Commercial paint / flooring refresh
$28/SF
$25,000 minimum
Paint, flooring, minor repairs baseline.
Real Standards · 2026
Break Room Remodel Cost in DFW (2026)
A break room is small enough that the project minimum, not the square footage, is usually the price. On a refresh that holds below 892 SF, on a full rebuild below 384 SF. Here are the standards both come from.
paint / flooring refresh
$28/SF
$25,000 minimum
Light office
$65/SF
$25,000 minimum
Standard office
$95/SF
$45,000 minimum
Typical break room
200 to 400 SF
minimum usually governs
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Where the Minimum Takes Over
Every standard has a size below which the minimum is the price.
| Standard | Rate | Project minimum | Minimum governs below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial paint / flooring refresh | $28/SF | $25,000 minimum | 892 SF |
| Light office TI | $65/SF | $25,000 minimum | 384 SF |
| Standard office TI | $95/SF | $45,000 minimum | 473 SF |
A typical employee break room is 200 to 400 SF, which sits below the crossover on every standard above. Budget the project minimum, and let the scope decide where you land past it.
Break Room Scopes
Published standards, before you book a walk.
Light office TI
$65/SF
$25,000 minimum
Light partitions, paint, flooring, electrical allowance.
Standard office TI
$95/SF
$45,000 minimum
Typical office buildout baseline.
All i30 Builders full-project prices include normal mobilization, ordinary protection of adjacent areas, labor, standard materials listed in the scope, project coordination, normal cleanup, and a one-year workmanship warranty on the listed scope. Appliances, furniture, landlord fees, and specialty inspections are separate line items, called out explicitly in the written scope. The full commercial table is on the tenant improvement cost page.
What Drives the Final Number
What moves it, either direction.
Pushes price up
- Relocating the sink, which is supply, waste, and vent rather than one pipe
- Dishwasher or ice maker: new supply, a drain, and a dedicated circuit
- Dedicated circuits for microwaves and refrigerators on a loaded panel
- Accessible clearances the existing cabinet run does not meet
- After-hours and weekend work so staff keep the room during the day
- Replacing a stained ceiling grid and the lighting sitting in it
Keeps price down
- Leaving the sink exactly where it is
- Stock cabinet sizes instead of a custom millwork order
- Laminate counters rather than quartz or solid surface
- Reusing a sound ceiling grid and swapping only the tile
- One planned shutdown week instead of six weeks of night work
Common Cost Questions
Frequently asked
What should we budget?
The project minimum, and up from there on scope. On a refresh the minimum governs below roughly 892 SF. On a full rebuild with new cabinets and counters it governs below about 384 SF, so a larger room carrying a heavier scope can climb past it. Bring us the room and the scope and you get a written number.
What is not in the number?
Appliances, furniture, landlord fees, and any specialty inspection your building requires. Those are real costs and we call them out as their own lines in the written scope rather than hiding them in an allowance. What is in the number is the construction: demo, millwork, plumbing, electrical, finishes, permits, inspections, and cleanup.
What is the single biggest cost decision?
Whether the sink moves. Everything else in a break room is finish work that a good crew can price tightly. The sink is supply, waste, and vent, and moving it means opening the floor or the wall to re-route all three, then a patch and an inspection. Keep the sink and the same room finishes for meaningfully less.
Can we phase it so the office keeps running?
Yes. We gutted and refinished a break room and two employee restrooms inside an occupied state office building in Longview, working after hours, weekends, and holidays. The building never lost a working day and the contract came to $62,000 across all three rooms. After-hours work carries a premium and we quote it as its own line rather than burying it.
Is the quoted price the final price?
Yes. Written scope, locked at signing. Change orders happen only if you ask for a scope change, and they are priced and approved in writing before anyone starts on them.
What is included in the standard?
All i30 Builders full-project prices include normal mobilization, ordinary protection of adjacent areas, labor, standard materials listed in the scope, project coordination, normal cleanup, and a one-year workmanship warranty on the listed scope.
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