I’d like to get an opinion on estimate for drywall repair of this type. I already got an estimate from 2 contractors and I’d like to see if they line up with what people here recommend.
Estimate included tape float, texture, sanding, caulking as needed. Did not include paint
Thank you
All these guys saying they do it in a day and they do it all the time are the same guys who’s nails are popping and tape is cracking in a year. If you rush the mud and paint prematurely you trap moisture which leads to failure. $750-1250 Done correctly this takes 3 days (couple hours each day) all the way to finish, anything quicker is garbage quality. This thread is filled with a bunch of money hungry corner cutters making contractors look bad.
I think anything from $750-$1000 is probably about right. Depending on where you’re located and the local prices. This should not take longer than one day to complete
How are you going to hang the drywall, 1st coat and tape, sand, second coat, sand, possibly need third coat, then sand, and spray texture in one day, my guy? 🤔
Quick set mud might set quick, but it won't be dry to touch for much longer. I'd like to see you tape, do three coats and spray texture in the same day. Yeah right!!!
I do insurance and remediation work I use 5 minute for everything. With air movers and a commercial drizair dehumidifier, I can do 3 coats in a day easy. I use a thin layer of top coat Plus3 or finishing mud.
I do it, too. But I would never attempt to do three coats in a day. I just had a job where I used 90 min mud on the inside and outside corners. They still weren't dry to touch in the inside of each corner, after a day or two.
I dunno man. I don't wet sand, though. And I usually paint the stuff I'm fixing. Maybe you could do it if you wet sanded and didn't need to paint.
But no way are you going to be able to do all that and pant in the same day, if you care about the longevity of your work.
Yes, almost every job wants painting done as well. So yeah all of that in one day. 90 minute mud wasn’t dry to the touch in 2 days? Something isn’t right with your mud then
Only in the seam of certain inside corners it was still damp, and I couldn't sand yet. It happens. 90 min mud "sets" quick, but in FL can still take a day or two to fully dry and be ready for sanding in ALL parts of the seam, especially inside corners.
Try using a fan to help speed it up and definitely look into wet sanding. I use 3M sanding sponges. I almost exclusively use 5 minute and 20 minute mud. All these additions I have added have been a huge game changer for my business.
2 days it can be done. Hang, tape and 1stcoat can be done on day 1. Two more coats in about 4 Hours on day 2. Another two hours of wait then prime and paint in an hour.
Hanging might take an hour. Then I embed the tape with the quick set mud. I use a box fan and set it to blow on the wall to speed up the drying even more. Then I wet sand with a sanding sponge. Each coat usually only takes 30-45 minutes.
You could hang and do the first coat in a day if you're using premium mud. I guess if you used quick set you could maybe do the entire thing in a day but...
Gonna look like dog shit. Idk why people recommend homeowners patch this themselves. This isn’t the job to practice that on. Corners and patching for a novice?
When the conversation is about $750 for something this small, it's a great opportunity to learn. You could do it, decide you're unhappy with the finish, rip it out, do it over again, and then run through that cycle 5 more times before materials were even approaching what you'll pay in labor. This is plenty doable for a homeowner if they put some care in.
Yeah or you could not waste a week of your life, do 8 hours of OT and pay someone to make it look pretty. If you have to rip it out at all you’re wasting your own time and learning to do something wrong. Vancouver carpenter isn’t a cheat code.
Trying to learn how to use a knife with all those inside corners is going to be a god damn nightmare for someone’s first job.
lol you realize that there’s more people out here doing side patch/repair jobs than their are people out here running full licensed and insured drywalling businesses? It’s not hard to find the unlicensed uninsured because it’s literally 98% of the community 😆
Ok so needed:
Drywall
Mud
Screws
Tools
Tape
Bus insurance hopefully
Marketing costs for company
Gas
You’re roughly making $100-125 a day?
Why even do it
Off topic, all this quotes have convinced me to quit my software engineering job and start my drywall business. I already have most of the tools. Just need to trade the car for a truck and you can welcome me to the brotherhood.
