Quote to hang drywall....

[1984GMC]

Just got a quote to hang the drywall on the 10ft ceiling of my 30x30 garage , with me supplying the materials. it would be 400 bucks no mud or tape, just screwing the stuff up... Sound reasonable or is it high. Seems a little high to just hang it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

That's about 375 dollars of pure profit for a half a day.

 

[trailwart]

drywall lift at hf can be had for 200$ on sale. its the same 1 that is sold at many other stores. use and sell it. i have 1 and have used it hundreds of times with no issues.

 

[1984GMC]

yea its $75 a day from sunbelt.....I told him I would let him know.

 

[Indy_500]

do it yourself. i'm 15 and put up a couple of sheets of drywall myself with a drywall lift. we rented ours.

 

[1984GMC]

Yea I could do it and My bro in law could help, its just with my schedule on the railroad I have no idea when my time off is.

 

[larry_g]

With out seeing your ceiling or floor it would be hard to say. Brand new construction with the ceiling set on 16" centers with everything ready to go then maybe a bit high, but if the floor is already littered with stuff and the framing leaving something to be desired then maybe cheap. Get a couple more bids and then you'll know. Me personally I would at least get it taped while the crew is in the building, unless your a glutton for the work.


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[1984GMC]

its fairly new construction, built it in 05 but I would have to clean it out.

 

[rwhite692]

I paid to have the ceiling of my 24x36 garage done with 5/8" (hang and tape).

The walls, I did myself, but the ceiling.....drywall lift or not....no thanks!

(vaulted ceiling, 10 foot at the walls, and 13' 6" at the interior peak).

Guys hung the whole thing in about 4 hours and they were done taping/spackling at the end of the next day (they did two coats).

They supplied all the materials and the whole job cost me $800. I have the receipts from their drywall purchase (National Gypsum) and the materials alone were a shade over 300.

So I would say if you are getting it hung only, with no taping, 400 is probably about right.

That $800 check was a pleasure to write. My time is in real short supply these days. Not to mention that, in two days, it was DONE, and done to a nicer standard than I have the patience for when working on a $#&%ing ceiling.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Hanging drywall is the easy part, granted it's hard work. The finishing of the drywall is where the skill, talent and patience comes in, that's what you pay for.

 

[dkroth]

Working on the ceiling is tough on the arms. Ask them to quote the tape and mud too. Ready for paint is nice!

 

[Red05GT]

I'm with rwhite962. Get a price for hanging, taping and finishing while you have the
garage cleaned out. There was a time I would try to do everything possible on my
jobs and personal projects to save a nickel. Now as I get older I realize my time and
health are worth more than I thought. If you could find someone to do a two day
turn around like rwhite962, You could start the walls and get the use of your garage
back that much sooner. You would probably be suprised how little the additional side
wall work would cost. Most trades look at smaller jobs and their mobilization cost are
the same to hang 20 sheets as they are to hang 40 sheets. Their tools and scaffolds
are there, it creates a full day instead of a half day of work and the cost per sheet
goes down. Being a builder, I've had more complaints from finishers on the quality of
the hangers than anything else.If the same guy takes on the whole job it just makes
everything go a lot smoother. Just my .02.

 

[cashishift]

Hanging drywall is the easy part, granted it's hard work. The finishing of the drywall is where the skill, talent and patience comes in, that's what you pay for.

agree 100%

I hate hanging it too.. but i hate finishing it even more.

 

[Todd.Brock]

I paid 30/sheet to have it supplied, finished and primed in my basement. Not cheap (about 85 sheets) did not charge extra for greenboarding the whole bathroom... I wrote that check as quick as I could.

 

[brownbagg]

its not really a bad price, yes it 400 dollars but two guys 100 dollars aday, two days. its not really bad. If they do a nice tight neat job. and framing square. Now if your framing not square. $2000 would not be enough.

 

[sc3013]

I helped a dry wall finisher do my family room, walls and ceiling. He was very good and had done it for years. Me sore All over. After we were done I told him I had only learned one thing and that was I would add this to my list of things I would never do again. list; concreat, roofing, tree trimming, and now drywall.

 

[Ryland]

Now you guys are starting to scare me

We are hanging drywall in just under 2 weeks (hopefully) and I am planning on buying the lift at HF for the ceilings. Luckily I have a large crew of people who are at least semi-experienced at hanging drywall.

