Drywall Rates In Alberta

PalyMudMan

to tape in edmonton as a monkey, ya... who works fot those wages other than crack heads off the street and alchoholics with no cars. and Definitely they dont have the tools nor the finish. let alone the clean underwear.

cheers.

PalyMudMan

thats the trend when the Mexies get in here......... 20 / lf // HOLY **** .. I THINK ILL SELL MY TOOLS TO A PAWN SHOP FOR A CASE OF BEER!!!!

YEa!!!!


SHOOT ME NOW.

PalyMudMan

then hire ME as i am from Calgary and STUCK in edmonton with these yahoos... im independant and fully loaded NO HABITs. and very clean as well as professional in demeanor.

What r u lookin for ?

hourly i charge 60 no joke. b/c i make 100 / hr private.. i dont underestimate myself. why should I .

Secondly , if your really into good tapers.... then ill come down and work on 1 project ... but seriously with the amount of cons going on in edmonton, id say 2000 up front up on arrival and when you see the quality you can breathe easier.

sleep on it

Bjorn

Hi ontario_tapers,

If you're as good as you say you are, I'd definitely be interested in talking to you. I'm looking for good tapers and am willing to pay for quality. Send me an e-mail when it's convenient: speaktobc@hotmail.com

jes69

Dude I was wondering if you can give me any leads to find a job in montana I have 20 yrs experience

john5mt

a job or contracts? are you living in montana or elsewhere?

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jes69

no, I live in Wisconsin im mexican butt im getting tired of all the illegal people moving here and dropping prices there is no more decent wages anymore

newtonswall

there are boardmen here getting .35 sq/ft for 9ft ceiling using 54in board. If you know the right people

mud dog

Where is here?

bh54

hello from victoria I also am looking to move to alberta this are very very slow out have been the taping forman for a large company here for 3yrs. and up to 2 weeks ago i was the last person working and know he cant even heep me bussy so if anyone can help me find work I really need the help. as for prices they where a lot higher here when it was bussy we where priceing $2.25 per square ft.(its true) on most all jobs tapers where getting any where from 35 cents up to 45 boarding from 3o to 35 however quality is the key even a level 4 job had to be near perfect and most of what we did was level 5 as the paiters here in most cases dont touch up a thing we did most of the trade damage as well I hired lots of tapers from other parts of the country and they where shocked at was expect of them as i was when i moved here took a lot to get use to working here however it looks like I now have to move so once again if someone can email me some info at vibh@live.com i would like to here from you thanks bill

mud dog

Hey Bh54, have you tried Talcore or Ron's Drywall on the Island? Things in Alberta have slowed down alot. Had a friend come out from Van. looking for work, he ended up going back to Van.

bh54

thanks for the relpy mud dog I have worked for lacore along time ago but things are so slow I would say about 10% of all drywallers are working so may have to make the move soon

Preacher17

move where though its slow everywhere......

neptune

lots of work here in the Kootenays, im gonna be a busy boy all summer, 11 houses to board and tape just for one company, big projects coming in invermere, radium, fairmont, cranbrooke, i probably have 20+ houses to do just here in Golden over the summer

AARC Drywall

Calgary and Edmonton are busy.....we hear it all the time...however again the cost of living is outragious....a friend of mine just moved there and is working in a diffrent feild, but he is paying $2200 month for a 2 bedroom house just outside of edmonton. As for the rates, they are not bad, about average. I live in Prince George, about 8 hours away, and i can tell you one thing...if you any good you are working....flyby nighters, get weeded out pertty fast, Our housing starts are down, but reno's are up. The new housing that we are doing, we are getting around 1.55 bf supply install finish to level 4. As to a year ago we were getting 1.70 to 1.85...bigg diffrence. Here if you dont know someone you dont get the job...lucky for me i have been around for a very long time, and work for a lot of the best companies, who demand quality and are willing to pay for it.
Be carefull with the 200 homes.....they are there, but you wont be happy paying a huge huge rental payment that will take most of your proffits.

Good Luck

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neptune

yup $2200 is damn steep, when i was renting an hour away from Calgary, in Canmore...all i had was one room in a guys house to stick myself + the taper in (one right after another) when i was getting houses there nonstop. $1000/month, for a freakin room!


im seeing an increase in the amount of reno's as well, but down in the columbia valley prices are still hovering around the 1.70-1.80 mark for new construction if you know what you're doing.

Wire2008ca

I came to alberta about 2 years ago and for how much cheaper it is to live in ontario. The rates are **** out here.... They build so slow guys who say that they have been boarding out here for 5 to 10 years are dumb too..... Ive been doin this for 10 years and have done everything... i worked for tabraco marel, d&a you name it ...... if they do pay higher than out there it's because they will have over 200 houses in 5 years not 1 years which is only decent...

Wire2008ca

people arent too bright out here for that.. i've gone through 10 guys in the last 2 months and they are slopy cause i believe that they dont make enough.... I do perfect job like 1/8 gap if crooked and tapers love my work compared to other boarders..... but I probably working for the cheapest company in calgary right now... any one know of anybody need a good boarder. I got 1 guy with me and can get more if needed. Just dont have any luck with anyone willing to try me out on at least one job.... after one job you'll see i do great work and make a tapers life easy.....

email me @ kbahoric@yahoo.ca

YoungGunz

I am just getting my company started and off the ground, i am also wondering what the accepted rates are for Southern alberta, with board, taping and sanding in one outfit. where i started and learned to drywall, they were $1.10 and even as low as $0.90. mind you it was a small town with only two outfits good enough to compete. any help with this would be appreciated.

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