Drywall sheets, screws, mud and tape
Sheets, screws, joint compound and tape for a room or floor from wall and ceiling areas.
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Comes with the painter and drywaller plan: every tool for the role, from $10.20 a month at the launch price.
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- 3 cited sources, linked, with the checks to make
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Example result · fictional numbers
What you get: drywall bid
Worked out by this tool from its default inputs. Its role plan lets you run your own numbers, print the sheet and save it.
42 sheets hung and finished to Level 4 in about 5 working days for $2,357.92 ($1.34 a sq ft)
- Board area
- 1,760 sq ft
- Sheets (4x12)
- 42
- Screws
- 2,016 (about 6.7 lb of 1-1/4 in coarse)
- Joint compound
- 17.6 gal → 4 boxes of 4.5 gal
- Paper tape
- 651 ft → 2 rolls of 500 ft
Finish to Level 4
- What it takes
- Tape plus two more coats on flat joints, one on angles; fasteners three times
- Passes over the joints
- 3
- Joint compound
- 17.6 gal, 4 boxes of 4.5 gal (the tool's 3-coat figure is 17.6 gal)
- Suits
- Flat paint, light texture and most houses
- Paper tape and screws
- 2 rolls of 500 ft; 2,016 screws
Also on the sheet
- Crew and schedule · 4 lines, starting with “Hanging”
- Bid · 5 lines, starting with “Board (42 at $18.00)”
The plain-words read of this example
1,760 sq ft of board takes 42 sheets; finished to Level 4 that is 3 passes over the joints and about 17.6 gal of compound. With 3 people it is about 40 person-hours and 5 working days including drying and sanding. Board, compound and labor come to $2,357.92, $1.34 a square foot before tape, screws and markup. If the paint is glossy or the walls take strong side light, GA-214 calls for Level 5.
3 cited sources
- GA-214-2022, Recommended Levels of Finish for Gypsum Panel Products (quick reference guide) (Gypsum Association (hosted by CISCA))
- GA-216, Application and Finishing of Gypsum Panel Products (Gypsum Association)
- IRC 2021, Chapter 7 Wall Covering (R702.3 gypsum board) (International Code Council)
Plus 5 step-by-step checks, a print layout and a link that reopens it with your numbers.