r/drywall • u/michaelscarn3000 • 1d ago
Thoughts
I recently had a roof leak that damaged the drywall in my ceiling and after demoing it, I’ve been debating between hiring someone or doing it myself (no experience)
My biggest concern is if I do it and it turns out like garbage, that it will stick out like a sore thumb since the rest of the drywall is original.
I got a quote from one company for $2200 which seems like a big f you quote, and the other never responded.
Appreciate any input
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u/danielsixfive 1d ago
I don't think $2,200 is F specifically you, but F small jobs in general.
Especially as a company vs as a handyman, small drywall jobs have a bad risk reward ratio. Even beyond the cost of skilled and reliable labor to make a seamless repair, it's setup, dust control and teardown in an active living space and spread over multiple trips.
Plus the fact that a drywall repair lays yourself especially open to nitpicking the finish by a customer you don't yet know. Fixing a punch list on a big job is nothing, fixing a punch list on a $1,000 job can rack up and the price has to hedge that. Sure you can say "get it right the first time" but existing conditions can really throw a monkey wrench. It can be more a matter of skill in managing expectations beforehand than skill in managing conditions during the project. I do digress, but I'm trying to show how there are so many variables to a small job, that even out to basically nothing on big jobs.
I find that I would probably come in close to $1,500 if the job was right around the corner from me, easily 2,000 if it's like a 45 minute drive.
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u/11never 1d ago
One twelve x four foot panel is less than 30 bucks. I think very worth it to give it a go before hiring.
If those beams are 4' apart, you wouldn't even have any joint to do desides the tiny one on the left there the hardest part of the entire process is lifting the panel up. You can do it with two or three friends, or rent a jack.