Protect Your Surfaces, Protect Your Wallet: Unveiling the True Costs of Surface Protection

Have you ever considered not only the effectiveness of various surface protection methods but also the amount of labour required to apply them?

PROTECTIVE BOARD

The labour required for protective board is time-consuming. Before it can be installed, both the windows and the board will need to be measured and then cut to size. Additional materials such as hanger pins and tape will also be required to fix the board to the windows.

The application has been calculated to take 4 minutes per m², with labour costs being approximately £25 per hour, in total to apply 5,000m² would cost £8,320 in labour alone!

Removal is also time-consuming and expensive, having to remove the board and hangar pins and then loading the board into skips. As the board isn’t air-tight to the surface, the surface will also need to be cleaned down before handover.

All in all, to protect 5,000m² with protective board, (purchasing the board, additional materials, the application, removal, disposal and cleaning) will cost £36,595! 

PROTECTIVE FILM

The labour required to apply protective film is also time consuming, as it also needs measuring and cutting to size, which takes around 1.5 minutes per m² costing around £2,773! However, this labour may rapidly increase as protective film tends to lose adhesion, and will need to be reapplied every 4-6 weeks.

The overall cost for purchasing the film, additional materials, application and removal would be £17,806. Due to adhesion loss, damage will occur, resulting in additional repair and replacement costs. These costs have been calculated at 2.5% and £500 per sq m, increasing the project costs a further £62,500, making the overall cost £80,307!

PROTECAPEEL

Protectapeel is easily applied directly to the surface by an airless spray gun, taking just 49 seconds per m² costing £1,709 for labour. The coating dries to form an air-tight durable bond for up to 12 months with no adhesion loss, protecting surfaces from damage and additional cleaning. When required, Protectapeel is easily hand peeled - revealing clean and undamaged surfaces ready for handover.

The overall cost of protecting 5,000m² with Protectapeel (Including purchasing the coating, additional materials (spray gun), application, removal and disposal) would be £21,660.    

SURFACE PROTECTION OVERALL COST

Overall, to protect 5,000m² internally, Protectapeel is 40% cheaper than protective board and 73% cheaper than protective film. If you add all the costs together, film is the most expensive at £16 per m², then board at £7 per m² and finally Protectapeel is the overall cheapest at £4 per m².

Our cost comparison between protective film, protective board and Protectapeel has been independently reviewed by experts in the industry. Take a look at the cost comparison for yourself...