Vinyl siding installation cost

[gtae07]

In a couple more weeks I should be able to put siding on my shop. In the interest of not dragging the build out to next year, I'm looking at hiring someone to do it.

I'm looking to install about 850ft2 of siding plus about 112ft of soffit/fascia. Quick and dirty raw material cost is about $1800-2000, using big-box retail.

Trouble is, the two quotes I've gotten have been for $5200 and $6500. That seems awful high. I'm trying to get hold of one or two more places for estimates, but no luck so far.

Are these costs way out of line or is it just that labor-intensive to install?

 

[Jlbc212]

Vinyl siding is easy to install. The only part of the job that can be time consuming is covering the trim (rakes and eaves) with aluminum or replacing the trim with PVC. The estimates are reasonable considering the overhead expenses (liability insurance, employee injury insurance, truck and tool depreciation, truck insurance, professional license fees, on-going training fees, federal, state and local taxes, bookkeeping expenses, etc.) a quality contractor must pay.

 

[Chevy-SS]

Your price quotes seem outrageous to me.

I had local company install 24 squares for $5,000. I supplied all materials. They did the installation only. However, they did include about 100' of gutter in that price. Thus my cost of vinyl installation was somewhat less than $200 per square (100 sf).

IMHO your cost for installation of 8.5 squares should be ~$2,000........

Good luck. I'd keep shopping. Make sure the guys know you will be furnishing all materials.

I love Savannah btw. Used to go there a lot for business.

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[BRIANBB]

Get a price on Hardie board siding.

 

[Apex Structures]

From my experience, that is a fair price.

 

[Big Bad Dad]

How high they gotta go? Scaffolds or pump jacks get pricey quick.

 

[thewatusi]

Seems reasonable to me. Tell the lower one that they have the job if they can do it for $4,800.

 

[NUTTSGT]

You're building that garage yourself, you can side it too. No better time to learn than now and save yourself some cash.

 

[evildky]

Your price quotes seem outrageous to me.

I had local company install 24 squares for $5,000. I supplied all materials. They did the installation only. However, they did include about 100' of gutter in that price. Thus my cost of vinyl installation was somewhat less than $200 per square (100 sf).

IMHO your cost for installation of 8.5 squares should be ~$2,000........

Good luck. I'd keep shopping. Make sure the guys know you will be furnishing all materials.

I love Savannah btw. Used to go there a lot for business.

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$200 sq for vinyl installed is about right, it's the flashing work that gets expensive, that's closer to $10 ln ft.

 

[gtae07]

Your price quotes seem outrageous to me.

I had local company install 24 squares for $5,000. I supplied all materials. They did the installation only. However, they did include about 100' of gutter in that price. Thus my cost of vinyl installation was somewhat less than $200 per square (100 sf).

IMHO your cost for installation of 8.5 squares should be ~$2,000........

Good luck. I'd keep shopping. Make sure the guys know you will be furnishing all materials.

Those numbers included all materials (and for the $5200 one, a 3/8 insulation layer too--not that I wanted it. I'll have to negotiate that one).

I'm trying to shop around, too, but a lot of places won't answer the phone or respond to email. I've contacted six or seven places and only gotten two responses. Same with the roof contractors, too (though their prices were very reasonable).

How high they gotta go? Scaffolds or pump jacks get pricey quick.

8' side walls; gable ends go to 13' at the peak. See my build thread for pics.

You're building that garage yourself, you can side it too. No better time to learn than now and save yourself some cash.

I'm willing to do it, and if I decide to skip Oshkosh this year I could use the vacation days to knock it out. The main driver for contracting it out is time; my wife is getting fed up with the whole thing (and with me spending all my spare time working on it) and she's pushing me to just pay and get it done (or at least dried in; the electrical should be quick after that and insulation/drywall I can do later).

$200 sq for vinyl installed is about right, it's the flashing work that gets expensive, that's closer to $10 ln ft.

That was included in the price, too. I'm going to call back today and see if I can get a detailed breakdown on the price.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'm willing to do it, and if I decide to skip Oshkosh this year I could use the vacation days to knock it out. The main driver for contracting it out is time; my wife is getting fed up with the whole thing (and with me spending all my spare time working on it) and she's pushing me to just pay and get it done (or at least dried in; the electrical should be quick after that and insulation/drywall I can do later).

Sometimes you have to break it down to the women. Explain what it'll cost for the materials, the labor cost and total cost. Show her what the savings will be and what those saved dollars will buy or finish off on the inside.



A year after we bought our house, we refinaced when the rates dropped and we went from 30 years to 15 years. The new payment was still less than what I had been paying, as I always paid extra. For the next two weeks, when I thought about the savings of the refinance, I'd have a big grin on my face. When the wife asked what I was smiling about I told her the refinance and what it saved us. Her reply was something like "so what." She couldn't comprehend it till I told her to think of it like this, "imagine somebody coming in and paying for half of our home." Once I put it in a simple perspective like that, she understood and knows why I do the stuff that I do. The more I do myself, the more I can do with our money.

 

[Chevy-SS]

Those numbers included all materials (and for the $5200 one, a 3/8 insulation layer too--not that I wanted it. I'll have to negotiate that one). .....

Oh! Totally different ball game then. In that case, your numbers seem fair enough.

Good luck

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[timmy55]

Vinyl is very easy to put up yourself. I have done it myself on my house and although labor intensive, it is not impossible to do. MEasure twice cut once. I did contact some companies to install the siding for me conservation construction, lowes, anderson, and they had okay prices, but if it's something you have time to do try to do the work yourself you'll save yourself a lot of money.

 

[bad_idea]

Holy thread necromancy. You replied to a 3 year old thread. I am sure the guy has taken care of the siding by now.

Welcome to the forum. Do us all a favor and check the dates on threads before replying. No malice intended.

 

[6768rogues]

8 1/2 squares of siding? I have done sheds that used more siding than that. How small is your building? For $5000, I would consider driving to your place to do it for you.

 

[Bretny]

Installing the siding is the easy part. all the prep and flashing is the more difficult part and really what makes or brakes a siding job.

Poor flashing, metal work and you could have some serious wood rot happening and not even know it.

Ask to look at there pervious jobs!

 

[gtae07]

Holy thread necromancy. You replied to a 3 year old thread. I am sure the guy has taken care of the siding by now.

Yep, I have Hired it out and got a good price. It cost a bit more than doing it myself, but I saved the vacation days to take my wife on a weeklong vacation and that earned back a lot of brownie points. And they got done in a couple of days (while I was at work) what would have taken me weeks to do.

As much as I like doing things myself, sometimes I see it as worth paying someone else to do it, especially if it needs to look good.



Gotta say, I wondered why my old thread had popped up...