Tape & finish Level 3
$1.37 / SF
Tape & finish level 3 costs about $1.37 per square foot installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
DW-028 · MasterFormat 09 29 00 · SF
What’s in this rate
This unit is taping and finishing one square foot of gypsum board to a Level 3 finish. The drywall finisher embeds tape and applies finish coats to Level 3 criteria. The rate is per square foot of wall or ceiling face. Level 4, Level 5, hang, and skim coat are separate units.
Includes
- joint tape and compound with 5% waste
- tape embed and Level 3 coats
- small tools
Excludes
- Level 4 (buy drywall-tape-finish-level4)
- Level 5 (buy drywall-tape-finish-level5)
- full-field skim coat (buy drywall-skim-coat)
- hang
Build-up
- Labor 0.02 hr × $51.00 wage and burden
- $1.02
- Material and small tools
- $0.11
- Direct rate (labor, material, and tools)
- $1.13 / SF
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $0.11
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $0.13
- Loaded rate
- $1.37 / SF
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