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04-11-2009, 11:37 PM #1
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How fast
How fast can one man tape a three bedroom house and still make a good job?
3.5 DAYS
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05-11-2009, 05:26 AM #2
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well. what is the humidity and how big is the house actually? is there heat? I am taping a 2 bedroom house, after a week, I am only JUST done the tapes, and barely half of it is 2nd coated.. but its a 13 000 sq ft of drywall with 16' sloped ceiling in 4 of those rooms.. i spend most of my time climbing scaffold and swearing under my breath.
Now give me a 3 bedroom bungalow, say 900- 1200 sqft of floor, and I would have it beaded and taped in a day... usually 3 coated and sanded in 6 days ( 2days idle to dry), and i usually get back to texture in another week when the paint has cured a bit.Plumb and Level are the framer's perogative ...I can give you flat and straight... www.lightrocktaping.com
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05-11-2009, 03:37 PM #3
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3 bedroom house you say? Many other factors you should consider are how high are the ceilings? I agree with Lightrock, scaffolds will seriously hinder any work you do on a price (especially if you constantly have to keep putting up and taking down in each room every time you add a coat - I do these jobs on an hourly rate) Are there any cooms involved, are you sharing a house with other trades, is there water, power, and materials at hand, any backfilling and banging in screws before you begin, is it on the job spec to apply a coat of primer/sealer and was the house sheeted by Stevie Wonder etc?
In an ideal world I can tape between 500 - 600m2 and put up 150 linear metres (5 ish boxes) in 5 days with good drying conditions but this is Scotland and theres less downtime and better production in taping 2 houses at once at this time of yearYour messages are really important to us
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05-11-2009, 04:30 PM #4
Generally, a standard 3 bedroom house on an estate is going to be in the region of 300-350 square metres of taping. That's 3000-3500 sq feet for you chaps on the other side of the pond. If the house is fully coved and a sealer is not required then to get to sanding stage is 2.5 to 3 days work for 3 coats. Like Alex says, 5-600 metres is a fair weeks work.
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18-10-2010, 03:42 AM #5
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4 to 5 days,average work hours,,, six hrs,and not sweating
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18-10-2010, 09:19 AM #6
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Average 3 bed.
2 man team
2 1/2 days jointing.
1/2 day to rub down
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18-10-2010, 03:53 PM #7
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you guys are so much faster than me makes me think you have tricks i don't know i did a store and a half house 450meters paper tape 120 meters metel took 11days 7 hours days 1nd 1 day 12 hours to prime and thats me going at it working hard what the f*** my doing wrong ???????
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18-10-2010, 05:29 PM #8
Well here's one for you. 2 men tape a 2 bed house 2 coats in a day (1 coat bonding, 1 coat cement) . Rub down in 2 hours and seal in about the same time. The finish is rough as f***, mess all over the floor and they get away with it and get paid. Whereas my mate working next door takes 4 days or so, does it properly and gets thought no more of.
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18-10-2010, 05:37 PM #9
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Let the tools do the work and dont be fussy until the final coat goes on. Have you considered spending some time doing pricework in a crew because theres always something new to learn, adding strings to your bow. I bet you're also leaving a cracking finish if you take all that time.
So hypothetically speaking if a builder is considering subbying a taping job to one of 2 people, one such as yourself who takes pride in their work and the other rushes and possibly makes a cnut of it, I know who I would give the job to.
Dont be so hard on yourself.Your messages are really important to us
...but not important enough to employ a sufficient number of support staff to answer them.
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Average 3bed = best part of 3 shifts.
Fiba tape, fast set and beads day1
10", 2nd coat beads and fully angle tape day 2
12", finish coat beads andfinish angles day3
If I got time on day 3, I do the coving too
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23-10-2010, 08:53 AM #14
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sorry misread this was for one person I was,nt trying to be flash, me by myself about 2 and a half hand jointing
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08-11-2010, 08:15 PM #15
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i say take your time and get it right.more work will follow.PRIDE.
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CORRECT! I take 4 days to tape average 3 bedroom house but can do two houses in 6-7 days(not including sanding).
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24-01-2011, 07:49 PM #17
average three bed house, 3 days , working alone.
1st day , 1st coat celings n walls ,nails and corner flex
2nd day , 10 inch , gun angles,2nd coat corner flex,
3rd day, 12 inch ,finish flex tapes then butterfly angles,
but prefer too work between, 2/3 houses at once
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16-03-2011, 05:59 PM #18
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Standard 3 bed takes me and my partner 1 day. Thats done to a T in 8 hours,back for sanding and another 1,1/2 hours. Still not using all machine tools.
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16-03-2011, 06:52 PM #20
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its 5 days 4 me with sandin
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