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   Chip_T | Mar 03, 2000 09:14pm | #1

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   Jim,

   I can't give you a square foot price. Perhaps someone else out there can. However, I had two rooms (each about 17x17) done plus a short hallway about 5 years ago for $4,000. A few smaller repairs were also included. At the time, dry wall would have been about half the price. I considered hanging the blueboard myself but the amount they would have deducted didn't seem to be worth it. It took two guys two days to hang the board and four guys three days to put on two coats of plaster. After watching them do the plaster I concluded this was definitely not a DYI project... at least for me.

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   Guest_ | Mar 03, 2000 09:59pm | #2

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   ...don't know.. never get quotes for labor only..

   where are you ? it makes a big difference

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   Guest_ | Mar 04, 2000 07:18am | #3

   *check out this current topic in CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES category (above). There are some other quotes. Might also want to try an archive search.

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   Guest_ | Mar 05, 2000 08:38am | #4

   *Depends on your area - veneer plaster is so standard in some areas (Boston notably) there is little difference in cost to drywall.Here (central NJ) probably 2-3 times as expensive. You don't say if the blueboard is already up. If it is, there are plasterers that will skim coat for $2.50/SF.

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   Jim_Kaslik | Mar 05, 2000 08:39am | #5

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   What is a ballpark $$$ range for skim-coat plaster over blueboard, labor
   only? Some numbers I've been told don't jive, and I want to get smarter
   before I make a decision. Thank