The instant deck staining quote tool that prices refinishes by prep level
Homeowners outline their deck, choose how much prep it needs, and see your staining and sealing price the same evening.
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- Prep levels priced apart
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Clean and restain, priced by the instant deck staining quote tool
A weathered deck that needs a wash before the stain goes on. Drag the size: the job follows the square footage down to a $300 floor.
Washing and restaining a 400 sq ft weathered deck with a semi-transparent stain and sealer.
- Clean and restain (400 sq ft) 400 sq ft × $2.25 $900.00
The $2.25 clean-and-restain rate is inside the guide's range, shown in the price table. Put your own rates in and the example on your site changes with them.
Deck staining and sealing cost per square foot
The deck's condition sets the price more than its size. These are published per-square-foot figures for each level of prep, with the option that bills it.
| Job | Market range | How you set it in the tool |
|---|---|---|
| Restain without deep cleaning1 | $0.50 to $1.50 / sq ft | A Restain only option for decks in good shape |
| Clean and restain1 | $1.50 to $4.00 / sq ft | The middle option, where most weathered decks land |
| Strip and stain, floor boards only1 | $2.50 to $5.50 / sq ft | A Strip and restain option for peeling finishes |
| Full refinish with sanding and sealer1 | $3.00 to $6.50 / sq ft | Your top option, or strip plus a sealer add-on |
| Power washing a deck1 | $0.35 to $0.77 / sq ft | Folded into the clean option, or a wash-only choice |
- HomeGuide, 2026 Cost To Stain A Deck | Power Wash, Sand, Seal & Painting Cost, published Jul 8, 2024. Read Sep 23, 2026.
How a homeowner prices a deck refinish
The homeowner tells you the deck's condition by choosing the prep level. That one choice stops a peeling deck from being quoted as a quick recoat.
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Contact form
A short form takes the name, phone and email before anything else.
- 02
Prep level
Restain only, clean and restain, or strip and restain, each at your rate.
- 03
Deck outline
They draw around the deck boards on a satellite photo of their yard.
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Instant total
Square footage, prep level and total are shown together, and the request is emailed to you.
Staining requests that name the prep up front
Every deck staining request carries the outline, the prep level and the total into the tool's request list, with an email to your team. Work them from leads.
Only price decks you will actually drive to
Draw the area you serve as a radius or a shape. A deck outside it gets no price, and the homeowner's details still land with you, marked outside your area.
Questions deck staining companies ask
Guides put a clean-and-restain at $1.50 to $4.00 a square foot, a restain with light prep at $0.50 to $1.50 and strip-and-stain at $2.50 to $5.50 (price table). Offer each prep level as an option at its own rate.
Yes. Sealing is priced the same way: add a sealer-only option, or name the options by finish (transparent, semi-transparent, solid) instead of by prep.
The outline covers the floor boards. Railings and stairs are extra surface, so work an allowance into each rate, or sell a railing package as one fixed extra.
It is free on every plan, requests included. Written quotes and scheduling the work sit on the paid plans.
A new build is a different quote: see the deck quote tool. Fences are covered on the fence staining page.
Homeowners trace the boards over a satellite photo of their yard. At submit, the area is worked out again on our side from that shape, and that figure is what gets priced.
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