Tape & finish Level 4
$1.72 / SF
Tape & finish level 4 costs about $1.72 per square foot installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
DW-004 · MasterFormat 09 29 00 · SF
What’s in this rate
This unit is taping and finishing one square foot of hung gypsum board to a Level 4 surface ready for flat paint. The finisher embeds paper tape, applies fill and finish coats, and sands. The rate is per square foot of finished face. Hang, corner bead, Level 5 skim, and paint are separate units.
Includes
- Paper joint tape with 10% waste
- Ready-mixed joint compound (Level 4 coats)
- Embed, fill, finish, and sand
- Small tools
Excludes
- Hang board
- Corner bead install
- Level 5 full skim
- Texture or paint
Build-up
- Labor 0.025 hr × $51.00 wage and burden
- $1.28
- Material and small tools
- $0.14
- Direct rate (labor, material, and tools)
- $1.42 / SF
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $0.14
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $0.16
- Loaded rate
- $1.72 / SF
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