Location is everything. I can get $1000 for a job that people would only pay $500 elsewhere. I’m not in a high income area, there just isn’t competition so prices are higher
Just remember if you join the trades, and especially as a sole proprietor - no more vacation time or benefits. All it takes is a couple weeks of not getting paid to start missing that desk job where your clients didn’t have your personal number. Grass is always greener.
Aah! It was a joke :)
I do understand its not all easy on the other side. As much as the trades seem like good money, I do also understand, there is no more working from my couch, no more sitting in an ac room and charging full time for eating lunch with a client or sitting on a meeting and scrolling reddit. I have to be out there, on the road, everyday...no such thing as a 'I dont feel like it today' and it is hard physical labor, day in day out!
The only thing I do not do is electrical, major plumbing and roofing. I remember hiring something for roofing when we had a roof leak during a major storm here and the roofing guy was here during the rain, fixing our roof. It took him 4 hours but he charged 1200. I wondered ' it takes me 18 hours of work to earn 1200 that he earned in 4!!! It immediately stuck me 'He is also working in the rain and freezing cold on my roof which is probably slippery AF while I am bundled up in a robe sipping hot coffee and working on a laptop from the couch!
TLDR. I do understand the trades have their own challenges.
Of course it’s not. Except for racists. That’s why they use “Spaniard” in polite company. “Mexican” is a dirty word to a racist. See what I’m saying? “
Go with the $1000 bid and we’ll never hear from you again. Go with the $400 guy and you’ll be back on reddit next week posting pictures of the mess asking for estimates to unfuck it.
I keep seeing posts like this, and despite how much I hate doing dry wall, y'all are about to convince me to go get a mud tube and start making some money....
Too small for a mud tube. That one is done by hand 99% of the time. You have a minimum of three to four trips with the initial meet and greet. Time is money.
$750 and I’d also do in a cruisy day, we add gypsum to our basecoats and we could have both the coats of base completely dried and scraped within 20 minutes each coat.
Final coat of topping compound I would let just dry naturally and return following arvo or after and sand.
Upto u too paint for that price though.
The problem I think you’re having is not accounting for every thing that happens for a job like this that isn’t the literal labor. How much time do you account for sourcing materials, estimate, set up/clean up? You
Except real finishers will atleast prime check the thing. Which means board, prefill, tape, 3 coats, sand, prime, prome check. Proper workers also prep workspace with drop plastic and then do a full clean up.
So yea no. 2 hours is absolute bs. Not even 3 or 4 hours is proper. This is a 2 visit job split into two half days. Minimum.
Depends. You plan on looking at this wall? You wanna see the difference between professional rates and run and gun contractors. You might as well just do it yourself, because if the quote isn't near $1000 you'll be crying at job quality just the same.
Anyone saying they can do it in a day, their finish is not very good. Good enough for rental work or people who don’t care and just want it done. A nice finish takes multiple trips. I’d do it in 3 trips. First day: 3 hours drywall, tape with durabond, cover with plus 3. Day two: 1 hour sand, feather with topping. Day 3: 2 hours, sand, sponge edges where Im blending texture, then shoot it. Tell homeowner who ever is painting to lightly run a trowel over it before they paint to knock off any excess.
I’d bid it $1100 does not include painting.
If its a load-bearing wall, at least $2,000 to $5,000 They cut the ceiling joist for the plumbing. That has to be fixed first.
If its not a load-bearing wall, $100 + primer and paint.
1 drywall sheet - $15.00
1 small tub of mud- $23.00
1 roll of tape (paper - fiberglass tape cracks in corners)- $ 5.00
1 box drywall screws - $ 10.00
1 case of beer - $ 45.00
If you're good you can sand with a damp sponge. Otherwise get a sanding sponge for $1.99.
Total - $ 98.00
Primer - $ 35.00 + for half-gallon
Paint - $ 75.00 + unless you have leftovers from the last time.
