Barter value FEL work vs. drywall hanging?

[dholly]

I've always done my own drywall work however, since I prefer seat time to ladder time, I am currently considering a barter deal. I know what my tractor time is worth, but what's a reasonable price to pay per sheet or sq/ft for hanging 4'x12'x5/8" ceiling and 54"x12'x1/2" wallboard (9' wall height). This would be labor only (materials supplied) for hanging, taping and finish mudding? I realize this will likely vary based on the locality, but am also curious to see if there is a generally accepted 'national standard' price, so to speak. Thanks in advance.

 

[Spark_man]

NOT DRYWALL!!!

I HATE DRYWALL!!!

I'd sooner give up my first born male son than do drywall!!! If it was me, I'd be working for that guy for many a weekend.

 

[gsganzer]

NOT DRYWALL!!!

I HATE DRYWALL!!!

I'd sooner give up my first born male son than do drywall!!! If it was me, I'd be working for that guy for many a weekend.

I SECOND THAT!!!! It's a task I absolutely dread. And to top it off, during my most recent bathroom remodel I used the new "mold proof" drywall. The stuff has fiberglass in it and it makes you itch worse then after installing insulation. Lets see, hot, dusty, heavy, frustrating and itchy

I have a guy at my place today doing the tape, bedding and texturing. It's well worth the $500 he's charging. I wish I could have paid him to hang the sheets too.

 

[dholly]

Thanks guys, I've pretty much gotten my fill of drywall work over the years too. I guess that helps explains why the job keeps getting put off, lol. Was just hoping somebody here might be in the trade and able to put an approximate $ number on the labor side so I can barter fairly. Anyone?

 

[Tom_H]

OMG, Gettin' ta swap playin' around (uh, sorry 'bout that, make that WORKIN') on thuh trakter instedd'a luggin' and tapin' that gypsum! I'd jump at that swap anytime. On the other side, tho, I dunno how many gonn'a volunteer ta take the other end'a the deal.

 

[kossetx]

Talk about drywall! I lost my roof in a storm in may. I was rehanging rock the day after school got out. I was on my last piece of rock on the ceiling and it wouldn't fit just right. I was doing it by my self and I gave the rock a yank while holding it over my head. I heard a tear that sounded like clothes tearing, but the pain in my arm told me where it was at. I tore the mussle in my right forarm where it weets the elbow tendon, trying to shift that rock. You talk about pain. But being the stuborn old cuss I am, I got a screw in that last sheet of rock before I colapsed. That happened June 1. I still haven't floated it out yet. It's been a long recovery period and it's going to be a while longer. MP

 

[JJT]

NOT DRYWALL!!!

I HATE DRYWALL!!!

I'd sooner give up my first born male son than do drywall!!! If it was me, I'd be working for that guy for many a weekend.

I'll second that. Here's how much I hate drywall, mud, painting and wallpaper, I have a 3000 sq ft house and a 1000 sq ft garage and there isn't a single piece of exposed drywall in the place, (5/8" firewall between the house and garage, under a layer of knotty pine. I even used 2x6 v-grove pine for the ceilings. I've done lots of drywall and still do a house every year for friends or with habitat for humanity, but I will not have the stuff in my house....

 

[dholly]

jeez, with all the member diversity on this site I figured for sure somebody was hanging board for a living? Ah well, it was worth a try.

Tom_H - someone approached ME with this deal, we're both just trying to figure out what each other's jobs are worth.

 

[Alan L.]

I've always done my own drywall work however, since I prefer seat time to ladder time, I am currently considering a barter deal. I know what my tractor time is worth, but what's a reasonable price to pay per sheet or sq/ft for hanging 4'x12'x5/8" ceiling and 54"x12'x1/2" wallboard (9' wall height). This would be labor only (materials supplied) for hanging, taping and finish mudding? I realize this will likely vary based on the locality, but am also curious to see if there is a generally accepted 'national standard' price, so to speak. Thanks in advance.

I have an estimate for drywall labor on the house I am fixing to build and its less than $1 per square feet of living area.

 

[2nstonge]

Why not just call a couple of local drywall guys and get quotes?

I'm in the home improvement biz and I'm not aware of a national standard price - everything is specific to a geography. A guy hanging wall in TX or CA (using inexpensive immigrant or even illegal labor) will be in a very different price point than your neighborhood.

I've never had much success with barter arrangements. Seems one guy is over valuing his work and undervaluing the others.

-Norm