I finished about 1400 sq. ft. of my basement with about 46 4x8 sheets
of drywall. All the sheets are standing up so the tapered ends are
butted together. Each seam is about 7 feet long. There are 9 inside
90-degree corners, 5 outside 90-degree corners and two approximately
120-degree inside corners.

I'm going to be looking for someone put on the outside corner metals &
tape/mud/sand. For the typical contractor, is this a job that can be
completed in a weekend? I know it will depend on the crew size but
I'm not sure what a crew of any size can get done in a day.

Thanks,
Kevin

" wrote in message
ups.com...
I finished about 1400 sq. ft. of my basement with about 46 4x8 sheets
of drywall. All the sheets are standing up so the tapered ends are
butted together. Each seam is about 7 feet long. There are 9 inside
90-degree corners, 5 outside 90-degree corners and two approximately
120-degree inside corners.

I'm going to be looking for someone put on the outside corner metals &
tape/mud/sand. For the typical contractor, is this a job that can be
completed in a weekend? I know it will depend on the crew size but
I'm not sure what a crew of any size can get done in a day.

Thanks,
Kevin


I couldn't tell you how many man-hours is needed to do this job, but it is
not likely it can be finished in two days because of the drying time.
Usually the first coat of joint compound dries faster than the next two
coats. At a minimum I think 3 days would be required because of that.

wrote:
I finished about 1400 sq. ft. of my basement with about 46 4x8 sheets
of drywall. All the sheets are standing up so the tapered ends are
butted together. Each seam is about 7 feet long. There are 9 inside
90-degree corners, 5 outside 90-degree corners and two approximately
120-degree inside corners.

I'm going to be looking for someone put on the outside corner metals &
tape/mud/sand. For the typical contractor, is this a job that can be
completed in a weekend? I know it will depend on the crew size but
I'm not sure what a crew of any size can get done in a day.

With setting type joint compound, such as Durabond or EZ Sand, a crew
of two should finish it in two days. With standard premixed joint
compound it would take longer as the drying time is the principle
limiting factor and throwing more men at it won't help.

R

"RicodJour" wrote in message
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wrote:
I finished about 1400 sq. ft. of my basement with about 46 4x8 sheets
of drywall. All the sheets are standing up so the tapered ends are
butted together. Each seam is about 7 feet long. There are 9 inside
90-degree corners, 5 outside 90-degree corners and two approximately
120-degree inside corners.

I'm going to be looking for someone put on the outside corner metals &
tape/mud/sand. For the typical contractor, is this a job that can be
completed in a weekend? I know it will depend on the crew size but
I'm not sure what a crew of any size can get done in a day.

With setting type joint compound, such as Durabond or EZ Sand, a crew
of two should finish it in two days. With standard premixed joint
compound it would take longer as the drying time is the principle
limiting factor and throwing more men at it won't help.

Drywall finishers work on weekends in OP's area?

aem sends....

"Drywall finishers work on weekends in OP's area?"

If they want the job they do. :-)

Typical quality requires 3 coats. 12 hours dry time each coat.
Setting compound can be used on the first coat. Most finishers I
know would have zero interest in a weekend job.

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Keep the whole world singing . . . .
DanG (remove the sevens)




" wrote in message
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"Drywall finishers work on weekends in OP's area?"

If they want the job they do. :-)

DanG wrote:
Typical quality requires 3 coats. 12 hours dry time each coat.
Setting compound can be used on the first coat. Most finishers I
know would have zero interest in a weekend job.

Area differences I suppose. There are plenty of hungry guys around
here that work weekends. I've also used union guys. A few buddies
would show up bright and early each weekend morning, knock the living
crap out of the taping and spackling and knock off around 1 PM. They
were "moonlighting" on the weekends and that was their only free time.

