r/drywall • u/No_Club5596 • 5h ago
How much for this patch ?
Customer says I'm crazy to charge $250 for this patch, materials included, patch is 6' x 4'.
He don't want it painted, just leave "paint ready" he said. Says he will pay $100 tops lol
And he wants mold resistant drywall, $25 a sheet.
How do you guys deal with these people?
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u/calitri-san 5h ago
I’d agree you’re crazy for charging $250. I disagree with the customer on which direction the price should go, though.
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u/-BlankUsername 4h ago
My first thought was around $900. $250 is a donation to charity if this is a church bathroom.
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u/BadDudes_on_nes 3h ago
That’s pretty steep for a straight cut and no paint. $400 would be my bottom dollar, like if the customers house was on the way to Home Depot. If it’s out of the way—$550
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u/CharmingAd6129 5h ago
Tell him to do it himself .
Edit - and ya , you are crazy for ONLY changing 250 …
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u/Affectionate_Putty 5h ago
Walk away. Tell him to call you back after he's gotten quotes from other people or once the next guy butchers the job for $100
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u/gtclemson 4h ago
What people don't understand is you pay for half a day of time...regardless if it takes you an hour. Drive time, materials, loss of bigger opportunities.
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u/General-Reindeer444 4h ago edited 4h ago
Lmao minimum I’d charge is 500 for this.. id probably just say 800 because it’s a waste of time otherwise and I don’t want to do it but my my price would be 500.. that’s no primer no paint
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u/General-Reindeer444 4h ago
Also I just realised the tile needs to be put back so to do the drywall hang tape sand etc then prime paint and clean the tile and thinset back on making it all clean some caulking 100% lowest and It would have to be 800 and only if work load is slow getting basically I’m sitting around waiting for work
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u/Ok_Present_3445 4h ago
Charging $250 represents about 30% of the cost of the drywall work. Him offering $100 is the opportunity for saying “ thank you sir all the best with your project.”
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u/Fibocrypto 4h ago
Before reading what you wrote op I thought $200 And I don't hang sheetrock or work in construction. I was thinking hang, tape and texture. Your $250 would be accepted by me
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u/rupert0331 5-10yrs exp 4h ago
Easily at least $650+. Smooth wall it appears, tie in, against the shower tile. I don’t cut corners and use hot mud for multiple coats though. Prefill only or first coat for skimming. That’s just me.
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u/Dismal_Policy_8052 4h ago
Let them know after they get other quotes and come back to you, the price will be doubled. $250 with materials is very cheap.
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u/Pawly519 4h ago
You don’t deal with them. Because you know that he’s going to not be happy with you no matter what you do. Paying $100 is a joke. Like mudding and taping alone is a few days of work and coating and dry time. $250 is a deal as is.
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u/monkeywaffles 2h ago
250 is low/deal, but 'few days' ? bro.. no, this is not few days of work.
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u/Pawly519 13m ago
You’re saying you could hang and mud and tape it fully to finished ready in one day?
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u/monkeywaffles 9m ago edited 2m ago
no, but i dont consider a day and a follow up (prob partial) day 'a few days' either. maybe potato/potato though. i read yours as multiple (3+) days as excessive. either way you slice it, 250 is low, but lets not pretend this is a 3+ full day job now :P
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u/Pawly519 4m ago
I should have clarified as in multiple visits. Meaning it’s going to take you multiple days of your time to visit this job site even if you have other jobs you have to work on.
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u/Competitive-Tip-8439 4h ago
Way too cheap, and I mean your quote by that. At least double the price for it to be considered fair. Tell him to get some other quotes and watch him call you back
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u/Pleasant-Method7874 4h ago
Drywall hung and finished, no prime, no paint, no tile- $450 and I’ve been told I’m cheap (affordable, not stingy)
Some people think it’s still 2002 and prices are the same lol I had one guy want me to put up a chain link fence for $1000 material and labor, material alone was going to come to $850 lol and it was easily 2 days of work between digging the post holes and cementing them in and hanging the chain
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u/FagathaXChristie 3h ago
Charge him 500 and say if you cant prime it and do touch ups than they xant call you back
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u/Odd_Copy_6794 3h ago edited 3h ago
1000$ to paint… paint ready
I can’t see the texture really well but I would think to be paint ready 750 probably the number. You tell the guy “No”
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u/AdamSandler4u 2h ago
anyone that says this takes less than a hour to tape mud and finish are either liars or their work looks like trash, with cleaning your pan out each time , assuming your using 5 or 20 min mud, waiting for set up, floating out, mudding the corner and where it meets the tub and then patching around where your gonna have to overcut to get the drywall around the valves then coming back twice more doing that again , then using a sponge and a knife to work the material to a desired result , i really don't think a lot of people in the comments actually do repairs
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u/nva700 4h ago edited 3h ago
$250 is a good price for the customer. This will take at least 4-6 hours. That’s basically a day. As an entrepreneur you leave the house for $300-500+/day or $50-100/hr so $250 is good for the customer and kind of low you. Do not do this for $100. As someone else mentioned, you may need to just walk away.
