Okay, for the second year in a row, I went to the half-ass little home show here, and asked vendors for free estimates on various things. My faux-T1-11 7/16 OSB siding has seen better days, so I again requested an estimate from a company that specializes in siding. 1400 sq foot single story, 3 gable L-shape, maybe 30 panels or so of material, utterly vanilla. Last year I got an estimate for Hardi-Plank T1-11 (to deter the woodpeckers), and it came in at 16k, which is a non-starter on a house worth 120k if I am lucky. So this year I asked a different guy for real 5/8 plywood T1-11, same stuff I saw go up by the acre back in the day. The estimate came back at 22k. Is there some plausible reason for such a sky-high quote? And this wasn't even for a remove and replace, just a side-over. Not even a line on the bid for prime and paint, just naked wood. Does the guy just not want the job? They should be hungry- I think there were maybe a dozen new houses started in all of last year, in the metro area.Seems like around here, just like everybody only wants to sell vinyl windows instead of real ones, they only want to sell vinyl siding (which I hate the look of).I grew up in the business, and I have the skills to do the work. What I don't have is the time, unless I take a week or two off from my day job. I also don't have anyone available to help hoist panels into position until they can get pinned in place. (4x8 or 4x9 5/8 is not a safe one-man lift for that.) So unless I say the hell with it and leave it for the next owner to deal with, I pretty much have to hire it out. Am I just dreaming that I can get what USED to be the cheap alternative, at a decent price? Or am I doomed to hold my nose and have the place skinned in the same plastic as almost all the other houses in the neighborhood? Constructive suggestions welcomed.

"aemeijers" wroteHave you priced the material? Given that you say you'd have to take a week or two off of work, I'm going to use two weeks as an estimate of time. Of course, a helper is needed. So you have one person at $50 an hour, the other at $30. If it is an 80 hour job that would be $6400 plus material.I wonder if you'd do better asking for a price just for labor if you provide the material?

How much for T1-11, installed?

Apr 03, 2010 21 Replies

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DerbyDad03 9 years ago

Is your hourly rate calculated in 2010 dollars?

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Ed Pawlowski 9 years ago

Doesn't matter now. I did the job for a six-pack. I have some nails left over too.

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