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Installation cost of "porch ceiling" MiamiCuse 05-18-2007
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Posted by mm on May 20, 2007, 1:59 am
wrote:

>
>It's conceivable that this project should wait until more of the
>hurricane damage has been fixed. A year?

I meant to say, "or two".

And maybe by then, the OP's tool supply and skill set will have
improved so that he can do it himself.

At the very least, the cost of labor should go down or the quality of
available labor should go up when there is less work to be done in
Florida.
>
>It doesn't sound essential, and one can say, "I can't find anyone."
>Everyone should know by now about the work situation in Florida. At
>least everyone in Florda.
>
>Even if he could find someone by paying enough, wouldn't it be better
>for everyone as a whole if that guy were doing someone's roof or some
>part of his house that is more essential, like the walls.


Posted by HeyBub on May 20, 2007, 12:15 pm
David Martel wrote:
> Bub,
>
> I don't think you'll find a $20/hr. guy with a table saw and
> compound miter saw in the back of his truck. This does not sound like
> a "hand tool" job. This might be the route for the painting.

Good point. In my neighborhood, we have messicans with tools. One guy I've
seen hanging out has a 5kw generator on the back of his truck along with an
air compressor. I assume the boxes on the sides of his truck contain a
collection of power tools.

I'm puzzled, though. How could you use a compound miter saw on sheets of
plywood?

And isn't a table saw used only by old farts whose hands shake too much to
use an ordinary circular saw?



Posted by Colbyt on May 19, 2007, 6:14 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 agree the price sounds very high. You need more local estimates.

The guy did not lie about the overhead part.

Your material cost may be higher than you think. If this is being installed
over bare rafters you may not get the full 32 square feet per board because
the rafters may not be a perfect 16 or 24 OC. The last time I replaced a
soffitt on an older home I averaged using about 6.5 foot of each 8 foot run.
In some cases you can improve the use of the T-11 by using some scabs.

A contractor is not going to waste his time shopping at the BORG. His cost
may be slightly higher than what you waste a half a day buying it for at the
BORG.

Is there something that need to be removed? Are the rafters open and
visible?





Posted by Colbyt on May 27, 2007, 9:23 am

>>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!
>

A follow up to this post. An earlier poster mentioned that you could buy
boards.

I happed to be at a real lumber yard last week and they still stock and sell
the real 5/8 x 4 x 12 ceiling boards not the double size you find in some
places.

Having already paid for my materials I did not ask a price of the yard man.
The purpose of this post is just say the real McCoy is still made.
Considering I bought clear pine molding for way less than the cost of FJ at
the BORG, it might be cheaper than you think.







Posted by on May 20, 2007, 1:32 am

Hey MC...

I suggest you to check out www.talissadecor.com or
http://stores.ebay.com/talissadecor-ceilingtiles or www.ceilingtilesbyus.com
or http://stores.ebay.com/creativeceilings they have a Decorative
Ceiling Tiles made from PVC Plastic and they are tin look as well as
available in many other finishes, they are glue on ceiling tiles which
is perfect for your porch application, you just need any kind of hard
and plain surface and you can easily glue on the tiles using contact
cement. I am a manufacturer of the tiles from India, and the above
addresses are of my dealers who can help you out in the selection and
finding a contractor etc. 2 of them are near Miami which will be a
plus point to you... you can also contact me on any of your questions
on hardiknsheth@gmail.com

Cheeers !
Hardik


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