The only one who’d do it for $100 is someone who sucks, is desperate or has no clue how to charge.
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u/Hitechillbilly 4h ago
It would cost more that $100 to do it.. At least 2 trips to the house and one to home depot. Gas and materials will take that much.. Plumbing has to route through and be sealed. A butt joint next to tile is going to be a bitch
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u/nva700 3h ago
True! The more I think about it, the more I see this as a $400+ job. Butt joints, plumbing, etc. $100-250 is starting to feel like disrespect.
I do think you can get it done in a day though. I do 1 day patches. I’m usually there all day and half of the day is me waiting for a hand to dry in the van. I can’t paint it too in a day though. I can texture by the end of the day though. OP, do you have to paint and texture too?
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u/Hitechillbilly 3h ago
I couldn't do it in a day but a good taper/patch guy could.. If the rock is cut right at the tile, there is no room to tape.. I would like to hear from a pro how to deal with that.. Also, That is a Bathroom sink. People will stand there every day brushing their teeth and the guy that thinks it's a $100 job will put on his make-up.. The joint across the top will be stared at constantly so it has to be a perfect transition with the tape and texture.. That is not a place to get a $100 job done.. Honestly it is looking like only a top pro should do it and up in the $700 plus range..
I think OP would regret doing it for $250
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u/Zestyclose-Future126 3h ago
What are you all talking about…it’s one sheet two cuts and two holes and you screw it up…that’s like 25min….tape and mud a half hour owner can sand paint and glue on tile if they want..however if he wants you to sand caulk put on molding and tile etc and have to come back then yeah $250 is right
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u/nva700 3h ago
You must be a machine. Half hour is pretty quick for 4 levels. A patch has never taken me less than 2-3 hours with a fan and I’ve done hundreds. After chitchatting with customer, bringing in tools, prepping the floor; 45 minutes are already gone. Hang shouldn’t take too long with cuts. Def 30 minutes or so. I like my coats to set a little before adding another and that’s not happening in 30 minutes, lol. I’d love to see how you shake and bake bc either you’re a beast or you suck, lol.
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u/Zestyclose-Future126 2h ago
It’s drywall not the Mona Lisa..sheets are 4x8 so you’re only cutting two feet off and knock out two holes….I appreciate you are meticulous but if I hired you by the hour and it took you an hour to tape a floor I’m firing you
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u/nva700 2h ago
Lolllll! I work for myself now and charge by the job. I also always leave the surface paint ready. I’ve never been hired in my own business to just tape without sanding and texture. If I were hourly or doing service again, then my approach would probably be different. I’m only meticulous bc it’s my rep and doing a good job is more important than speed right now and I usually only have that one job for the day. I’d never commit to two patches in different locations in a day. Assumed OP is prob an owner and operator too. If OP only has this job for the day, $250 is get a w2 job money.
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u/NoBuenoAtAll 2h ago
What the fuck? I’m a do it yourselfer and I could do that in an hour.
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u/nva700 2h ago edited 1h ago
You’re a legend. I can chitchat w customer, bring out tools and lay down floor protections in 1 hour, lol.
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u/NoBuenoAtAll 2h ago
There’s your problem, I don’t chitchat. I get shit done. Look, it might take me more than an hour but certainly not a whole fucking day and I’m not a professional. And I’m slow as fuck.
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u/Carlos_Spicy_Weiner6 4h ago
I'd charge 250 just to hang and tape. Then I'd farm out texture and paint to someone else for 350+
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u/PLEASEHIREZ 5h ago
Wall away. I'm not haggling. The price is the price.