I just purchased a house requiring small repairs. An associates of my Dad offered to repair my ceiling since the sheetrock were loose and the tapes was coming off. He re-screwed all the sheetrock, caulked (or whatever it's called to seal the panels sheetrock together), taped and re-caulked. Everything is now sanded and ready for painting. The ceiling looks so much better! I paid for all the supplies. Thus far I have spent less than $120.
The guy worked hard and came in on five different occasions as he needed things to dry before moving onto the next step. He also sealed a door with a frame and sheetrock and the wall looks like it never had a door. Beautiful!
The rooms where he re-did my ceiling are: Living room with dining room (48x57), hall way and stair way, and my bedroom (15x11). He did not quote me a price. He told my Dad that he'll accept whatever my conscious dictates for all his work.
My question, how much should I pay him?
2007-01-20 02:21:10 · 3 answers · asked by Zoila 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Wow.. the two answers I just received help me lots! Thanks. I was thinking in the thousands....I was already planning on paying about $1000. Mostly because he would come at night (9pm to midnight). I'm a sucker for good dedicated workers!
2007-01-20 02:57:18 · update #1
He should've given me a price, yes. But I think he did it to impress my Dad. I just don't want to cheat him.....
2007-01-20 07:29:16 · update #2
Zolia, from what yo described this guy did alot of work, the stairs can be a pain in the butt if you are satified with his work keep him on speed dial
making five trips and the numebr of hours he spend , might put him in the $250 $300 area even as high as $350. I do this for a living and not seeing the job i would venture to guess i would have bid around 5 or 600
2007-01-20 02:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by mr_jim51 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Working on a ceiling sucks I will tell you that from firsthand experience. Although since he did not have to actually place sheetrock on the ceiling, that makes it a bit easier. You need to pay this guy $15-20 an hour for the celing hours and $10-14 an hour for all other hours worked. Being that it is an associate of your father's I would add an extra 25 to 50 bucks on top of your figure for a job well done.
2007-01-20 02:51:44 · answer #2 · answered by that_greedo_guy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He should have given you a price before he started so you wouldn't be left on the hook. A union drywall painter gets over 30 bucks an hour, so you have to compute the time involved in this.
250 bucks is a start because ceiling work is hard to do well.
no more than 400 for sure.
2007-01-20 04:55:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