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[Chef Boi RD]

Any drywallers on this board ? Anyone know anything about the trade ?

At my cabin I have five rooms to do and a short hallway. Rooms are 11 x 11, 12 x 9, 9 x 14, 9 x 11 and 10 x 10. The board is hung just need it mudded, taped and sanded. I am banking on $1000 for the whole shot, but it could go higher. These guys are working out of the 100 Mile area so I would think they are at a bit different pricepoint than drywallers here on the coast.

I have no desire to tackle this project whatsoever as it is a shitty job and you really don't want to fuck it up trying to cut corners. I will save money doing my own flooring, painting and siding as well as building the deck with a buddy.

If you want cheap Taper's and Mudders, go brown guy who can barely speak english or Surrey crackhead whitey if you don't want to spend the big bucks. The quality will be shite, though.

[Rumsfeld]

or Surrey crackhead whitey if you don't want to spend the big bucks. The quality will be shite, though.

So you're available then? And not to worry, shitty quality is to be expected...

[Blob Mckenzie]

My fault for expecting someone might come up with a decent response.....like say .50 a sq foot or something. The hockey forum has gone to hell , may as well drag this one down with it.

[Potatoe1]

My fault for expecting someone might come up with a decent response.....like say .50 a sq foot or something. The hockey forum has gone to hell , may as well drag this one down with it.

Just saw your post Blob.

50 cents a square (wall space) isn't far off.

And don't do it yourself you will will just end up fucking around with it all summer. Taping is one of those things that you should never bother with in any quantity. Takes like 10X as long for the do it yourselfer.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Thanks Pot......I have been a bit of a dick lately. The old man is dinged with throat and esophigial cancer. By this time next year my kids will be down to one grandparent and my mom got her tits chopped off due to breast cancer, so her outlook is cloudy at best. Life sucks sometimes.... no need to be a dick here but reading so much of the garbage on the main board when it used to be good is a bit frustrating.

As I said and you said stay off the drywall finishing as it is tough stuff and for the amount you pay it is well worth it to let the people in the trade do it. For 1000 - 1500 it should get done. No need to sweat over a few hundred bucks, was mostly tring to pick peoples brains.

[Rumsfeld]

Sorry to hear that Blobby Brown (cuz you like slapping bitches... ).

I lost my father to cancer and it is a fucking cunt and a half... all the best.

[2Fingers]

Sorry to hear that Blobby Brown (cuz you like slapping bitches... ).

I lost my father to cancer and it is a fucking cunt and a half... all the best.

Both my parents to cancer and my father in law and now I am in Japan looking after my mother in law who has breast cancer. My wife will be a platinum air points person for both JAL and AC by the end of the year going back and forth.

I bet they have a cure but they make too much money on cancer research and drugs.

[Topper]

Jesus fucking christ Blobby, just because your family is rotting away, keep it together. Look on the bright side, your mother can now stand closer to the sink.

And hey, I gave you sound advice on the quality of workers you can expect in that area. So fuck you.

[Arachnid]

Aww man, I have only lost one to the big C but if I ever got it I'd wanna go down in a blaze of glory, maybe take Abbortionsfield with me

Medicinal pot anyone?

[Blob Mckenzie]

Jesus fucking christ Blobby, just because your family is rotting away, keep it together. Look on the bright side, your mother can now stand closer to the sink.

And hey, I gave you sound advice on the quality of workers you can expect in that area. So fuck you.

actually she got plastic tits Topps.

So nobody can get decent drywalling in the 100 Mile area ??? BTW I agree that the town of 100 Mile is a bit of a dump. We usually load up for bear in Loops on the way up with food and booze just to avoid going into town or to the Interlakes store.

We have a good plumber lined up, already have a good general contracter, a good excavotor dude and a good sparky so I would assume there are some decent mudders/tapers up there.

[Topper]

I'd ask ask around the local coffee shops, not in 100 Mile, but closer to your cabin. There is probably a local old hippie who is a master at this stuff.

[Chef Boi RD]

Yo Blob, sorry about your Dad, I lost mine to Leukemia 4 years ago. Spent 6 months of every day visits and long evenings at Lions Gate in Pallative Care watching him rot to a 90 lb skeleton. I know full well what it's like to watch someone close to you suffer this way.

As you know I'm in the home building business and like Pot says, Mudding, Taping, Sanding is an acquired art form, takes years to master. Don't be a DIY'er on a big Drywall Finishing project, it's hell if you don't know what you are doing, proper mixing, proper feathering out thin coats of mud, drying process. Rookies love to cake that shit on and sanding, knowing how much to sand and how little. Small patch up jobs are fine, I usually do those myself. Priming and Finish Coat painting will not hide the shite job on the DW finish.

I imagine the prices up there are nowhere near what I deal with in Vancouver.

[Cousin Strawberry]

I'd call John!

http://cariboo.kijiji.ca/c-services-ski ... Z458199426

[SKYO]

I might have to move out to poco with blobby with this new gigantic construction of the new evergreen line!



http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/01/skyt ... ly-photos/

[Blob Mckenzie]

How much money can a guy save by removing the old shingles from your roof ? Roofers tend to be asswipes so I'm curious how much extra they would charge to remove the old product before putting the new shingles on.