35,000 Sq Ft Of Commercial Drywall To Tape

kaiberg

like the topic says...i have 35,000 sq ft of drywall to tape...drug store with attached doctors offices...all walls...stand up sheets...about half will have grid ceilings installed at 9'...the other half at 14'...a few bulkheads...and a few bathroom ceilings...labor only the GC is supplying all materials and the hangers are installing all beads...here is my question...how low of a price per sq. ft would you be willing to go to get the job...travel time and fuel costs not a factor...automatic taping tools used of course ! thanks for all replys

Drywall1

Whats your location? There are some pretty hungry subs out there right now. Had a hanger call me the other day. Said he would hang anything I had for 9 cents/ft. I said "how do you feed your family for that?
I pay my subs over twice that much " He didn't know what to say after that!

BTW .25 to .35 depending on level of finish required.

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jett_painting

Our typical rate for commercial is $.30/sq ft. where are you?

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butch mason

I get .40 cents a foot to hang and finish.Contractor or Homeowner provides materials.

butch mason

I get .20 a foot to tape,bed,skim and sand.I wish I had a job of that size to do.It is pretty slow around this area right now.Looking for work.10 years experience.(740)819-6212.

axnjoe

The question was to tape out ONLY with tools.

Though it sounds fishy to me.
Why would you just want it taped out and specify auto tools.
Are looking to just fire tape?
Are you applying a finished laminate?
What are you actually trying to accomplish?
Better conveying your needs could net you a LOT lower price.

kaiberg

I think you got too hung up on vocabulary and possibly missed the point The company I work for wanted to me to do the job at a "flat rate" price rather than pay me by the hour as usual. I specified automatic tools because that is what I would be using, on a job that size anything else would be tough to make much $...especially since they wanted me to do it for $5000, which works out roughly to .14 cents a sqaure, well below the going rate. By "tape out" I meant finish the job to the paint ready stage...another case of different vocabulary for the same thing I guess

1KingOfDrywall

Thats about 730-740 sheets (of 4x12's)
I would pay my guys about $4500 LABOR........BUT THATS NOT WHAT I would CHARGE as a contractor. If your company is gonna pay you about $4500.LABOR ONLY... your in the ball park. He has to bring you scaffold,mud,tape,straight flex etc.

sandman25

First of all 35000 sq feet is different from 35000 foot board.....

If you did 35000 Foot board for $5000 (tape to a level 5)it is time to hang your tool and move to alberta.....because i have 20 jobs waiting for you..

How can you pay your bisness license, bisness insurance, WC, advertisment, fuel for your company veh, bookkeeping,,,etc when you are charging these pricessss??????

Tim0282

No kidding!! I don't work where someone else supplies material. I have always supplied material. My price would be no less than 16800.00. I do have competition out there, but my regulars don't call them, fortunate for me. I am very thankful I don't have to mess with pricing like so many of you do. Ouch!!

towertaper

without looking at it my price would be roughly $0.25 per board ft. if they are supplying all materials and putting on the corner beads (which I personally would never allow because if they mess it up your screwed) I'd probably only charge them about $0.70 per foot of bead that would put the job price at about $8000+

oldrivers

hangers are installing all beads..

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I wouldnt be able to sleep at night. must be clinchons huh? so how did it go anyways?

BattleRidge

If you will do that for 5 grand I have enough to keep you and 5 of your buddies busy here, bring all your friends!!! I wouldn't go less then 10 grand.

BUTCHERMAN

I think i see what's happening here. If you work at an hourly rate normally for a company and all of a sudden they want you to work at a flat rate they are sending you a message. I could be wrong but it sounds like they think you need to pick up speed. Don't take this the wrong way this can be a positive. What i would do if this is the case is figure out how many hours it takes to do the job. Then figure $25 an hour per man. Be a little generous on the hours. Let's say it takes 2 guys 50 hours to do a job. It comes out to $2500 that means $1250 for each which is good. Now if you do it in 40 hours you still make $1250 each that's better. But if it comes in at 60 hours you lose. You also need to factor in cost of material. The problem is hourly's don't see the urgency to finish a job. If the the job is bid by the square foot by the company and takes to long to do the company loses money. They obviously like your work but they need to make money also. With this formula you can make out fine you just need to see if you can bring it in in the time you allow yourself. My company has done this on certain jobs and so far everyone is happier. The workers get the job done quicker and in the process make more than the hourly rate. The company does better because they know they made out before the job is started. My workers look for these jobs. It's a great incentive. If this is not the situation try the formula anyway. good luck.

spackelman

I just ran through some quick numbers.

Site unseen, north east coast, my range would be somewhere between $10 to $15K, labor only. Probably closer to $10 than to $15K.

At $5k, I'm donating time, which I don't have time to donate.

Tim0282

Good thinking process, Butcherman! I sure didn't see it that way, but I like the way you thought it through. Not that you need my stokes, but nice to see a different approach.

BUTCHERMAN

Thanks for the post it's nice to be appreciated.