Paint and flooring refresh
$10 to $25/SF
Cosmetic update where the layout and the systems stay exactly where they are.
Real Standards · 2026
Break Room Remodel Cost in DFW (2026)
A break room is small enough that fixed costs, not the square footage, drive the price, so every one is scoped and priced per project after a site walk. Here are the standards the scope is priced against.
Paint and flooring refresh
$10 to $25/SF
nothing moves
Light office
$35 to $65/SF
some walls move
Standard office
$65 to $95/SF
full fit-out
Typical break room
200 to 400 SF
priced per project
Rated 5.0 on Google$1M GL + $1M Umbrella1-year workmanship warranty
What does a break room remodel cost in Dallas-Fort Worth?
Break room remodels have no published starting price: each one is scoped and priced per project after a site walk, lump sum from a written scope before any deposit, and the ranges on this page are for budgeting. The price includes labor, materials listed in the written scope, permits and standard city inspections, project management, mobilization, protection of adjacent areas, cleanup and one-year workmanship warranty. Scope, the condition of the space and the schedule move the number more than square footage does.
- Pricing
- Per project after a site walk, lump sum. No published starting price
- Permits
- Permits and standard city inspections included
- Warranty
- One-year workmanship warranty, in writing
- Where
- Dallas-Fort Worth and East Texas
- Service
- Break room remodel in DFW
Updated
Why Square Footage Undersells It
On a room this size, fixed costs outweigh the floor area.
Mobilization, supervision, protection and cleanup cost roughly the same on a 400 SF room as on a 1,500 SF suite. A typical employee break room is 200 to 400 SF, so those fixed costs weigh more than the floor area does, and multiplying a rate by the square footage understates the job.
That is why a break room is scoped and priced per project after a site walk rather than read off a per-square-foot rate. Whether the sink moves decides more of the number than the size of the room does.
Break Room Scopes
Published standards, before you book a walk.
Light office TI
$35 to $65/SF
A layout change in a space that already works: some walls move, systems mostly stay.
Standard office TI
$65 to $95/SF
A full office fit-out: private offices, conference rooms, a break area, new finishes throughout.
All i30 Builders full-project prices include normal mobilization, ordinary protection of adjacent areas, labor, standard materials listed in the scope, permits and standard city inspections, 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
Break room remodel cost questions
What should we budget?
Budget against the published range for your scope, read against the room rather than the square footage. A break room is small enough that fixed costs (mobilization, supervision, protection, cleanup) weigh more than its floor area, so the per-square-foot math alone understates it. Every break room is scoped and priced per project after a site walk: 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, permits and standard city inspections, project coordination, normal cleanup, and a one-year workmanship warranty on the listed scope.
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