Sheetrock/Drywall installation price?

[The Money Pit]

What's a good price for installation of drywall? A guy I work with gave me a price of 16 bucks a board (4 X 8). That is to hang and finish. For me, that's $1600.00. I've really dumped more $ in this thing than I've wanted. I plan on getting more estimates but was wondering if anyone has had any experience with sheetrock.

 

[supercharged]

it's really pretty easy to do, speaking as though you have never done it.. it is just messy as heck with all of the dust that is generated.

 

[oldgoat]

Actually I don't think that it is all that easy to do. I paid $300. to have a couple of guys hang sheetrock in a 22 X 26 garage with 9ft ceilings. I taped and mudded it. They had it done in a evening and I would have been thinking about it. Ask around and see if you can find someone to do it cash as a side deal. I called a drywall business and they sent the guy to me to look at it as a cash job for him since they were busy. The guy said he would mud and tape for another $300. which would have been a bargain since it would have looked better. Getting a good finish can be a real pain if you don't have the patience or experience.

 

[The Money Pit]

This guy was going to do it on the side. Honestly I can see 1k for the job, but 1600 all for labor??? Woah!

 

[bobbyd]

Going rate is between $0.70 and $0.80 per square foot complete. That includes all labor and material and finishing. The material is going to run about $0.25 per square foot so labor only should be $0.45 and $0.55. Per sheet (32SF) that's $16. He's pretty damn close on his estimate.

Note that this matches what oldgoat paid. He's got about 1400SF. At $0.45 for hang, tape and finish he would pay $630. His estimate was $600.

Remember, more square footage usually equals a lower price. For the roughly 7000 SF installed in my house I paid about $4500 complete. That's about $0.65 per square foot.