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In-Use Cost per Square Foot Calculator

Chemical and labour together per 1,000 square feet, the figure a bid and a renewal are both argued on.

Inputs

Range: 0–1,000,000 per gallon

Enter the current purchase price in US dollars for the unit shown.

Range: 50–20,000 sq ft per gallon

Enter the measured or label value in the units shown.

Range: 0–2,000

From your own time study. It includes travel, set-up and consumables, not just scrubbing.

Range: 0–1,000,000 per hour

Enter the current purchase price in US dollars for the unit shown.

Result

Labour cost per 1,000 sq ft
$7.50
Labour as a share of the cost
97.0 %
Chemical cost per 1,000 sq ft
$0.23
Total cost per 1,000 sq ft
$7.73
Total cost per sq ft
$0.00773
Reading: what this result means for the job
Labour dominates this 1,000 sq ft. The figure to compare is the labour minutes per 1,000 sq ft, because a programme that saves product but adds a second pass has moved the cost rather than removed it.
Applicability limit
Both halves of the figure come from inputs that have to come from your own records: the coverage rate, the working solution price per gallon and the labour minutes per 1,000 sq ft. The cost covers the chemical and the labour only, and it excludes equipment, applicators, consumables and overhead. This is a planning figure for the values entered, not a measured result. Coverage rates, product yields and application rates are properties of a specific product, applicator and substrate, and the label or data sheet for the product you are using always takes precedence over the default here. Cost covers the chemical only, at the price entered. It excludes labour, equipment, applicators, consumables, freight, storage, waste disposal and any over-pour that the allowance does not capture.
Check before the job

Working

Chemical cost per 1,000 sq ft
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Labour cost per 1,000 sq ft
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Total cost per 1,000 sq ft
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Total cost per sq ft
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Labour as a share of the cost
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What to check

  • Derive the working solution cost from the concentrate price and the label dilution.
  • Take the labour minutes from a time study that includes travel and set-up.
  • Check that the labour rate is loaded, not a bare wage.

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Two inputs carry this result: the cost of a gallon of working solution and the minutes of labour per 1,000 square feet. Both come from your own records, not from a benchmark, and a programme is only as cheap as its measured productivity.