what is average cost for wood shingle installation (labor only)

I would appreciate any info on the average cost(price per square) to INSTALL wood shingles.(labor only)Your help is much appreciated. I need an accuracte cost for labor only, to install wood shigles.

---By wood shingles I take it to mean 16-18 inch shingles at 5 inch exposure. We stopped doing wood shingles about 20 years ago because of the labor intensive application. I have worked 8 hours on a wood shingle job 8/12 and cut up and I got 2 sq. on hand nailing. ---I wouldn't touch them for under $100 a sq. and on any kind of difficulty I would need $200+ a sq. Lanny

At least!

Ask carribeandreams, he knows everything :dry:

usually about 50$ per bundle

Wood shakes and shingles are almost extinct around here now. Especially wood shingles. But back in the 70's to early 90's, the roofers did them for $10.00 sq. (maybe $20 for wood shingles) up to 6/12. We installed several thousand squares a year back then.

Now, there's hardly anyone still active in the labor force who have ever even installed any wood. I have no idea what it would have to pay nowadays, since most anyone you hired to do it would be in a learning mode probably averaging 2-4 sq per day at most.

Around here, they do it for 2- 6 packs of beer a day, one at lunch and one after work.