The national average labor costs for a drywall installer is 36 per hour.
Cost to tape drywall per sheet.
For a basic project in zip code 47474 with 500 square feet the cost to install drywall starts at 1 70 2 15 per square foot.
Hang and tape an outbuilding with about 40 drywall sheets at 0 75 per square foot.
Drywall installation for one or two standard size rooms.
After material and labor are added in the cost per panel ranges from 60 to 90.
This would put the cost somewhere between 1 000 and 1 600.
For instance a 500 square foot room can cost anywhere from 175 to 400 to tape and finish the drywall process.
Actual costs will depend on job size conditions and options.
A typical 12 by 12 foot room for example will use 18 panels.
On average expect to pay a professional anywhere from 0 35 to 0 80 per square foot to tape mud and sand the drywall to prep it to be painted.
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The cost to install drywall is about 2 per square foot.
Drywall panels cost 191.
The cost to tape drywall joints starts at 0 86 1 04 per linear foot but can vary significantly with site conditions and options.
Install a drop ceiling in one room at 0 93 per square foot.
Material costs being about 300 would leave only 400 for labor.
Using a square foot rate of 1 per square foot this job would only costs 705 for both labor and material.
For example the work cited above requires only 16 to 17 sheets of drywall.
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The average price for drywall and sheetrock is 15 per 4 x 8 panel with a typical range of 12 to 20 per panel this translates into a cost of 0 40 to 0 65 per square foot for walls and ceiling for a 200 square foot room you can expect to pay 300 to 500.
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A standard output average on a wall that already has studs is to hang between 4 and 5 sheets of drywall per hour or between 35 and 40 sheets in an 8 hour day.