The short answer
Small repairs often land in the low hundreds. Hanging and finishing a standard room usually lands in the low thousands. Whole-house or large commercial jobs scale from there. Everything below explains why your job lands where it does.
A note on prices: material and labor costs move up and down, and no two jobs need the same work. Treat any numbers on this page as starting points, not quotes. Your written estimate after our free visit is the real number for your project.
What moves the price
- How much wall. Square footage is the base of every price. More board, more mud, more labor.
- Repair vs. new. Repairs are priced per patch and per visit; new installation is priced per square foot. They are different math.
- Ceiling height and shape. Eight-foot flat ceilings are the baseline. Vaulted, tray, or tall ceilings cost more — scaffolding, slower work, more mud.
- Condition. Straightforward hanging is one price; fixing someone else's bad mud work first is another.
- Finish level. Level 4 (standard smooth) vs. Level 5 (skim-coated glass) — see finishing levels.
- Texture. Smooth is the baseline; spray textures add a step.
- Access and protection. Occupied, furnished homes need more dust protection and slower work than empty ones.
Typical ranges homeowners see
Nationally, these are the shapes of the numbers — not quotes:
- Small patch (doorknob hole): often low hundreds.
- Multi-patch repair visit: a few hundred, depending on count and texture matching.
- Single room, hang and finish: often low thousands.
- Popcorn ceiling removal, per room: often high hundreds to low thousands depending on size and whether it was painted.
Your walls decide your number. Our cost calculator gives a rough starting point from your room dimensions.
How to read a drywall bid
A good bid names: the scope (what rooms, what work), the board type, the finish level, the texture, and whether materials, dust protection, and cleanup are included. A bid that just says "drywall: $X" is not a bid — it is a guess. Ask what finish level is included; two coats instead of three is the industry's favorite corner cut.
The cheapest bid warning
Drywall is labor-heavy, so cheap bids usually mean rushed mud work — and rushed mud work shows up the day the paint dries, when fixing it costs double. The most expensive drywall job is the one you pay for twice.
Get your free estimate
Call (240) 213-2890 or send the form. We come look, measure, and give you a written price — free, no pressure.