R

" wrote in message
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|I finished about 1400 sq. ft. of my basement with about 46 4x8 sheets
| of drywall. All the sheets are standing up so the tapered ends are
| butted together. Each seam is about 7 feet long. There are 9 inside
| 90-degree corners, 5 outside 90-degree corners and two approximately
| 120-degree inside corners.


drywall (not moisture resistant) in the basement?
green board (moisture resistant) is better.

blueboard with plaster would have been the best choice and could have
been completed in a few hours.



|
| I'm going to be looking for someone put on the outside corner metals &
| tape/mud/sand. For the typical contractor, is this a job that can be
| completed in a weekend? I know it will depend on the crew size but
| I'm not sure what a crew of any size can get done in a day.
|
| Thanks,
| Kevin


not enough drying time to finish in 1 weekend unless they work all
night.
|

Got my first quote today. $750 to tape/mud/sand all the joints and
corners. The installer said it would take about 3 days to complete.
One full day to get the first coat on everything and get the corners.
Two more days at about 2-3 hours per day to put the rest of the coats
on and finish it. Sounds reasonable to me.

I guess I'll be comparing to my other quotes when I get them in about
a week. But, how does the initial $750 sound for about 1150 square
feet? High, low, or average?

Thanks,
Kevin

On Mar 22, 10:18 am, " wrote:
Got my first quote today. $750 to tape/mud/sand all the joints and
corners. The installer said it would take about 3 days to complete.
One full day to get the first coat on everything and get the corners.
Two more days at about 2-3 hours per day to put the rest of the coats
on and finish it. Sounds reasonable to me.

I guess I'll be comparing to my other quotes when I get them in about
a week. But, how does the initial $750 sound for about 1150 square
feet? High, low, or average?

Thanks,
Kevin

Don't ask questions like that unless you're of the belief that all
contractor's are of equal quality, charge the same amount, estimate
the same way and there are no differences in labor and material costs
anywhere in the world. In order, the correct answers a they're
not, they don't, they may or may not depending on the trade (probably
not), there are huge differences and you never mentioned where you
were.

I personally believe it is pointless to ask what prices "should be" on
Usenet. If the single best estimator/contractor in the world applies
all of their mighty powers and provides you with the PERFECT number
etched in stone, it might as well be written in invisible ink on
toilet paper for the amount of weight that will carry with the
contractors in your area. Unless someone sees the job and gives you a
firm number, and, most importantly, is prepared to do the work in
agreement with your schedule, the number is 100% useless.

If you need to satisfy your curiosity, by all means get an additional
estimate or two.

R

On Mar 21, 5:48 am, "3G" wrote:
" wrote in message

|I finished about 1400 sq. ft. of my basement with about 46 4x8 sheets
| of drywall. All the sheets are standing up so the tapered ends are
| butted together. Each seam is about 7 feet long. There are 9 inside
| 90-degree corners, 5 outside 90-degree corners and two approximately
| 120-degree inside corners.

drywall (not moisture resistant) in the basement?
green board (moisture resistant) is better.

Mold will grow just fine on either one, so I don't think you're
referring to that. If the basement has such significant moisture
problems that greenboard might be indicated, it would be far
preferable to deal with the moisture problem before finishing the
basement.

blueboard with plaster would have been the best choice and could have
been completed in a few hours.

1400 SF of skimcoat plaster in a few hours? Not even close unless you
have a small army on hand. If it were that fast, no one would use
drywall, tape and spackle.

1400 SF of skimcoat plaster would be much slower than 3 or 4 hundred
linear feet of tapered edge taping and spackling, and a bit of bead
work. If the OP's contractor isn't resistant to using setting type
compound they could skip all of the drying time.

R

"RicodJour" wrote in message
ps.com...
| On Mar 21, 5:48 am, "3G" wrote:
| " wrote in message
|
| |I finished about 1400 sq. ft. of my basement with about 46 4x8
sheets
| | of drywall. All the sheets are standing up so the tapered ends
are
| | butted together. Each seam is about 7 feet long. There are 9
inside
| | 90-degree corners, 5 outside 90-degree corners and two
approximately
| | 120-degree inside corners.
|
| drywall (not moisture resistant) in the basement?
| green board (moisture resistant) is better.
|
| Mold will grow just fine on either one, so I don't think you're
| referring to that.

nope
the moisture will peel the paint off regular drywall
you never use regular drywall in a basement......not here anyway.