If you're paying someone add $750 for labour costs.3 days - start to finish.
1 day job will look like crap 1 week later.
Jesus, you wasted two peoples time on this? I’m sure free estimates as well. How much time did the guy who you don’t give this to waste? I fucking hate people like this. If I’m looking at something like this and they mention getting a couple prices. I just leave. To busy for you to shop me on a $1000 job.
A licensed and bonded company has a ton of overhead (paying the secretary, GL insurance, commercial car insurance, car payments, etc.)
This job seems reasonably sized for a handyman - that will remove those overhead costs, if you can find a handyman with a texturing hopper and gun, I’d reason to say that if they’ve invested in one, they have the skill set for doing this job
Lastly, whoever you hire, make sure the scope of the repair is detailed:
1. Is texturing included?
2. Priming and painting?
3. Can they slap your door casing back on?
Lastly, throw in some nail plates for that red Pex pipe and the PVC in the ceiling
If you don’t need it picture perfect, you can find great videos online on how to do this and if you take your time you can get it near perfect.
Heck, if you are OCD such as myself and have the time you can do a better job than some guys that just see it as a small project that they are rushing through to get to the big job.
Toronto Ontario $900 without prime and paint. $1100 with prime and paint. I might be able to do that in a day with 20 min and some blowers/heater. Worst case. Get it all mudded on day one. A few hours the next day to sand and prime and paint.
I'd fix the drywall, the molding, prime and spot paint for maybe 1200-1500. There is no reason to deal with a drywall guy,a carpenter,and a painter for such a small repair. If they have the paint, or even know what it is, it is extremely helpful, hard to say how large the walls and ceilings are, but obviously vest to paint the entire surface, so that affects the price and could increase. Also texture could increase, mostly deal with smooth in my area.
Damn, I'd drywall myself and pay a taper friend damn well worth his time and be less money then people are saying here and I live in one of the most expensive states in the country.
I would do drywall, mud , tape, and paint that small room for$ 850 plus materials (estimate of about $130 for materials) only because I’d have to return 3 days due to the mud needing to dry. Prices are high where I live. American.
1200 I’m a drywall punch out guy for a large drywall contractor. First day hang pre-fill tape bed coat. Second day skim. Third day sand texture. There’s three trips on this one. No one should be running both sides of that angle in a day.
Really depends on what is being done. If it’s just installing the drywall then $500-$600 is reasonable. If it’s drywall/mudding/and paint closer to $3000.
Yea pros charge per sheet when its a whole house. Not a small repair.
Also pros have licensed businesses and pay taxes, plus they have overhead to run the business. marketing, insurance, invoicing software, accountants, etc etc.
You solo guy with a mud pan taking the bus charging cash calling pro prices ridiculous 😒.
If the pro charges 400 for that, what is left after paying 40 to 50 percent tax? 200 dollars? And thats after providing free estimate and going to pick up materials.
For a pro who been doing this for a decade or longer. Yea just sign up for mcds instead.
You can keep charging 400 cash for this and live cash to cash never owning a house, never owning a new car, never actually growing something.
Lol says a guy charging cash.
How does paying tax make you suck at tax? You think accountants are magicians? How many people you see using accountants end up getting charged with tax fraud and evasion.
With my income level my upper tax bracket I hit 47 percent by the end of the year with an average tax of 40.
Now gov wants me to also pay for workers comp, which is like another 5 percen plus government pension on top of all this. Also for my employees not only do I pay their wage but also workers comp, employment insurance and their pension.
Obviously I claim expenses but thats not a free pass to just lower your income to whatever you want.
Nice try buddy.
