How do you bid a drywall job?
Question:hourly? flat rate if so do you estamate by the square ft?
Answers:
It depends on the size of the job and the height of the room or the house. Everything over 8ft high is more work and thusly would cost more. You have to allow for hanging, and how many sheets are needed, and then you have to allow for tapeing and then texturing. A master finisher is pricey, but will guarantee that the job looks great, even if the hanging was done by a bunch of amatures.
Figure of the square footage and allow for all the levels of work mentioned before. For example, my ex, who has 25 years experience as a master drywall finisher would figure his charges this way-a room 10x10 with 8 ft ceilings would run 420 sq ft at a set rate of 1.00 a square foot, but that is the rate in our area, and rates are subject to wild variations. It also depends on who is supplying the materials.
You HAVE TO bid by square footage. The sheetrock will cost you "x" dollars per sheet and will cover 32 square feet. you must determine the total footage, so you can buy the correct amount of sheetrock... Figure a 10% overage, for mistakes, or if you break a piece.
If the room has many intricate cuts or excessive fixtures, you will need to charge more for that... but thats on you to decide.
Remember, you can hide EVERYTHING with a good tape and mud job... but you will finish much faster if you hang the rock straight and well the first time. This way, you only have to mud the nail holes and the tape channel twice.
if you are in doubt, tally the price for all materials and add on 50% then decide whatever price per hour you want to charge, and tell the customer it is a "time and material" job.
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