Drywall costs?

[nweiv_78fj40]

Getting down to the final details of the shop being complete. I can almost see daylight ahead. I need to figure out how much to spend on drywall installation, tape, and finish. What kind of costs are people paying nowadays?

Cost per sq foot or by 4x12 sheet?

I need roughly 50 sheets installed, and I was planning on about $1500-1800 for the install. This figures roughly into 80 cents a square foot. Does this seem low/high?

Can anyone in the Richmond area recommend anyone?

Thanks

[nate379]

Something to consider would be hanging all the drywall yourself and then hiring to mud and tape.

I did the mud/tape in a garage once and the ceiling was a pain.

[jdrocks]

you can get a material quote from lowes/home depot on the board, mud, tape, fasteners. mexicans doing almost all the labor-hang and finish-in richmond. ask at the supplier for some names. 50 board job is too small to interest most legit subs. don't pay upfront and have your insurance current.

[HomeGrown]

here in colorado i paid 21 dollars a board. thats hung, taped, mud, and finished orange peel. if i would have hung it it would have been 16 dollars a board for taped, mud and finish. for 500 in savings it was worth the time of them to hang it in in a day. ask the drywall contractor the cost per sheet.

later tj

[ironpig70]

may wanna rethink drywall floor to ceiling. imho i'd do osb the first 4' and then dry wall the rest of the way up.

[lcruzrlvr]

I started handing the sheetrock myself on my garage project. The finish guy said - if you stop right now, it will be cheaper than if you continue to hang it.

Let them do it - they will use less screws, create a nicer finish, and will be done faster.

[rocksteadyrobk]

I did 5/8 Plywood the first 4 feet and then 5/8 drywall. I did the one wall all plywood.. If i was to do it again, I would do the whole garage plywood. It is mush more durable and nicer for mounting lights,shelves, hooks, etc. Plus its cake to hang plywood so you can do it yourself.

[brewchief]

It runs just over 1$ a square ft here in MI. that's 3 coats on the finish so in a shop were they can do it in one or two it should be a little cheaper. I do like the plywood down low and for hanging stuff on.
Brewchief

[ironpig70]

I did 5/8 Plywood the first 4 feet and then 5/8 drywall. I did the one wall all plywood.. If i was to do it again, I would do the whole garage plywood. It is mush more durable and nicer for mounting lights,shelves, hooks, etc. Plus its cake to hang plywood so you can do it yourself.



plywood here is $$$$$$$$$ osb is about $6 a sheet:smokin:

[nate379]

Yeah OSB is the ticket for inside a garage.

Trying to find studs to mount shit on drywall is crap.

My parent's house has 1/2" OSB under the drywall... though my Dad gets it for real cheap (works at an OSB mill)

[rokdog03]

My dad owns a drywall company here in az and 80 cents per sq ft is what he bids at do do a simple 3500 sq ft house.the bigger the project the more it goes up. If it were me i would go buy the sheet rock from a supplier. Then go to a residential job site and tell the hangers you will pay them .10 cents per sq ft to hang it.And tell them you want screws not nails. Then go to the same job site and tell the tapers you will pay them .09 per sq ft to tape it. You could scrap it your self to save your self some money and if you get your material count pretty close you wont have much to scrap.And the price on texture depends on the style of texture you want. And depending on your cieling height you can order 54 inch wide rock.

It may take a little while to do all this but if you just ask a hanger to give you a bid then i will guarantee you there will be 1k-2k in profit for him that you could save yourself.

Dont ask them what they charge cause they all think they are worth a shitload and their not.

[tsm1mt]

I did 5/8 Plywood the first 4 feet and then 5/8 drywall. I did the one wall all plywood.. If i was to do it again, I would do the whole garage plywood. It is mush more durable and nicer for mounting lights,shelves, hooks, etc. Plus its cake to hang plywood so you can do it yourself.


You may want to reconsider plywood - sheetrock (gypsum board) is fire resistant.. plywood isn't.