If the basement has such significant moisture
| problems that greenboard might be indicated,

now you see the light at the end of the tunnel.


it would be far
| preferable to deal with the moisture problem before finishing the
| basement.


concrete emitts moisture for years and years

|
| blueboard with plaster would have been the best choice and could
have
| been completed in a few hours.
|
| 1400 SF of skimcoat plaster in a few hours? Not even close unless you
| have a small army on hand.


are you kiddin me
1400 sf
we would be home by 3pm

3 hours to hang and 5 hours to plaster
and only 3 guys
damn we must be good.


If it were that fast, no one would use,
| drywall, tape and spackle.

only the cheap *******s do use drywall/tape/compound
and home owners who don't know any better.

|
| 1400 SF of skimcoat plaster would be much slower than 3 or 4 hundred
| linear feet of tapered edge taping and spackling, and a bit of bead
| work. If the OP's contractor isn't resistant to using setting type
| compound they could skip all of the drying time.
|
| R
whats the R for................retard
|

3G wrote:
"RicodJour" wrote in message
ps.com...
| On Mar 21, 5:48 am, "3G" wrote:
| " wrote in message
|
| |I finished about 1400 sq. ft. of my basement with about 46 4x8
sheets
| | of drywall. All the sheets are standing up so the tapered ends
are
| | butted together. Each seam is about 7 feet long. There are 9
inside
| | 90-degree corners, 5 outside 90-degree corners and two
approximately
| | 120-degree inside corners.
|
| drywall (not moisture resistant) in the basement?
| green board (moisture resistant) is better.
|
| Mold will grow just fine on either one, so I don't think you're
| referring to that.

nope
the moisture will peel the paint off regular drywall
you never use regular drywall in a basement......not here anyway.

If the basement has such significant moisture
| problems that greenboard might be indicated,

now you see the light at the end of the tunnel.


it would be far
| preferable to deal with the moisture problem before finishing the
| basement.


concrete emitts moisture for years and years

Let's see, I'm advising to take care of the moisture problem before
finishing the basement and not rely on greenboard for protection, you
argue against taking care of the moisture problem because concrete
gives off moisture for years and years.

Beside being an excellent example of frontier gibberish, you have no
idea what you are talking about. Concrete does not release moisture
for years. Moisture _may_ pass through the concrete, but there is
only a limited amount of moisture in concrete mix.

| blueboard with plaster would have been the best choice and could
have
| been completed in a few hours.
|
| 1400 SF of skimcoat plaster in a few hours? Not even close unless you
| have a small army on hand.


are you kiddin me
1400 sf
we would be home by 3pm

3 hours to hang and 5 hours to plaster
and only 3 guys
damn we must be good.

I really must apologize. I am standing in the presence of greatness.
Less than a week ago you were telling us about the plasterer you
_hired_ using _nails_ to tack up board on metal stud, and now you've
graduated into Super Plasterer. I stand in awe of your learning
ability.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.h...6c6b4bc41ce 7

I can hardly wait until next week's installment where you explain your
technique for reattaching severed limbs. I guess you watch this show
a lot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNfGyIW7aHM

If it were that fast, no one would use,
| drywall, tape and spackle.

only the cheap *******s do use drywall/tape/compound
and home owners who don't know any better.

Feel better?

| 1400 SF of skimcoat plaster would be much slower than 3 or 4 hundred
| linear feet of tapered edge taping and spackling, and a bit of bead
| work. If the OP's contractor isn't resistant to using setting type
| compound they could skip all of the drying time.
|
| R
whats the R for................retard
|

No, it stands for Rico, just like it says above. Thanks for asking.

And learn to quote correctly, ya maroon.

