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Houston Residential Pricing · May 2026

Whole-House Drywall Estimator

Enter house, wall, ceiling, and specialty drywall quantities, then choose hang, tape and float, texture, primer, moisture board, fire-rated board, patching, access adders, and whole-house package allowances to build a major-rehab drywall estimate.

Whole-house drywall pricing is a baseline estimate. Verify measurements, ceiling height, finish level, texture, moisture-resistant board, fire-rated board, framing readiness, insulation, MEP rough-ins, access, and drywall subcontractor pricing before final use. This scope may overlap with room-level drywall, patching, primer, paint, and texture items.

Whole-House Drywall Dimensions

Whole-house drywall may overlap with room-level drywall, wall patching, ceiling repair, primer, paint, and texture items. Use this section when estimating drywall across the whole house instead of room by room. Ceiling height, finish level, texture, bathroom moisture board, garage fire-rated drywall, and access can change pricing.

Whole-House Drywall Quantities
House sqft
1800
Wall sqft
6200
Ceiling sqft
1800
Total drywall sqft
8000
Rooms
8
Bathrooms
2
Garage sqft
400
Patch sqft
250
High wall sqft
0
Moisture sqft
300
Fire-rated sqft
400
Ceiling ht
8 ft
Finish
level-4
Texture
orange-peel
Stories
1

Drywall

Whole-House Drywall Hang
Drywall
sqft
Requires verification
drywall
Total
$20,000
8000.00
Material
$6,800
Labor
$13,200
Allowance
$0
Includes: standard drywall material allowance, hang drywall, screws/fasteners, basic cutouts
Wall Drywall
Drywall
sqft
Requires verification
drywallwall-repair
Total
$35,340
6200.00
Material
$8,990
Labor
$26,350
Allowance
$0
Includes: drywall material, hang walls, tape and float, paint-ready finish
Ceiling Drywall
Drywall
sqft
Requires verification
drywallceiling-repair
Total
$12,420
1800.00
Material
$2,970
Labor
$9,450
Allowance
$0
Includes: ceiling drywall material, ceiling hang labor, tape and float, paint-ready finish

Drywall Finish

Whole-House Tape / Float
Drywall Finish
sqft
Requires verification
drywall
Total
$17,600
8000.00
Material
$3,600
Labor
$14,000
Allowance
$0
Includes: tape, joint compound, corner bead allowance, level 3 finish labor
Drywall Sanding / Prep
Drywall Finish
sqft
drywall
Total
$6,000
8000.00
Material
$800
Labor
$5,200
Allowance
$0
Includes: sanding, spot touch-up, paint-ready prep

Texture

Drywall Texture
Texture
sqft
drywalltexture
Total
$8,000
8000.00
Material
$1,600
Labor
$6,400
Allowance
$0
Includes: texture material, spray orange peel texture, basic masking

Specialty Drywall

Moisture-Resistant Bathroom Board
Specialty Drywall
sqft
Requires verification
drywallbathroommoisture-board
Total
$1,410
300.00
Material
$435
Labor
$975
Allowance
$0
Includes: moisture-resistant board allowance, hang board, fasteners, basic finish prep
Fire-Rated Garage Drywall
Specialty Drywall
sqft
Requires verification
drywallgaragefire-rated
Total
$3,600
400.00
Material
$1,100
Labor
$2,500
Allowance
$0
Includes: fire-rated drywall allowance, hang, tape and float, code-sensitive finish

Drywall Repair

Drywall Patch / Repair
Drywall Repair
sqft
Requires verification
drywallwall-repairceiling-repair
Total
$2,000
250.00
Material
$625
Labor
$1,375
Allowance
$0
Includes: drywall patch material, tape, float, sanding, texture blend

Access

High Ceiling / Access Adders
Access
sqft
Requires verification
drywall
Total
$0
0.00
Material
$0
Labor
$0
Allowance
$0
Includes: high wall access setup, extra handling, elevated work labor adder

Primer

Drywall Primer
Primer
sqft
drywallprimerpaint
Total
$7,200
8000.00
Material
$1,600
Labor
$5,600
Allowance
$0
Includes: PVA drywall primer, masking allowance, spray/roll application

Insulation Coordination

Insulation Coordination Add-On
Insulation Coordination
sqft
Requires verification
insulationdrywall
Total
$18,600
6200.00
Material
$7,750
Labor
$10,850
Allowance
$0
Includes: batt insulation allowance, install before drywall, fit around openings

Coordination

MEP Rough-In Coordination
Coordination
package
Requires verification
drywallelectricalplumbinghvac
Total
$500
1.00
Material
$50
Labor
$450
Allowance
$0
Includes: visual rough-in check, identify missing MEP openings, drywall readiness review

Material Handling

Drywall Delivery / Stocking
Material Handling
sqft
Requires verification
drywall
Total
$4,800
8000.00
Material
$1,200
Labor
$3,600
Allowance
$0
Includes: drywall delivery coordination, material staging, stocking labor allowance

Cleanup

Cleanup After Drywall
Cleanup
sqft
drywallcleanup
Total
$900
1800.00
Material
$90
Labor
$810
Allowance
$0
Includes: collect drywall scraps, sweep work areas, basic cleanup

Whole-House Drywall Packages

Whole-House Drywall Packages
Whole-House Drywall Packages
package
Requires verification
drywalltextureprimer
Total
$27,000
1.00
Material
$8,500
Labor
$18,500
Allowance
$0
Includes: small house drywall allowance, hang, tape and float, standard texture, verify actual sqft and finish level

Verification Allowances

Unknown Conditions / Rework
Verification Allowances
allowance
Requires verification
drywall
Total
$3,500
1.00
Material
$0
Labor
$0
Allowance
$3,500
Includes: drywall unknown conditions allowance only, verify framing, moisture, insulation, MEP rough-ins, and substrate conditions

Permit / Misc

Permit / Miscellaneous
Permit / Misc
allowance
drywall
Total
$1,500
1.00
Material
$0
Labor
$0
Allowance
$1,500
Includes: miscellaneous drywall allowance only, verify beads, fasteners, corner details, extra materials, and touch-ups
Whole-House Drywall Estimate
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Whole-house drywall pricing is a baseline estimate. Verify measurements, ceiling height, finish level, texture, moisture-resistant board, fire-rated board, framing readiness, insulation, MEP rough-ins, access, and drywall subcontractor pricing before final use. This scope may overlap with room-level drywall, patching, primer, paint, and texture items.