Comments on: How do you bid drywall jobs? Experienced taper wants to start business but needs to learn how to bid.? http://www.mscmatrix.com/start-a-business/how-do-you-bid-drywall-jobs-experienced-taper-wants-to-start-business-but-needs-to-learn-how-to-bid Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:39:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: silvaconsultants http://www.mscmatrix.com/start-a-business/how-do-you-bid-drywall-jobs-experienced-taper-wants-to-start-business-but-needs-to-learn-how-to-bid/comment-page-1#comment-798 silvaconsultants Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:49:59 +0000 http://www.mscmatrix.com/start-a-business/how-do-you-bid-drywall-jobs-experienced-taper-wants-to-start-business-but-needs-to-learn-how-to-bid#comment-798 I would suggest that you take a look at the publications put out by RS Means. They have several books that tell you how to prepare estimates, as well as guides that show costs for various building components, including drywall work. The books are real expensive but worth it. Also, after 20 years in the business, I assume that your husband has made friends with a few general contractors and project managers. I would suggest that he take these people out for a beer and casually ask what is the normal price range for drywall work in your part of the country.<br><b>References : </b><br> I would suggest that you take a look at the publications put out by RS Means. They have several books that tell you how to prepare estimates, as well as guides that show costs for various building components, including drywall work. The books are real expensive but worth it.

Also, after 20 years in the business, I assume that your husband has made friends with a few general contractors and project managers. I would suggest that he take these people out for a beer and casually ask what is the normal price range for drywall work in your part of the country.
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]]> By: richard_garnache_jr http://www.mscmatrix.com/start-a-business/how-do-you-bid-drywall-jobs-experienced-taper-wants-to-start-business-but-needs-to-learn-how-to-bid/comment-page-1#comment-797 richard_garnache_jr Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:14:59 +0000 http://www.mscmatrix.com/start-a-business/how-do-you-bid-drywall-jobs-experienced-taper-wants-to-start-business-but-needs-to-learn-how-to-bid#comment-797 Well as an experienced person you will know the aproxamate amount of time it will take to get the job done and the aproxamate amount of cost for materials, tyr to find out what others in your area are bidding in the cost per hour range.... most people who bid simply decide what they want per hour and add materials. Years ago when I was a painter we bid at 40/hr plus materials, paying avg wage of about 12. But it mostly has to do with the old expression of ....whatever the market will bear.... meaning your first priority is to find out what others in your area are bidding at so you don't underbid. Overbidding is'nt really a problem as some people are ok with paying a little more for bettter service ect.... most people will not take the lowball bid or the high bid but one in the middle. Hope that helps a little<br><b>References : </b><br> Well as an experienced person you will know the aproxamate amount of time it will take to get the job done and the aproxamate amount of cost for materials, tyr to find out what others in your area are bidding in the cost per hour range…. most people who bid simply decide what they want per hour and add materials. Years ago when I was a painter we bid at 40/hr plus materials, paying avg wage of about 12. But it mostly has to do with the old expression of ….whatever the market will bear…. meaning your first priority is to find out what others in your area are bidding at so you don’t underbid. Overbidding is’nt really a problem as some people are ok with paying a little more for bettter service ect…. most people will not take the lowball bid or the high bid but one in the middle. Hope that helps a little
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