After sustaining a neck injury in a job fall I no longer want to hang any sheetrock nor finish it. I have to provide a customer with a budget for a job which calls for sheetrocking and I have no idea what I must budget for the work. I work in SW Connecticut and don’t have access to the house right now as the folks are on vacation. What does anybody figure per sqft for supplying, hanging and finishing 1/2″ board?
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The size of the job would be important to know. A good sized room remodel I take the SF of board coverage (edit) X 2.00 and usually am good. Board is up and good finish is $. Small jobs aren't cheap. NW OH>
A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Edited 7/18/2006 12:05 pm ET by calvin
I think the best is get a bid or two on the phone for what you want done .
Tim
But Tim, if he waits he'll get anywhere from 40 cents to 3.00 here. (insert that smile face thing here).A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
roar , but its true.
Tim
That be the truth.My sister lives in Kentucky. When she recently had work done they politely asked for $8 an hour to hang, tape and mud.Here in CT? Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha...12' boards are $45-ish or so.
8 bucks huh?
A friend of mine wanted me to pull the tape off the ceilings in the kitchen and living room and refinish plus paint . Smooth ceilings.
She calls Sunday and wanted to put another coat on the ceilings as she was not happy with what ever she had so she did it .
Final bill 150.00.
He asked her to hang rock in the bathroom as its just wallpapered boards. She wouldnt hang the rock but said she would finish it for 50 bucks.
I was too busy and now Ill never be able to work for him doing that anyway. He also agreed because I told him .
Tim
In SW CT (Where I am as well) various outfits will supply, hang and tape (3 coats and sand) for around $50 a sheet. That's for any size sheet. Maybe others in the area know of people who will do it cheaper. As another poster said, smaller jobs will likely be more per sheet.
It used to be that "sheet" meant 4 X 8 regardless of the size actually used. So something that used 33 4 X 8 sheets would be 22 4 X 12 (or something like that), but still called 33 sheets.At least in the 80's when I helped hang sheet rock.
Well that's something you definitely need to make sure you're on top when subbing the sheetrockers. The times I've done it I met with the estimator and ensured that walls less than 16' (or was it 14') were always a single sheet. And then 9' ceilings would get 54" width rather than 48". Also, if there are a lot of funky tray ceilings then this is going to affect the cost as well.
If it's for a customer, I would figure $3.00 / sf and call Calvin to do it. ( NW Ohio )
If it's for myself I usually pay me $ .40 / sf. ( NW Ohio )
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Square footage of the room times $2 or square footage of board??
You're in dangerous waters asking for a job budget on the internet. Here I would pay $2.00 - 2.25 per SF of board for an average size job... supply, stock, hang, scrap out, tape, finish, prime, texture. You might be safe with that # because I know I pay more than anyone else whenever this comes up.
I was charged 1.00 a sq.ft. for a garage addition. It was aprox. 550 sq ft. This was done by the same drywaller that does all the houses that I trim for. He charges the builder .86 a sq ft for a whole house. So your price should be around that. Any smaller amount he should charge more, any bigger sq. ft. should charge less.
Mark
Here's a prime example of the need to fill out a profile-even just barely. We don't know where you're from, you can't tell where steve's from. People read these threads and couldn't have any idea of the possible cost.............anywhere.
But hey, this from a dumb carpenter.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
My guys get 60 cents sg. ft to hang and finish up to 9 ft ceilings on new work. That includes finising materials. Drywall was 23 cents a square foot delivered last time I bought it.
Thanks for all the input, guys. For a job budget this information will help a lot.
I just got my first quote for our new 3,000 s.f. custom in So. Cal.- $9,500 for 5/8" walls and cielings, finished smooth for paint. The guy just walked through the house for about 15 minutes and came up with a tally of about 300 sheets. Price is almost $1,000 less if you don't need smooth finish (i.e. knock down trowel, etc)
Jim
That sounds like a very good price. Just by your sq footage I would estimate thats about what my builders price from my subs would be. If he does good work I wouldnt even get another estimate unless drywall work is very cheap in southern California, which I doubt. That price would be material and labor included here.
Edited 7/19/2006 2:55 pm by ccal