ 6.39 × 10.764]

     = INR 68.78 / sq m.

 3. Percentage difference in cost

  From part 1, cement wall putty cost/sq ft. = 6.09/sq ft.

  From part 2, acrylic wall putty cost/sq ft. = 6.39/sq ft.

                                                                          

                                           Cost difference = 0.30/sq ft.

%ge difference in cost.

   = [ (100 × 0.30) ÷ 6.09]

   = 4.92% 

Note: 

1. I have done the calculation of cement putty & acrylic putty separately to show you the actual difference in their cost.

2. As the coverage area of acrylic putty is more, the actual cost of applying acrylic putty is not more than 5% of cement putty.

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Thank you for going through these calculation steps❤. Have a good day 😄.

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