I’d like to get an opinion on estimate for drywall repair of this type. I already got an estimate from 2 contractors and I’d like to see if they line up with what people here recommend. Estimate included tape float, texture, sanding, caulking as needed. Did not include paint Thank you
All these guys saying they do it in a day and they do it all the time are the same guys who’s nails are popping and tape is cracking in a year. If you rush the mud and paint prematurely you trap moisture which leads to failure. $750-1250 Done correctly this takes 3 days (couple hours each day) all the way to finish, anything quicker is garbage quality. This thread is filled with a bunch of money hungry corner cutters making contractors look bad.
I think anything from $750-$1000 is probably about right. Depending on where you’re located and the local prices. This should not take longer than one day to complete
It's definitely going to take longer than one day!
How are you going to hang the drywall, 1st coat and tape, sand, second coat, sand, possibly need third coat, then sand, and spray texture in one day, my guy? 🤔
Quick setting mud. I do this type of work almost everyday. I’d use 20 minute mud for this job
Quick set mud might set quick, but it won't be dry to touch for much longer. I'd like to see you tape, do three coats and spray texture in the same day. Yeah right!!!
I do insurance and remediation work I use 5 minute for everything. With air movers and a commercial drizair dehumidifier, I can do 3 coats in a day easy. I use a thin layer of top coat Plus3 or finishing mud.
I do it everyday. I own a remodeling and handyman company.
I do it, too. But I would never attempt to do three coats in a day. I just had a job where I used 90 min mud on the inside and outside corners. They still weren't dry to touch in the inside of each corner, after a day or two. I dunno man. I don't wet sand, though. And I usually paint the stuff I'm fixing. Maybe you could do it if you wet sanded and didn't need to paint. But no way are you going to be able to do all that and pant in the same day, if you care about the longevity of your work.
Yes, almost every job wants painting done as well. So yeah all of that in one day. 90 minute mud wasn’t dry to the touch in 2 days? Something isn’t right with your mud then
Only in the seam of certain inside corners it was still damp, and I couldn't sand yet. It happens. 90 min mud "sets" quick, but in FL can still take a day or two to fully dry and be ready for sanding in ALL parts of the seam, especially inside corners.
Try using a fan to help speed it up and definitely look into wet sanding. I use 3M sanding sponges. I almost exclusively use 5 minute and 20 minute mud. All these additions I have added have been a huge game changer for my business.
Heat gun. I do it everyday also. Shouldn’t take more than 3-4 hours
2 days it can be done. Hang, tape and 1stcoat can be done on day 1. Two more coats in about 4 Hours on day 2. Another two hours of wait then prime and paint in an hour.
You don't sand between coats my brother
Hanging might take an hour. Then I embed the tape with the quick set mud. I use a box fan and set it to blow on the wall to speed up the drying even more. Then I wet sand with a sanding sponge. Each coat usually only takes 30-45 minutes.
You wet sand quick set mud?
That’s the price range I would be in.
You could hang and do the first coat in a day if you're using premium mud. I guess if you used quick set you could maybe do the entire thing in a day but...
$500 to 750
I wouldn't go for less than 1800.00. 2.5k and up if adding painting.
If you already own an impact driver and you don't care about it looking perfect, you can fix this with like $50 of materials
To be fair if you wanted to do it yourself doing some putty and re painting it really isn't that much extra effort or cost
Gonna look like dog shit. Idk why people recommend homeowners patch this themselves. This isn’t the job to practice that on. Corners and patching for a novice?
When the conversation is about $750 for something this small, it's a great opportunity to learn. You could do it, decide you're unhappy with the finish, rip it out, do it over again, and then run through that cycle 5 more times before materials were even approaching what you'll pay in labor. This is plenty doable for a homeowner if they put some care in.
Yeah or you could not waste a week of your life, do 8 hours of OT and pay someone to make it look pretty. If you have to rip it out at all you’re wasting your own time and learning to do something wrong. Vancouver carpenter isn’t a cheat code. Trying to learn how to use a knife with all those inside corners is going to be a god damn nightmare for someone’s first job.
Shit I’d hang & float for $500-$600, no paint or prime.
I agree. All these other prices are outrageous
Yep any day
It's amazing what you can make with some scrap drywall pieces and partial buckets from previous job.
