"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"MiamiCuse" wrote in message
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I need to install T1-11 boards as ceiling in a porch area. I have about
800 SF of porch space and I was quoted a price of $6500 to install it
(labor + material). The labor involves cutting the 4x8 sheets to the
porch dimension, in some areas I have overhead hi-hats so those need to be
cut. For the most part it is pretty straight and uncomplicated. It does
NOT include the cost of painting the boards. The materials will be the
boards themselves which sells for about $22.00 per sheet in local lumber
yards, staple guns and nails. Now this works out to be $8/SF. This is
more expensive than laying tiles!

I asked the guy and he said hanging stuff upside down (the porch is 7
feet from the floor reachable by hand without being on a ladder) is very
difficult and that is why its so expensive.

Anyone knows what the on going rate should be?

Thanks in advance,

At that price, I can take a week vacation, buy air tickets for my wife and
I and get the job done with plenty of time for sunning on the beach. I'd
figure $650 for material, $300 for a small compressor and nail gun,
leaving an easy $5000+ for labor to hang 25 sheets. That is $200 per
sheet. For that price I'd expect you can get the Sistine Chapel sided
and repainted.

How about you do it with the help of the teenager next door?
I wish there still was 'the teenager next door!' I could sure use one for
the outside chores I'll never get around to. I have more money than time,
ambition, and energy these. Hell, with my allergies, 20-30 bucks a week to
mow my 100x300 yard with my mower and my gas, would seem like a bargain.
Hole lotta pruning that needs to happen, too.

But, sadly, ny neighborhood is all gray hairs or young couples with rug
rats. No kids I have noticed in the 'yard work' age range. And I can't bring
myself to hire a commercial lawn service at 50 bucks plus a pop.

In today's liability-paranoid, 1099/W2-required world, does anyone still
hire cash casual labor, especially involving gas-powered sharp things? (And
no, I don't mean the straw-hat wearing gentlemen hanging around the shady
side of Home Depot. Fine laborers in most cases, but mi no habla espanol.)

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