R

"RicodJour" wrote in message
oups.com...
| 3G wrote:
| "RicodJour" wrote in message
| ps.com...
| | On Mar 21, 5:48 am, "3G" wrote:
| | " wrote in message
| |
| | |I finished about 1400 sq. ft. of my basement with about 46 4x8
| sheets
| | | of drywall. All the sheets are standing up so the tapered
ends
| are
| | | butted together. Each seam is about 7 feet long. There are 9
| inside
| | | 90-degree corners, 5 outside 90-degree corners and two
| approximately
| | | 120-degree inside corners.
| |
| | drywall (not moisture resistant) in the basement?
| | green board (moisture resistant) is better.
| |
| | Mold will grow just fine on either one, so I don't think you're
| | referring to that.
|
| nope
| the moisture will peel the paint off regular drywall
| you never use regular drywall in a basement......not here anyway.
|
| If the basement has such significant moisture
| | problems that greenboard might be indicated,
|
| now you see the light at the end of the tunnel.
|
|
| it would be far
| | preferable to deal with the moisture problem before finishing the
| | basement.
|
|
| concrete emitts moisture for years and years
|
| Let's see, I'm advising to take care of the moisture problem before
| finishing the basement and not rely on greenboard for protection, you
| argue against taking care of the moisture problem because concrete
| gives off moisture for years and years.


a dehumidifier..........no brainer!


|
| Beside being an excellent example of frontier gibberish, you have no
| idea what you are talking about.

correction
you have no idea what I am talking about
I will type slower next time..............sorry


Concrete does not release moisture
| for years.

actually it does release moisture for years
it takes aprox. 100 years for concrete to fully cure.
read up on it





Moisture _may_ pass through the concrete, but there is
| only a limited amount of moisture in concrete mix.
|
| | blueboard with plaster would have been the best choice and could
| have
| | been completed in a few hours.
| |
| | 1400 SF of skimcoat plaster in a few hours? Not even close unless
you
| | have a small army on hand.
|
|
| are you kiddin me
| 1400 sf
| we would be home by 3pm
|
| 3 hours to hang and 5 hours to plaster
| and only 3 guys
| damn we must be good.
|
| I really must apologize. I am standing in the presence of greatness.

now you uderstand
finally


| Less than a week ago you were telling us about the plasterer you
| _hired_ using _nails_ to tack up board on metal stud,


that is correct
I hired an incompetant plasterer to do a job for me and they made a mess
everywhere.
I can't do every job
sometimes I sub the work out.


and now you've
| graduated into Super Plasterer.

graduated years ago.............................many.............. ..many
years ago.


I stand in awe of your learning
| ability.

thats what the shop teacher told me many years ago.


|
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.h...6c6b4bc41ce 7
|
| I can hardly wait until next week's installment where you explain your
| technique for reattaching severed limbs.


I opted to sub that job out
I do have limits you know.


I guess you watch this show
| a lot:
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNfGyIW7aHM


I never watch tv.................too busy with work.


|
| If it were that fast, no one would use,
| | drywall, tape and spackle.
|
| only the cheap *******s do use drywall/tape/compound
| and home owners who don't know any better.
|
| Feel better?

a little
how bout you?


|
| | 1400 SF of skimcoat plaster would be much slower than 3 or 4
hundred
| | linear feet of tapered edge taping and spackling, and a bit of
bead
| | work. If the OP's contractor isn't resistant to using setting
type
| | compound they could skip all of the drying time.
| |
| | R
| whats the R for................retard
| |
|
| yes, it stands for Retardo, just like it says on my lunch box. Thanks
for asking.
|
| And learn to quote correctly, ya maroon.

I just love "maroons" with coffee.


what the hell do you know Retardo
you think "spackle" is used for taping drywall.
oh boy, oh boy, oh boy




|
| R
|

On Mar 21, 4:48 am, "3G" wrote:
"
drywall (not moisture resistant) in the basement?
green board (moisture resistant) is better.

blueboard with plaster would have been the best choice and could have
been completed in a few hours.


moisture resistant drywall in a basement because concrete gives off
moisture? What planet are you from? I'm with Rico all the way!

"marson" wrote in message
ups.com...
| On Mar 21, 4:48 am, "3G" wrote:
| "
| drywall (not moisture resistant) in the basement?
| green board (moisture resistant) is better.
|
| blueboard with plaster would have been the best choice and could
have
| been completed in a few hours.
|
|
| moisture resistant drywall in a basement because concrete gives off
| moisture? What planet are you from?

I'm with Rico all the way!

of course you are, holding hands, skipping and swinging your arms like
little kids.
|