[lcruzrlvr]

You may want to reconsider plywood - sheetrock (gypsum board) is fire resistant.. plywood isn't.

Our garage is under the bedrooms so I chose to do fireboard vs. plywood/OSB for the fire resistance. Of course, the smartest thing would be a separate structure but that just isn't in the cards right now.

[TLCObsession]

I just reviewed an estimate from an estimator yesterday: $1.90 sf for walls, $1.95 for ceiings.

[rokdog03]

1.90 sq ft holy shit.:eek:

My dad does crazy ass customs that dont have a straight wall in them for a hell of a lot less than that.

[j2005]

my dad and i put up peg board and loaded it up with tools and what not. it is great cause you cover up the insullation and get are to mount stuff

[ironpig70]

yes drywall is fire resistant but not very water resistant and for the love of god its a garage hang it and call it good no need for tape or mud:D

[TLCObsession]

1.90 sq ft holy shit.:eek:

My dad does crazy ass customs that dont have a straight wall in them for a hell of a lot less than that.

This is for a higher end custom. This is also what the estimator uses for a number. Square corners, level 5 finish. Fair amount of masking because it is a timberframe.

Get your Dad to move and he can make bank - but the labor pool up here is not likely the same as what you have down there.

What really blows my mind is painters. I see bids in the $30 -40K range all the time for 3000 sq/ft homes. I used to paint, and I can't fathom why new construction painting should cost so much. At the same time you can work max half the days of the year outside.

Jim

[MT4Runner]

Yeah, TLCO, it's expensive "up north". Rock here is now $0.35/sf to buy, we're paying $1.05 for a "commercial" finish--hang, tape, orangepeel texture...about Level 4.

It used to cost $0.17 to buy and $0.75 HTT in just 2003!!! :eek:

[RockRanger]

What are you getting for smooth texture finish?

[oldrivers]

My dad owns a drywall company here in az and 80 cents per sq ft is what he bids at do do a simple 3500 sq ft house.the bigger the project the more it goes up. If it were me i would go buy the sheet rock from a supplier. Then go to a residential job site and tell the hangers you will pay them .10 cents per sq ft to hang it.And tell them you want screws not nails. Then go to the same job site and tell the tapers you will pay them .09 per sq ft to tape it. You could scrap it your self to save your self some money and if you get your material count pretty close you wont have much to scrap.And the price on texture depends on the style of texture you want. And depending on your cieling height you can order 54 inch wide rock.

It may take a little while to do all this but if you just ask a hanger to give you a bid then i will guarantee you there will be 1k-2k in profit for him that you could save yourself.

Dont ask them what they charge cause they all think they are worth a shitload and their not.

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Holy crap i was getting 8 cents a foot back when i first started in 1983 that was just 3 coats no sanding no materials.

Why not use 5/8ths 54 inch x 14 foot to eliminate some of the seams ??
Make those hangers happy :flipoff2:

[PAToyota]

yes drywall is fire resistant but not very water resistant and for the love of god its a garage hang it and call it good no need for tape or mud:D

Umm... Without the tape and mud it isn't fire resistant...

Hang it yourself, tape it, mud it, and rent one of those Porter Cable drywall sanders - they make finishing drywall pretty easy and almost dust free. I still wore a respirator when I was sanding, but didn't have the whole "bakery flour" look to the place when I was done.

[rokdog03]

My dad just got done with a 4 million dollar,7,000 sq ft custom with 2 elavators,curf stain grade doors and windows,no baseboard and it was totally smooth walls, not like 80/20 like most due,he did that hole thing for like $1.25 sq ft. it was like $57,000 for the whole job.

And painters are a dime a dozen out here.They bid stuff dirt ass cheap.


But back to the subject.If you have the back for it then do it yourself.Start with the cieling and work your way down.And if their's livable above the garage code says you got to use double 5/8 rock at the cieling.