Drywall Project Results Around Gainesville, FL

Price and time at a glance

The six projects, in detail

Each story shows the scope and where the price came from. Run your own room through the calculator on the cost guide.

Representative projects. These are example jobs priced in researched local ranges. A verified customer job replaces each example as jobs close.

Representative project · Gainesville, FL

Bedroom hang and finish

• $1,350
• 3 days with dry time
• New drywall installation

Angela's spare room sat at bare studs for months after a remodel, and guests were sleeping on an air mattress. The crew hung the whole room, ran three coats and sanded it ready for primer in three days. She primed it that weekend.

The scope: A 12 by 12 ft bedroom left at bare studs after a remodel gut. Walls and ceiling hung, three coats of compound, sanded paint-ready. About 480 square feet of surface at $2.81 per square foot.

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Representative project · Newberry, FL

Water damage wall section

• $820
• 3 days with dry time
• Water damage drywall repair

The stain under Robert's bathroom wall kept growing, and he worried the whole wall was rotten. The crew opened only the wet section and read the moisture meter with him once the cavity was dry. Then they patched and matched the texture.

The scope: A wet 4 by 8 ft wall section under a slow bath leak was cut out, the cavity dried, mold-resistant board set, and the orange peel texture matched so the patch blends in.

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Representative project · Alachua, FL

Popcorn ceiling removal

• $520
• 2 days with dry time
• Popcorn ceiling removal

Karen's living room ceiling made the room feel stuck in another decade. The crew tested the texture first, scraped it wet to keep dust down, and skimmed it smooth in two days.

The scope: A 200 sq ft living room popcorn ceiling was tested, wet-scraped, skimmed and finished smooth and paint-ready after the test came back clear. About $2.60 per square foot.

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Representative project · High Springs, FL

Seam crack repair

• $590
• 2 days
• Drywall repair and patch

Five seams had split across Mark's living room and hall, and cracks kept showing through each coat of paint. The crew cut the old tape out instead of mudding over it, set new tape in hot mud, and priced both rooms as one flat job.

The scope: Five settled seam cracks across two rooms, about 38 linear feet, were cut out and re-taped in setting compound, floated wide and sanded ready for paint.

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Representative project · Micanopy, FL

Two-car garage drywall

• $3,509
• 4 days
• Garage drywall

Steve's garage was open studs and cobwebs, and he wanted a shop he could stand to be in during summer. The crew hung fire-rated board on the house wall, finished the rest to a paint-ready level, and had it done in four days.

The scope: A bare 22 by 22 ft two-car garage. 5/8-inch Type X fire-rated board on the house-side wall, Level 4 finish through the rest. 1,276 square feet of surface at $2.75 per square foot.

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Representative project · Jonesville, FL

Skim coat and paint

• $1,612
• 3 days
• Drywall finishing

Elena's walls carried years of patches that showed every afternoon when the sun hit them sideways. The crew skimmed the whole surface, sanded it flat, then primed and painted so the wall reads as one piece.

The scope: A full skim coat over 520 sq ft of patched-up walls in a living room and hall, then primer and two coats of paint for one even finish under hard afternoon light.

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