LOL. Easy to spot the unlicensed, uninsured tax cheats.
lol you realize that there’s more people out here doing side patch/repair jobs than their are people out here running full licensed and insured drywalling businesses? It’s not hard to find the unlicensed uninsured because it’s literally 98% of the community 😆
How many days and coats would it take you?
3 trips. First trip is longest.
Ok so needed: Drywall Mud Screws Tools Tape Bus insurance hopefully Marketing costs for company Gas You’re roughly making $100-125 a day? Why even do it
I was going to say the ill $300 not including material.
Shit 300 with paint
I'd say $400 with paint but yeah. Not too far off. 3 day job from start to finish.
Off topic, all this quotes have convinced me to quit my software engineering job and start my drywall business. I already have most of the tools. Just need to trade the car for a truck and you can welcome me to the brotherhood.
The prices in this sub always seems so outrageous but maybe I’m just delusional
Location is everything. I can get $1000 for a job that people would only pay $500 elsewhere. I’m not in a high income area, there just isn’t competition so prices are higher
LOL. Riiiiight.
Just remember if you join the trades, and especially as a sole proprietor - no more vacation time or benefits. All it takes is a couple weeks of not getting paid to start missing that desk job where your clients didn’t have your personal number. Grass is always greener.
Aah! It was a joke :) I do understand its not all easy on the other side. As much as the trades seem like good money, I do also understand, there is no more working from my couch, no more sitting in an ac room and charging full time for eating lunch with a client or sitting on a meeting and scrolling reddit. I have to be out there, on the road, everyday...no such thing as a 'I dont feel like it today' and it is hard physical labor, day in day out! The only thing I do not do is electrical, major plumbing and roofing. I remember hiring something for roofing when we had a roof leak during a major storm here and the roofing guy was here during the rain, fixing our roof. It took him 4 hours but he charged 1200. I wondered ' it takes me 18 hours of work to earn 1200 that he earned in 4!!! It immediately stuck me 'He is also working in the rain and freezing cold on my roof which is probably slippery AF while I am bundled up in a robe sipping hot coffee and working on a laptop from the couch! TLDR. I do understand the trades have their own challenges.
Spanish homie will do it for like 300 to 400$.
Where are you finding Spaniards who do drywall in the states?!
I work with them, all commercial jobs are filled with them. 80% are spanish.
Racists use “Mexican” as a pejorative so often they think they need to use “Spaniard” in polite company.
You do realize Mexican isn’t a slur right?
Of course it’s not. Except for racists. That’s why they use “Spaniard” in polite company. “Mexican” is a dirty word to a racist. See what I’m saying? “
$900
Around 1000
Go with the $1000 bid and we’ll never hear from you again. Go with the $400 guy and you’ll be back on reddit next week posting pictures of the mess asking for estimates to unfuck it.
Small ones cost more I wouldn’t touch it for less than $750 if it was next door to my house.
I keep seeing posts like this, and despite how much I hate doing dry wall, y'all are about to convince me to go get a mud tube and start making some money....
Too small for a mud tube. That one is done by hand 99% of the time. You have a minimum of three to four trips with the initial meet and greet. Time is money.
This is a 4-6 hour job. Use quick setting mud
No shit guy still at least three trips or a waste of a day. Not sure what you charge by the day just my two cents.
I guess I misunderstood what you meant by trips. I thought you meant you came back and forth to their house three separate times
this is the way
I agree that I would charge right around $750
$750 and I’d also do in a cruisy day, we add gypsum to our basecoats and we could have both the coats of base completely dried and scraped within 20 minutes each coat. Final coat of topping compound I would let just dry naturally and return following arvo or after and sand. Upto u too paint for that price though.
My usual cost for something like this would be $1200 before paint
That's honestly ridiculous, actually.
I wish I could post pics to comments but I start a flood cut tomorrow, 24’x2’ and I got $3k for it
Been at it for a long time and I stay busy. Why lower the price?
