Pew Refinishing: The Most Cost Efficient Way

The old model of a church pew refinishing company was regionally based revolving around a warehouse in a fixed location and the area surrounding it. Church pew restoration and refinishing projects, thus, were limited to the distance from the shop that was near enough to be cost efficient for the contractor. This business model was (is) heavily laden with the overhead of monthly warehouse, utility, insurance and full time employee costs. When the shop is empty the expense has to be amortized or added in to the pew restoration bids of potential clients. Beyond that, each year shipping expenses increase. The average cost to refinish a church pew has skyrocketed from what was once about $25 per lineal foot to between $60 and $100 per foot for the few contractors who are still around. Recent economic times have filtered out many of these "fat" structures leaving just those who do church pew refinishing as an "aside" or "also"service they provide along with pew manufacturing and/or other similar liturgical contract trades. There are few companies left that are exclusively providing church pew refurbishing.

That's why Church Pew Refinishing .com comes to you. The reasons are endless but the most important of which is price. Budget is ALWAYS an important matter when it comes to church renovation, preservation or restoration projects. So providing the most economically efficient manner that the work can be achieved is more important now than ever before. So called "fat" contractor structures have priced themselves out of the market. The result is more church committees are choosing to abandon high quality solid wood pews for cheap foam and fabric new alternatives.

But there are many other great reasons for having your work done close to home.

A hardy group of volunteers had the site work done at St John Church in Duluth, MN in about 4 hours. They also helped load the pews for shipment to the local warehouse.

 That saved about $14,000 off the pew refinishing price. 

There can also be cost savings when the church volunteer community does the on-site portion of the work and/or provides the space for the work to be done. If the church has helpers who can remove the book racks, take the pews up from the floor anchoring and disassemble (if needed) a savings of $5- 10 per foot can be had. If the church has a parishioner who has an unused warehouse space where the work can be done nearby and the ability to transport the pews to that space there are many more thousands of dollars of savings.

Church Pew Refinishing .com's core business is the stripping (rinsing), repairing, sanding, staining and finishing of church pews. The degree to which we only do THAT work is the more cost efficient manner for the work to be done. THAT'S the way to maximize your budget and find the greatest savings.

Another benefit of having us come to you is that you are able to keep track of the progress of the work on a daily basis. You are completely in touch with the day-to-day execution. It's a much more comforting circumstance than to watch your pews head out on a truck to a far off land and then have to take the contractors word for it on progress or color match. Many church renovation projects have been surprised by the way the pews look in the church upon completion verses the color sample that was approved. By then it's too late to make a change.

The average savings for churches who do all their own site work ranges from $10 to $20 per lineal foot. That's $10,000 - $20,000 on a 1,000 foot church pew project.

Of course Church Pew Refinishing .com is happy to do the "full monty." Many times the church wants to have us to "handle it all." About half our projects are "turn key."

For your church pew refinishing project consider having us come to your town. Call us today for a list of previous projects where this cost efficient way of pew restoration has worked well.

Thanks!

V Scott Beddome
262-527-8969

woodworkrestoration@hotmail.com

http://churchpewrestoration.com

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