Price list Drywall

How much to charge to re-tape a cracked drywall seam

Start from your own shop rate, not a national average. The True Rate kit's Price Book puts this task at 1–2 hours per 10 LF (1.5 h starter) plus $15 of supplies. At a $90 shop rate (the kit's worked example) that's a flat price of $155 per 10 LF, or $110–$200 across the typical range, before trip and minimum charges.

Typical time
1–2 hours per 10 LF
Kit starter
1.5 h per 10 LF
Supplies
$15 per 10 LF
At $90/hr
$155 per 10 LF
01 / Your numbers

Your rate, this price

Prefilled with the kit's worked example and this task's starter numbers. Type over any of them. Nothing you type leaves your phone.

Your target rate rounded up to the next $5. Don't know it? Work it out free, or open the box below.
Find my shop rate from six numbers

Same math as the free calculator: (overhead × 12 + pay) ÷ billable hours, ÷ (1 − margin), rounded up to the next $5.

02 / The price

This task, priced

Flat price$155 Hours × rate, plus supplies marked up 25%, rounded up to the next $5.
Labor$135
Supplies, marked up 25%$18.75
Across the typical range$110–$2001 to 2 hours, same rate and supplies.
As a one-task job$224 Trip charge $35, small-job buffer, contingency 5%: the kit's starter settings.

An estimate from the numbers above, not a quote. Materials and fixtures the customer picks (the faucet, the fan, the door) are billed separately, at your materials markup.

03 / Easy to forget

What gets left off this estimate

From the kit's "Did you forget?" list, the lines that apply to this job, and where the kit bills each one:

  • Touch-up paint after the repair. Price Book: Touch-up paint after repairs.
  • Extra trips (dry time, inspections, back-ordered parts). A custom line or another trip charge for each visit.
  • Floor and furniture protection, dust control. Custom line, or raise the contingency.
  • Consumables (caulk, screws, blades, tape, anchors). Make sure Supplies isn't $0 on tasks that use them.
  • "While you're here…" extras. Don't do them free. Text a change order first (Get Paid Texts, #1).

Before you send the number

  • Inspect the seam for any underlying damage or loose drywall before applying new tape.
  • Mention in the estimate that the job covers re-taping only, and any additional repair is a change order.
  • If the crack is deeper than expected, pause and re-quote before proceeding.
04 / Read this first

Starting points, not a price list to copy

These numbers are the True Rate kit's starter hours and supplies for a solo tradesperson with a few years in, on an ordinary house. They are not industry data, a survey of what others charge, or a promise of how long the job takes you. Edit the hours for your market and your own speed: an old house, a seized nut or a fussy customer changes the job.

The $90 shop rate is only the kit's worked example ($2,870 a month overhead, $60,000 pay goal, 62% of hours billable, 20% margin). Your rate comes from your costs.

Does that include a trip charge or minimum?

No. The flat price is the task alone. In the kit's Price This Job sheet, a ticket with only this task adds a $35 trip charge, a 15% small-job buffer (the whole job is under 4 hours) and a 5% contingency. At $90 an hour that's $224 for this task on its own. Those are the kit's starter settings; set your own.

Where do these hours come from?

They're the True Rate kit's starter hours for a solo tradesperson with a few years in, working on an ordinary house: tools out, work, clean up. Drive time isn't in them. They're not industry data or a survey of your market. Old houses and tight spaces take longer; log your real times and edit them.

06 / If it helps

Price the whole ticket, not one task

The True Rate kit is a spreadsheet that does this for all 80 jobs from your own rate, then adds materials, trip and minimum charges on one Price This Job sheet and shows the margin before you send the number. One-time $39, Google Sheets or Excel.

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