 

[grcthird]

He is charging you $2.25 per square foot to hang it. This would not a bad price at all (assuming your quote is from a licensed contractor and not joe blow) if he was furnishing materials. Small jobs with stuff in the way always get priced a little higher per square foot than say what a new house would. Your going to get more for your money if you get it hung and finished by the same crew. A different finishing crew will always say "it should have been done this way so we have to fix this and that and charge more."



P.S. My day job is a estimating for a commercial drywall subcontractor.

 

[rwhite692]

Now you guys are starting to scare me

We are hanging drywall in just under 2 weeks (hopefully) and I am planning on buying the lift at HF for the ceilings. Luckily I have a large crew of people who are at least semi-experienced at hanging drywall.

1. Turn up the hot tub to 102 in advance

2. Load up the fridge with beer

3. Load up the medicine cabinet with Ibuprofen

 

[Ryland]

1. Turn up the hot tub to 102 in advance

2. Load up the fridge with beer

3. Load up the medicine cabinet with Ibuprofen

The crew I have to help makes #2 a definite and adds in #4:

4. Order lots of pizza and wings.

Edit: Of course now a friend of mine who used to be in the construction biz thinks that I won't save anything by hanging the drywall myself then farming out the mudding vs just hiring someone to do the whole job.

 

[Red05GT]

The thing about semi-experienced people helping for free or for beers and burgers,
sometimes the quality can really slip because it's not theirs. An 1/8" gap is okay at
9 am, by noon 1/4" is alright, after all the mud will cover it. By the end of the day you start seeing 3/8" to 1/2" gaps. How can you complain, they are helping you out
for free. Then if you pay a finisher he will be hacked off because he has to work
twice as hard or quote you a higher price, and use more mud to get a decent job.

 

[Ryland]

The only "reason" I have for doing it myself is because Im having problems with the HVAC guys to move my heat and install the baseboard in the addition which means I need to hang drywall in areas.

I do get what you mean though and I know I **** at cutting boxes in.

 

[grcthird]

I do get what you mean though and I know I **** at cutting boxes in.

Mark the center of the box, then after the sheet is tacked up cut it out with a router with a guide point rotozip bit. Push into the drywall move over until you hit the box, pull out a little to get to the outside of the box, then cut counter clockwise. Super easy, kinda dusty, good results.

 

[Ryland]

I just did a rough calculation of needing 94 sheets of drywall. That is going to be rough.

All of the boxes are set 1/2" out from the wall as per code.

 

[rwhite692]

Are you doing it all in 5/8" drywall?

One of the reasons I did mine with all 5/8" was because the cost difference in the material wasn't much, and the cost to have guys put it up and tape it was the same...and since I wasn't doing it myself, that made the decision even easier, LOL.

96 sheets, that's a lot of rock. Writing that check starts to look better and better!

 

[csp]

its not really a bad price, yes it 400 dollars but two guys 100 dollars aday, two days. its not really bad.

There's no way that it should take two guys two days just to hang the ceiling drywall.

My dad had two guys hang the drywall in his new shop, which is 30x45 with 12' ceilings. They did it in just under four hours and only charged him $80. They also did a great job.

I know he got an unbelievable deal, but $400 is too much just for the labor to hang it. With the slowdown in home construction there are a lot of guys out there willing to work on the cheap side. You just have to look for them.

 

[rwhite692]

My dad had two guys hang the drywall in his new shop, which is 30x45 with 12' ceilings. They did it in just under four hours and only charged him $80. They also did a great job.

I know he got an unbelievable deal, but $400 is too much just for the labor to hang it. With the slowdown in home construction there are a lot of guys out there willing to work on the cheap side. You just have to look for them.

That is a great deal, indeed. That comes out to a 4x12 sheet hung and completely screwed, every 8 minutes. Those two guys were work animals! (it must be the meth!)

Good luck trying to find drywall guys who will do truly good work for $10 an hour, though. I'm sure they are out there. BUT Some of the guys who would fit that description might not be the ones you really want on your property and eyeballing all of your garage contents.

 

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

A few years ago my wife and I (she is a go getter!) hung 65 sheets in our basement/garage and bathroom. Mostly 12' sheets.........when it was time to do the new garage, she said "I'm sorry but you are on your own".