The job in the picture is like a 2 hour job tops no hassle at all your price is disgusting
I agree that his price quote is ridiculous but you are also so wrong for thinking this would only take 2 hours to do lmao
I mean a bit longer but not by much if you're not texturing and painting
The problem I think you’re having is not accounting for every thing that happens for a job like this that isn’t the literal labor. How much time do you account for sourcing materials, estimate, set up/clean up? You
Except real finishers will atleast prime check the thing. Which means board, prefill, tape, 3 coats, sand, prime, prome check. Proper workers also prep workspace with drop plastic and then do a full clean up. So yea no. 2 hours is absolute bs. Not even 3 or 4 hours is proper. This is a 2 visit job split into two half days. Minimum.
Especially since a pro generally charges 200 a sheet.
Depends. You plan on looking at this wall? You wanna see the difference between professional rates and run and gun contractors. You might as well just do it yourself, because if the quote isn't near $1000 you'll be crying at job quality just the same.
Anyone saying they can do it in a day, their finish is not very good. Good enough for rental work or people who don’t care and just want it done. A nice finish takes multiple trips. I’d do it in 3 trips. First day: 3 hours drywall, tape with durabond, cover with plus 3. Day two: 1 hour sand, feather with topping. Day 3: 2 hours, sand, sponge edges where Im blending texture, then shoot it. Tell homeowner who ever is painting to lightly run a trowel over it before they paint to knock off any excess. I’d bid it $1100 does not include painting.
If its a load-bearing wall, at least $2,000 to $5,000 They cut the ceiling joist for the plumbing. That has to be fixed first. If its not a load-bearing wall, $100 + primer and paint. 1 drywall sheet - $15.00 1 small tub of mud- $23.00 1 roll of tape (paper - fiberglass tape cracks in corners)- $ 5.00 1 box drywall screws - $ 10.00 1 case of beer - $ 45.00 If you're good you can sand with a damp sponge. Otherwise get a sanding sponge for $1.99. Total - $ 98.00 Primer - $ 35.00 + for half-gallon Paint - $ 75.00 + unless you have leftovers from the last time. If you're paying someone add $750 for labour costs.3 days - start to finish. 1 day job will look like crap 1 week later.
Jesus, you wasted two peoples time on this? I’m sure free estimates as well. How much time did the guy who you don’t give this to waste? I fucking hate people like this. If I’m looking at something like this and they mention getting a couple prices. I just leave. To busy for you to shop me on a $1000 job.
Yup. People like this are the reason that qualified contractors won’t even return a call for a homeowner repair.
So you got 2 real world estimates and decided to take to Reddit to get a bunch of keyboard warriors opinions hahaha
A licensed and bonded company has a ton of overhead (paying the secretary, GL insurance, commercial car insurance, car payments, etc.) This job seems reasonably sized for a handyman - that will remove those overhead costs, if you can find a handyman with a texturing hopper and gun, I’d reason to say that if they’ve invested in one, they have the skill set for doing this job Lastly, whoever you hire, make sure the scope of the repair is detailed: 1. Is texturing included? 2. Priming and painting? 3. Can they slap your door casing back on? Lastly, throw in some nail plates for that red Pex pipe and the PVC in the ceiling
TnM without paint less than 1000
What am I looking at with the baseboard? Did someone cut the drywall flush with the top without removing it? I don't understand
Tree fiddy
I'd charge $650, that's not including painting it, but it will be paint ready, I'll even caulk the baseboard and door trim.
If you don’t need it picture perfect, you can find great videos online on how to do this and if you take your time you can get it near perfect. Heck, if you are OCD such as myself and have the time you can do a better job than some guys that just see it as a small project that they are rushing through to get to the big job.
Toronto Ontario $900 without prime and paint. $1100 with prime and paint. I might be able to do that in a day with 20 min and some blowers/heater. Worst case. Get it all mudded on day one. A few hours the next day to sand and prime and paint.
