Is there an accurate Drywall Estimating App/program/website I can use to validate an estimate?
artisanfarms
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I have a drywall quote from a contractor I have confidence in in terms of work quality. I would like to check his price to ensure it is in the ballpark, but would prefer not to waste other contractors’ time by having them bid the job just so I have a comp.
So, are there any on line applications that I can use to check his price? If it matters, it is a 1600 sqft three bedroom ranch house with easy access. All of the drywall can be easily boomed into the house thru the front door.
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Andy,
Unfortunately, like almost every other trade you will employ, prices are intensely regional, and the only useful compartor is what others willing to bid your job offer to do it for.
I can give you rules of thumb. For a house figure on about three square feet of drywall for every square foot of floor. I've been paying between two and three dollars a square foot depending on the type of drywall. So ballpark $10-15k for the job
Older post, but since the spam post resurrected it, I'll add this for posterity:
As far as materials go, drywall estimators count sheets and you can do the same quite easily. If you have a room that's 13' in one dimension, it's getting a 16' board with 3' of waste, so the efficiency numbers go up and down depending on what the rooms look like.
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