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Installation cost of "porch ceiling" MiamiCuse 05-18-2007
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Posted by MiamiCuse on May 18, 2007, 10:11 pm
I need to install T1-11 boards as ceiling in a porch area. I have about 800
SF of porch space and I was quoted a price of $6500 to install it (labor +
material). The labor involves cutting the 4x8 sheets to the porch
dimension, in some areas I have overhead hi-hats so those need to be cut.
For the most part it is pretty straight and uncomplicated. It does NOT
include the cost of painting the boards. The materials will be the boards
themselves which sells for about $22.00 per sheet in local lumber yards,
staple guns and nails. Now this works out to be $8/SF. This is more
expensive than laying tiles!

I asked the guy and he said hanging stuff upside down (the porch is 7 feet
from the floor reachable by hand without being on a ladder) is very
difficult and that is why its so expensive.

Anyone knows what the on going rate should be?

Thanks in advance,

MC



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Posted by Larry on May 18, 2007, 10:33 pm
MiamiCuse wrote:
> I need to install T1-11 boards as ceiling in a porch area. I have about 800
> SF of porch space and I was quoted a price of $6500 to install it (labor +
> material). The labor involves cutting the 4x8 sheets to the porch
> dimension, in some areas I have overhead hi-hats so those need to be cut.
> For the most part it is pretty straight and uncomplicated. It does NOT
> include the cost of painting the boards. The materials will be the boards
> themselves which sells for about $22.00 per sheet in local lumber yards,
> staple guns and nails. Now this works out to be $8/SF. This is more
> expensive than laying tiles!
>
> I asked the guy and he said hanging stuff upside down (the porch is 7 feet
> from the floor reachable by hand without being on a ladder) is very
> difficult and that is why its so expensive.
>
> Anyone knows what the on going rate should be?
>
> Thanks in advance,


I certainly would entertain more than one estimate. I would also want to
know the specifications on the T1-11.

My lumber yard sells it in 1/2" & 5/8", in either pine or fir. Fir 5/8"
is the most expensive, and can be bought in 4", 8", & 12" O.C. grooved.

I seen 3/8" pine being sold at one of the box stores. Just wonder if you
got a price, with no specifications. Or, was that $22 per sheet was for?

About 18 years ago, I used 5/8" fir on a house a had, and paid $28 per
4'x8'. I don't believe the price has come down since then.

Posted by aemeijers on May 18, 2007, 10:43 pm

>I need to install T1-11 boards as ceiling in a porch area. I have about
>800 SF of porch space and I was quoted a price of $6500 to install it
>(labor + material). The labor involves cutting the 4x8 sheets to the porch
>dimension, in some areas I have overhead hi-hats so those need to be cut.
>For the most part it is pretty straight and uncomplicated. It does NOT
>include the cost of painting the boards. The materials will be the boards
>themselves which sells for about $22.00 per sheet in local lumber yards,
>staple guns and nails. Now this works out to be $8/SF. This is more
>expensive than laying tiles!
>
> I asked the guy and he said hanging stuff upside down (the porch is 7 feet
> from the floor reachable by hand without being on a ladder) is very
> difficult and that is why its so expensive.
>
> Anyone knows what the on going rate should be?
>
Don't know about current going rates, but he is right, nailing upside down
is a bitch, esp if you don't do it every day. That is why almost all finish
carpenters use pneumatic nail guns these days. Two man job, unless he wants
to mess with prop sticks, which slows things down a bunch. (They never
trusted me to nail as a kid, but being tall, I got to hold up the other end
a lot.)

aem sends...



Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on May 18, 2007, 11:03 pm

>I need to install T1-11 boards as ceiling in a porch area. I have about
>800 SF of porch space and I was quoted a price of $6500 to install it
>(labor + material). The labor involves cutting the 4x8 sheets to the porch
>dimension, in some areas I have overhead hi-hats so those need to be cut.
>For the most part it is pretty straight and uncomplicated. It does NOT
>include the cost of painting the boards. The materials will be the boards
>themselves which sells for about $22.00 per sheet in local lumber yards,
>staple guns and nails. Now this works out to be $8/SF. This is more
>expensive than laying tiles!
>
> I asked the guy and he said hanging stuff upside down (the porch is 7 feet
> from the floor reachable by hand without being on a ladder) is very
> difficult and that is why its so expensive.
>
> Anyone knows what the on going rate should be?
>
> Thanks in advance,

At that price, I can take a week vacation, buy air tickets for my wife and I
and get the job done with plenty of time for sunning on the beach. I'd
figure $650 for material, $300 for a small compressor and nail gun, leaving
an easy $5000+ for labor to hang 25 sheets. That is $200 per sheet. For
that price I'd expect you can get the Sistine Chapel sided and repainted.

How about you do it with the help of the teenager next door?



Posted by aemeijers on May 18, 2007, 11:25 pm

>
>>I need to install T1-11 boards as ceiling in a porch area. I have about
>>800 SF of porch space and I was quoted a price of $6500 to install it
>>(labor + material). The labor involves cutting the 4x8 sheets to the
>>porch dimension, in some areas I have overhead hi-hats so those need to be
>>cut. For the most part it is pretty straight and uncomplicated. It does
>>NOT include the cost of painting the boards. The materials will be the
>>boards themselves which sells for about $22.00 per sheet in local lumber
>>yards, staple guns and nails. Now this works out to be $8/SF. This is
>>more expensive than laying tiles!
>>
>> I asked the guy and he said hanging stuff upside down (the porch is 7
>> feet from the floor reachable by hand without being on a ladder) is very
>> difficult and that is why its so expensive.
>>
>> Anyone knows what the on going rate should be?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>
> At that price, I can take a week vacation, buy air tickets for my wife and
> I and get the job done with plenty of time for sunning on the beach. I'd
> figure $650 for material, $300 for a small compressor and nail gun,
> leaving an easy $5000+ for labor to hang 25 sheets. That is $200 per
> sheet. For that price I'd expect you can get the Sistine Chapel sided
> and repainted.
>
> How about you do it with the help of the teenager next door?
I wish there still was 'the teenager next door!' I could sure use one for
the outside chores I'll never get around to. I have more money than time,
ambition, and energy these. Hell, with my allergies, 20-30 bucks a week to
mow my 100x300 yard with my mower and my gas, would seem like a bargain.
Hole lotta pruning that needs to happen, too.

But, sadly, ny neighborhood is all gray hairs or young couples with rug
rats. No kids I have noticed in the 'yard work' age range. And I can't bring
myself to hire a commercial lawn service at 50 bucks plus a pop.

In today's liability-paranoid, 1099/W2-required world, does anyone still
hire cash casual labor, especially involving gas-powered sharp things? (And
no, I don't mean the straw-hat wearing gentlemen hanging around the shady
side of Home Depot. Fine laborers in most cases, but mi no habla espanol.)

aem sends...



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