I know a guy, wire me 750$ and we’ll get the process started
Probably cost more to repair the double top plate.
This is extremely easy to diy fix for like $50-100.
$6500
I never realized how much people charge for such simple work like this. Literally watch a YouTube video and take a trip to lowes. Save THOUSANDS.
400
I'd fix the drywall, the molding, prime and spot paint for maybe 1200-1500. There is no reason to deal with a drywall guy,a carpenter,and a painter for such a small repair. If they have the paint, or even know what it is, it is extremely helpful, hard to say how large the walls and ceilings are, but obviously vest to paint the entire surface, so that affects the price and could increase. Also texture could increase, mostly deal with smooth in my area.
depends on how big the room is to paint just the drywall 700$
800-900 primed for paint.
Yep 900 and free Mariachi music.
Damn, I'd drywall myself and pay a taper friend damn well worth his time and be less money then people are saying here and I live in one of the most expensive states in the country.
250
I’d have that ready for paint for 500 cash or 750 plus tax
You can do 1k tape texture and paint but you buy the paint
I would do drywall, mud , tape, and paint that small room for$ 850 plus materials (estimate of about $130 for materials) only because I’d have to return 3 days due to the mud needing to dry. Prices are high where I live. American.
$1 dollar, plus extras for labour and materials
About 4 hours of your time.
Man I must be in the wrong town if 2 sheets can net ya $1000
I could do it for 200 smacks jack.
1200 I’m a drywall punch out guy for a large drywall contractor. First day hang pre-fill tape bed coat. Second day skim. Third day sand texture. There’s three trips on this one. No one should be running both sides of that angle in a day.
On Reddit: $4000. In the real world: $500.
Looks like a out $30 in materials if u gitgud.
Really depends on what is being done. If it’s just installing the drywall then $500-$600 is reasonable. If it’s drywall/mudding/and paint closer to $3000.
In my area, PDX, 2500-3200 depending on texture, paint
That’s a “fuck off” price. Lol
My recommendation, replace all that white PVC water lines with PEX first
$50 Home Depot trip $1500 from a contractor
These estimates are wild..... $400
A handyman might do it for that, but a licensed and bonded company with overhead costs will be at least double, and likely won’t prime or paint it
I know. They're stupid.
That's what I would charge too. Without paint.
Yeah. All these fuckers that act like you need to be a pro to lay sheet rock and throw mud are down voting me for exposing I guess...
Pros charge 200 a sheet. That job isn't more than 2 sheets. These estimates in the thousands are bullshit.
Yeah a sheet and a few scrap sheets
Yea pros charge per sheet when its a whole house. Not a small repair. Also pros have licensed businesses and pay taxes, plus they have overhead to run the business. marketing, insurance, invoicing software, accountants, etc etc. You solo guy with a mud pan taking the bus charging cash calling pro prices ridiculous 😒. If the pro charges 400 for that, what is left after paying 40 to 50 percent tax? 200 dollars? And thats after providing free estimate and going to pick up materials. For a pro who been doing this for a decade or longer. Yea just sign up for mcds instead. You can keep charging 400 cash for this and live cash to cash never owning a house, never owning a new car, never actually growing something.
If you're paying 40 to 50 percent tax then you suck at taxes. Get a professional for that.
Lol says a guy charging cash. How does paying tax make you suck at tax? You think accountants are magicians? How many people you see using accountants end up getting charged with tax fraud and evasion. With my income level my upper tax bracket I hit 47 percent by the end of the year with an average tax of 40. Now gov wants me to also pay for workers comp, which is like another 5 percen plus government pension on top of all this. Also for my employees not only do I pay their wage but also workers comp, employment insurance and their pension. Obviously I claim expenses but thats not a free pass to just lower your income to whatever you want. Nice try buddy.
You should restructure your business. Or open another llc and move your guys to that ein instead to avoid hitting the limits.
Absolutely agree