Sheetrock cost?

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How much do you pay for sheet rock, tape, bed, and texture? Labor and materials. Per square foot?

Chris Christianson · Answer

Another thing I'd add is make sure that you and your drywall crew are on the same page as to the quality you're expecting.  I'm just finishing a job East of Fargo ND where the local drywall/finishers told me to use a large nap roller and two coats of thick paint to cover the fact that they didn't know how to skim walls.  I had to bring my mud slingers from Minneapolis up there to finish the job.  A simple contract outlining the expectations would have saved me a couple weeks of headache and scheduling delays.  Guess who has a drywall contract now?

J Scott · Answer

This is for large jobs...

In Atlanta, we typically pay somewhere in the $28-30 per sheet range (between $.60 and $.90, depending on 8' or 12' sheets).  Retail appears to be around $1 per square foot in Atlanta.

In Milwaukee, we typically pay somewhere in the $32 per sheet range for 8', or about $1 per square foot.  Retail appears to be around $1.10 per square foot in Milwaukee.

In Maryland, I'm not positive yet, but I expect it to be somewhere in the $.90 to $1 per square foot range.

Josh Rang · Answer

I charge 1.30 per sf for 4 x 8 sheets on ceilings and 1.10 per sq for 4x8 sheets on walls, a little less per sf if I can use bigger sheets. That is in the suburbs of Philly though where prices are little higher. I also like to prime myself and then I go through each room with a halogen light to look for any small imperfections and I touch them up with mud and resand.

J Scott · Answer

With materials, that's about $32/sheet, which is right about what I've been finding in Maryland as well (though, with 12' sheets, that's actually a pretty decent per-square-foot price in this area)...

Account Closed · Answer

oh, try to have your drywaller also do the painting. It will save you alot of headaches with finger pointing, delays and $!

Account Closed · Answer

Remeber that your sqft costs will fluctate with the number of sheets, difficulty of installation, location of project and level of finish needed.ie

• Number of Sheets - 10pcs of 4'x12'x1/2" sheets in a basement bedroom are far different from adding 100pcs for an addition.
• Difficulty - having to install and finish drywall in a 2 story great room around exposed timbers with numerous ceiling cans is much more difficult than installing and finishing on a flat ceiling that's 8' high.
• Location - if you typically do rehabs in a city/subsurb then bringing your crew to do drywall installation thats in a rural area it will cost you more for distance. Good luck runnign to the box store from a mountain location becauwse you'll lose 1-2hrs in travel etc.
• Level of finish - Fire taping (level 1) in a garage is less than ready for flat paint (level 3) or semigloss walls (level 4) or wall paper (level 5) or various knock down finishes (what I think some are calling texture).
• one more is point up. If you pay someone $15 a sheet to hang and finish they usually want $1 to come back after primer for point up.

Paying $16 to hang and finsh a 12'pc in the DC area (labor only) is cheap and you"ll get what you pay for. Pay $18-$20 to hang and finish a 12'pc (labor only) and you should have less headaches with nice straight lines and a timely completed job.

Lee Marsteller · Answer

I have a good labor crew that does all my work for $17-18 glued and screwed, plus an add for sound channel between units when needed.

Steve K · Answer

Just got a few drywall bids in for some spec houses.  For reference a 1,900 sq ft home using 1/2'' drywall is going to run $5,820.  That's 194 boards at $30 per.

John Rooster · Answer

They charge labor by the sheet. Prices will vary greatly depending upon supply and demand. This time of year is a good time to hire a sheet rock crew. I like to pay for the materials directly to the supplier.

Aaron Junck · Answer

Labor to hang, tape and texture is right at $1.05 a sq ft of wall and ceiling .. not sq ft of floor space (just to be clear). Then if you want them to prime the walls as well they charge an additional $.06 a sq ft

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