Oh, the new garage went faster for some reason.


She is the hardest worker I know, finishing drywall is the ONLY thing I know of that she won't do.......I have not let her do any body work tho...I fear similar results

 

[55chevy]

Going rate around here is $6.00 per 12 foot sheet of 5/8 to hang and the same price to finish. I had 63 sheets hung and finished for $756. The ceiling lightly textured.

Took them two days. Best money I ever spent.

 

[sirsloop]

screw the ceiling... exactly the reason I didn't want to do mine! HA! Too much effort... especially on mine where I have roof trusses to work around.

 

[Ryland]

How far behind can the edge of the boxes be from the outer edge of the drywall? I think that will determine the maximum thickness of drywall that I use. I actually figured the count of drywall out and it breaks down to:
45 sheets on the 2nd floor
52 sheets on the 1st floor
10 sheets of greenboard on the 1st floor

for 107 sheets of drywall. Ouch. The CL prices I am seeing are $20/sheet to install, tape and mud drywall, $30 if they supply the drywall. I need to call a few places that I received references on. Im probably going to have them change a textured ceiling to swirled because my wife hates the texture.

 

[jerkyboy]

Just got a quote to hang the drywall on the 10ft ceiling of my 30x30 garage , with me supplying the materials. it would be 400 bucks no mud or tape, just screwing the stuff up... Sound reasonable or is it high. Seems a little high to just hang it.

I recently built my house and one of the tasks that I chose to sub out was the dry wall. I paid about $.85/sq. ft. for a reputable contractor to provide, hang, tape, and sand the sheet rock. This was done about two years ago when the new housing market dried up and these guys were desperate for work. I would say $1/sq. ft., soup to nuts, should be about right.

 

[Busted_Knuckles]

Ive hung lots of drywall, as side work, ceilings, oh man, I don't mind doing walls, even 12' sheets of 5/8s, but I don't do ceilings, that is murder on your arms, shoulders and neck. Ive never used a jack, just scaffolding, (when its over 8'). Personally, I could not right that check quick enough. If I had more than a 30'x30' to do, Id probably buy the jack and do it myself (reluctantly). But at the math you've got, if you don't plan to do anymore ceiling work again, you're time and money ahead to pay for it done, than buy the jack and doing it yourself. Just my 2 cents.

Now for the tape and mud, you know how some people have a natural nack for things ? I'm highly skilled mudder (without years of experience). I don't enjoy it, but don't mind doing it a couple times a year. When I'm done, you have a hard time telling where the seams are.

Good luck!, Bill

 

[Ryland]

Well my father, FIL and friends are all on the "if you can afford to hire someone to do the drywall and mudding then do it bandwagon". This is fine by me but now my wife has been "reminding" me that I had said that we were doing everything from when the addition was weather tight on and now Im balking at doing what she sees as a simple job. Women...

 

[Ryland]

One guy I talked to is quoting me $41/sheet for 4x12 sheets which includes materials, taping and mudding which works out to $0.85/sq foot.

 

[portcity]

around here they get 0.38/ft for 8', 0.41/ft for 9', and 0.44/ft for 10' for hanging, finishing, and texture(if desired). thats the finisher supplying everything but the rock(hanging, tape, mud, screws). The hangers get 0.12 to 0.15/ft plus screws.

 

[35mastr]

Unless you can make time to do it. I dont think its out of line at all. I like to do everything myself. But I have a ****** schedule also and would sub it out in a minute if I wanted it done now.

 

[jimmie jam]

a few months ago i paid $800 to have the ceiling of my new garage addition done (23 x 27 x 13h). that included the metal studs, 5/8" fire rated DW, tape and finish ready for paint. FWIW. BTW, i couldn't get my 8 big ones out fast enough.

 

[Andy Griffith]

Hanging drywall is the easy part, granted it's hard work. The finishing of the drywall is where the skill, talent and patience comes in, that's what you pay for.

Isn't that the truth. I hung all the drywall in my shop but paid somebody to do the taping, then I did the painting.

I hate taping.

 

[Ryland]

I am currently collecting quotes and from what I have received so far it is only $500 more to have the guy deal with every buying the sheetrock and installing it.