Drywall & Plastering Math: Wall & Ceiling Takeoffs, Boards and Waste, Studs & Tracks, Screws, Tape & Compound, Plaster Coverage, Crew Days and Quotes
Estimate and price dry-lining and plastering work. You will measure walls and ceilings net of openings, count boards for different sheet sizes and orientations, lay out studs and tracks, estimate screws, tape and joint compound, work out plaster bags from area and thickness, plan crew days from production rates and build a quote, with every cell checked as you go.
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About this course
This course follows one fictional dry-lining and plastering firm from the first measurement to the quote. You take off net wall and ceiling areas with the openings deducted and total them by floor with SUMIFS, count boards by layout and by area with a waste allowance, measure joint metres, lay out studs and tracks with INT and ROUNDUP, look up screws and coats with XLOOKUP, turn compound and plaster into whole bags from fictional label rates, plan crew days and stage dates with WORKDAY and price the job at a target margin, comparing margin with markup and charting the cost lines.
Lessons
- Takeoffs: Net Wall and Ceiling Areas, Openings and a Room Schedule by Floor (SUMIFS) Pro
- Boards and Waste: Sheets per Wall by Layout and by Area, Waste Allowance and Joint Metres Pro
- Studs and Tracks: Studs at Fixed Spacing, Extra Studs at Doors, Track Metres and Stock Lengths Pro
- Fixings: Screws per Board by Lookup, Spare Allowance, Whole Boxes and Fixing Cost per m² Pro
- Taping and Jointing: Coats by Finish Level, Tape Metres and Compound Bags from a Label Rate Pro
- Plastering: Material from Area × Thickness × Coverage, Bags per Surface and Pooled Orders Pro
- Labour: Production Rates, Crew Days, Drying Waits and Stage Dates with WORKDAY Pro
- The Quote: Cost Lines, Overhead, Price at a Target Margin, Markup vs Margin and a Cost Chart Pro