NBR: Sheetrocking

Christakim · February 2010

How hard is this to do yourself? We have a kitchen that deserately needs to be re-sheetrocked and there are lots of nooks and crannies. Should I just pay someone to do it? What would that cost? Pretty small kitchen maybe 13X12? WDYT?

superned · February 2010

I think it's pretty painstaking to do it yourself and do a good job with it. My dad always did it himself during home renovations when I was younger and it took him f-o-r-e-v-e-r to get all the taping and mudding just right.

If you have the patience (or if you don't mind a few imperfections!), then you could do it yourself pretty inexpensively.

Just be thankful that you don't have plaster - our house was built in 1873 and DH is now fixing some of the original plaster in the soon-to-be nursery...talk about a hot mess!

jodyplustwinsx2 · February 2010

They are doing this in our basement yesterday and today and with an entire team of guys who really seem to know what they are doing, and did a great job, they got one hallway, one small bathroom, and a bedroom done yesterday. Just hanging the drywall... no taping or mudding or texturing yet. Frankly, it seems like a lot of work, particularly in a room that isn't just four walls that are basically just corners.

When we bought this house, there was one room that had wood paneling in it that we pulled down and discovered a giant hole in the wall behind the paneling. We ended up pulling down all of the walls in there and putting in insulation, drywall, etc. It was a little larger sized room, I think, and it cost about 2k for labor and materials (we painted ourselves, so that was drywall, some insulation, and various supplies like tape, etc.).

Christakim · February 2010

jodyplustwinsx2:
. It was a little larger sized room, I think, and it cost about 2k for labor and materials (we painted ourselves, so that was drywall, some insulation, and various supplies like tape, etc.).

Yikes. I was thinking it might cost 500$ haha. I should add, it's only three of the walls in our kitchen and we only needed 3 sheets of it. Whoa, totally wasn't expecting 2k just to sheetrock!!

Mouseygail · February 2010

id get a couple of quotes...it really can be an art

DH and I are very DIY and we HATE doing drywall!

Mr.&MrsS · February 2010

DH did our kitchen and bathroom (and he has NO handyman skills at all!). It took him a long time, and it certainly isnt perfect...but he did it and saved us a lot of money. The cutting and measurements are kind of hard. We had to put up crown moulding to cover the top where he didnt always cut the sheetrock all the way to the ceiling, we had to put baseboards on the bottom to cover those mistakes too. And the plastering is the hard part. Getting that smooth and so that you cant see it takes a lot of practice.

I think it can be done, but it is a PITA! )

jodyplustwinsx2 · February 2010

It was definitely somewhere between $1500-2k, not sure of the exact cost since we bought paint and trim, too. I don't know how much it would cost for only three sheets though. That's pretty small and seems like $500 might be realistic!

TheSkimmy · February 2010

Dan did our whole basement... he did however pay someone to tape and mud. That's the dirty hard part.

DavezWife · February 2010

not that hard at all... but a pain. Just think about how you're going to get those sheets INside, they are heavy buggers! will they fit thru the door? like, for real? tools to cut? huge augger thing to mix the mud?

The mudding and taping is a total PITA, and the sanding is a TOTAL mess. You will have white dust EVERYWHERE. You need to put up a plastic sheet at doorways leading to the rest of the house. MAJOR dust.

I'm GUESSING (guessing) that you're looking at a couple guys, $20 an hr, putting it up on one day, and finishing it the next.

$500 labor, $300 parts. GUESS. Say $1K to be safe.

DavezWife · February 2010

also, sidebar, new sheetrock sucks up a ton of paint, so prime the walls 1st, and prepare for 3 coats, 2 at least of SW.

alison43 · February 2010

TheSkimmy:
Dan did our whole basement... he did however pay someone to tape and mud. That's the dirty hard part.

this is what i was going to suggest--you can hang it yourself and hire someone to tape and mud.

DH is a perfectionist and our kitchen doesn't look quite right...there are obvious tape lines and stuff. we've managed to hide most of it and if you are planning on tiling it really doesn't matter, but i wouldn't try to tape a real room as the first project. (a closet, maybe...LOL)

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