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04-19-2010, 08:01 AM | #1 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Long Island, NY USA
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| how much per sheet for sheetrock??? Just wondering if anyone knows what the "going" rate (ballpark) it costs to hang sheetrock, tape and spakel per sheet. I got an estimate this morning of $2,000 for 21 pieces of sheetrock. It seems high to me!!
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04-19-2010, 08:28 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western KS
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| I know that prices vary a lot by location, but around here the labor is about the same price as materials for home projects. |
04-19-2010, 08:37 AM | #3 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Long Island, NY USA
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| I think $95 per sheet is very high. The sheetrock is only about $7-$10 per sheet. I really don't want to do it myself but I think I am going to have to. I have another contractor coming so I will see what his estimate is.
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04-19-2010, 08:44 AM | #4 |
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| That does seem very expensive to me. I hope that the next contractor is more reasonable in prices. |
04-19-2010, 09:27 AM | #5 |
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| 11.64/sheet for materials 4.00/sheet for installation and labor That's what we're currently paying our contractors to perform the work. Consider that we do get a discount due to the sheer volume of work we do with them... I just sent a go ahead to pay 2598.00 to a contractor for installation of a 1838 sq ft house...so....you do the math. Last edited by BamaFan121s; 04-19-2010 at 09:31 AM. |
04-19-2010, 10:36 AM | #6 |
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| Drywalling is an expensive project, and you are in Long Island. The estimate sounds reasonable. Call another contractor or two to compare. |
04-19-2010, 11:09 AM | #7 | |
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I'm going to wait until I get another estimate. But I think between me, my dh and my 20yr old son we just may hang it ourselves and get someone to tape and spakel it. Hanging it is the easy part it's the taping that takes some skill. Just wasn't expecting to hear 2 grand for 21 sheets?
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04-19-2010, 11:29 AM | #8 |
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| That's about the going rate give or take a few hundred. I would get 1-2 more estimates. Many contractor and will price a job a little higher when he is really busy and a little less when it's slower. You also want to have options to choose the right person for the job. Good Luck!
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04-19-2010, 11:54 AM | #9 | |
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04-19-2010, 12:30 PM | #10 |
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| $95 a sheet? Give me your address, I will be there and do the job for $90. You will save, and I will make. Win-win. Way to expensive. Get a few more quotes, or call a builder and find out what team of drywallers he uses. They are super fast, and do great work, rather than Joe the Ragman. |
04-19-2010, 12:35 PM | #11 |
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| I'm just so agravated right now. It's a simple ceiling and one wall. I just talked to my dh and I think we are going to hang it. I think I will take my son out of college and tell him to hang drywall!!!!
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04-19-2010, 12:41 PM | #12 | |
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04-19-2010, 12:44 PM | #13 |
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| It took my dh a week to fix a hole in the wall in our other house.
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04-19-2010, 12:46 PM | #14 |
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04-19-2010, 12:55 PM | #15 |
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| Yeah, I would like it done before Christmas rolls around again
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