Working Hours: Mon - Fri: 9:00 to 18:00 | Sat - Sun : Closed
Working Hours: Mon - Fri: 9:00 to 18:00 | Sat - Sun : Closed
Barrie sits on the shore of Lake Simcoe, and IntraBuild does the drywall installation Barrie homes, cottages and basements keep needing — four-season and waterfront builds down by the Waterfront, whole-home board on the new family streets of Ardagh, Holly and Painswick, and the lower levels people finish once they've settled in. We hang the board, tape the seams and sand every surface smooth, priced honestly by the square foot.
IntraBuild covers Barrie drywall installation right around Lake Simcoe — the four-season cottages and waterfront homes along the shore, the family subdivisions of new detached houses, and the basements waiting to be finished. Barrie is a fair drive north for us, so instead of a padded travel line you get one written price tied to your square footage and no separate travel fee. The drywall installation Barrie keeps needing is our daily work: whole-home board on new detached builds, finishing bare basements, cathedral and walkout ceilings on lakeside homes, additions and everyday rooms. If you've searched "drywall installation near me" from a Barrie address, you've found your crew. For the full picture of how we work, see our drywall installation services page — this page covers what's specific to Barrie: waterfront and cottage builds, family-subdivision board and finish, and the lower levels people finish once they've settled in.
Sheets set plumb and tight on walls and ceilings, joints staggered, cut cleanly around outlets, windows and light boxes.
Mesh or paper tape over every seam, with corner bead installation on each outside corner — metal or paper-faced bead so edges stay crisp and crack-free.
Fasteners set just below the surface in a staggered pattern — about 28–32 per sheet — then spotted so nothing shows through paint.
Three coats of compound minimum, feathered wide, then sanded and dust-controlled to Level 3, 4 or 5.
Four-season builds around Lake Simcoe — the places along the shore that get lived in year-round. Walkouts, cathedral and vaulted ceilings and big glass, boarded and finished to hold up under raking lake light, with moisture-aware board wherever the humidity off the water asks for it.
New detached homes going up across Ardagh, Holly and Innishore — whole-home board and finish, floor to ceiling. Every level hung, taped and sanded, sequenced around your framer, electrician and painter so drywall never becomes the bottleneck on a fast-moving new build.
Finishing lower levels and the rooms over the garage. Moisture-aware board below grade, neat cuts around the ducts, beams and bulkheads a builder leaves exposed, and a smooth surface ready for the family room, gym, home office or extra bedroom people add once they've settled in.
Barrie is a drive for us, but the quote doesn't punish you for it. You get one written price tied to your square footage and no separate travel fee tacked on after — even up here on Lake Simcoe. We book a measure, confirm the number in writing, and board goes up on schedule.
The drywall installation cost Barrie homeowners pay comes down to area, so we quote by the square foot rather than a flat guess — board supplied and finished. As a rough guide, the drywall installation Barrie jobs we price run about $2.00–$5.50 per square foot turnkey. A waterfront cottage great room — cathedral ceiling, big glass, a smoother finish and tighter cuts up high — runs nearer the top of that range; finishing a basement in Ardagh, big square rooms boarded and taped, sits toward the lower-middle. Pick a finish level below; a fuller cost breakdown sits further down, and the full method behind these numbers lives on our drywall installation services page.
| A single room (12×12-ish) | $1,500–2,500 |
|---|---|
| One- or two-car garage (Level 3) | $1,500–3,000 |
| A full basement | $6,000–12,000+ |
| A whole floor / new build | scales up |
The turnkey rate is the whole job — board delivered and hung, taped, beaded, screws spotted, three coats, sanded to your level, daily cleanup — and it already includes no separate travel fee, even up in Barrie. Prefer to buy your own board? A labour-only rate starts around $1.50/sq ft. Per sheet, figure $30–70 to hang and finish a 4×8. These drywall installation prices are guide ranges — a free written quote sets the exact drywall install cost before any board goes up.
A full price tied to your square footage — one written number, and no separate travel fee tacked on after, even up in Barrie.
Poly barriers and vacuum-assisted sanding keep drywall dust out of the rest of the home.
Hang, tape, coat and sand days planned up front and coordinated with your other trades, so the drywall stage never holds up the framer, electrician or painter on a Barrie build.
Liability coverage before we start, and a sound, level surface your painter can walk straight onto.
Each stage has to be right before the next begins — and the mud coats need drying time between them, which is why good drywall can't be rushed. Ceilings go first: a drywall ceiling installation is boarded before the walls, so the wall sheets tuck up under it and support its edges. On residential walls the sheets usually run horizontally, though hanging drywall vertically suits some taller commercial walls — either way the aim is fewer, cleaner joints to finish.
Yes — it's a big part of our Barrie work. The four-season builds and waterfront homes along Lake Simcoe get lived in year-round, so we board and finish them like any full-time house: walkouts, big glass and open great rooms, with moisture-aware board wherever the humidity off the water asks for it. New builds, additions and refinishes on the lakeside streets all get the same crew.
That's some of our favourite work, and it's common on Barrie's lakeside homes. We board cathedral, vaulted and tray ceilings on staging, keep the joints tight up high, and finish them to Level 5 anywhere pot lights or raking lake light would show a seam. Sag-resistant ceiling board keeps a wide span flat over the years.
Yes — lower levels and the rooms over the garage are steady work here. We hang moisture-aware board below grade, cut neatly around the ducts, beams and bulkheads a builder leaves exposed, and finish it smooth and ready for a family room, gym, home office or extra bedroom. You get a clean, paint-ready space without disturbing the rest of the house.
Turnkey, figure about $2.00–2.75 per square foot for Level 3, $2.75–4.00 for a standard Level 4 and $4.00–5.50 for a Level 5 skim. A basement in Ardagh with big square rooms is efficient per foot; a waterfront cottage great room with a cathedral ceiling and a smoother finish sits higher. The drywall installation cost in Barrie depends on size, ceiling height and finish level — a free written quote sets the exact number.
We do, and no. We cover the north around Lake Simcoe, and Barrie gets one written price tied to your square footage with no separate travel fee bolted on after. The drive is on us — the number you approve is the number you pay, whether it's a lakeside build or a basement across town.
Ceilings first. It lets the wall sheets butt up tight underneath and support the ceiling edges, for cleaner, stronger joints — which matters on the cathedral and vaulted ceilings common in Barrie's lakeside homes.
How many screws per sheet of drywall? On a 4×8 wall, roughly 28–32, and more on ceilings — staggered and set just below the surface so the board holds flat without breaking the paper.
Almost certainly. As drywall installers Barrie homeowners and builders book directly, we cover the whole city — Downtown and the Waterfront, Allandale and Painswick, Ardagh and Holly, Innishore and East Bayfield, Letitia Heights and Sunnidale, the South End and Bayshore. Tell us your neighbourhood and a drywall installer Barrie locals trust will confirm and come measure.
Drywall installation isn't limited to Barrie — IntraBuild works right across the GTA and Southern Barrie, all on one written per-square-foot price with no separate travel fee.
Searching for drywall installers near me in Barrie? Send us the space — a waterfront cottage great room, a new detached home in Ardagh or Holly, an unfinished basement or a room over the garage — and IntraBuild's Barrie drywall contractors will measure, recommend the finish level, price it by the square foot and set a schedule around your build. We cover the north, so you get one written price tied to your square footage and no separate travel fee. Free, and no pressure.
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