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Originally Posted by Shin Pad
I drywalled my garage recently. I had so much trouble getting someone in to do it, I ended up doing it myself. I took my time, and did a pretty good job.
To put up 12 sheets of gypsum board, it shouldn't take too long - probably only a few hours depending how much cutting and how complicated it is - if it is just straight walls, it shouldn't take much time at all. Then, you should be able to get the first coat of mud and tape in not more than a couple of hours. Then, you have to let it dry overnight, and come back the next day to sand it and put another coat of mud on - again, this should only take about one hour or more. Then the process is repeated one more time. So, overall, you might have 8 hours work at the most - that's more than $300 per hour!!!! Man, if drywallers are getting that much, I need to change jobs.
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i guess i should mention its not a "clean" job meaning its not just bare walls everywhere ready to just screw in the boards and go.
there are a few full walls and some partial walls, he has to remove old stuff and prep, and a whole lot of patching and filling.
i just tried phoning around and no one wants to do such a small job and no one can give me even a rough estimate over the phone. think i will try and haggle him down abit before he starts today.