Gypsum false ceiling cost per m² in Saudi Arabia

Published ceiling and board rates, checked 30 October 2026

Gyps Riyadh, checked 30 October 2026, says a flat gypsum-board ceiling in Riyadh starts at SAR 45 per m², and a concealed ceiling with a bulkhead starts at SAR 70 per m². The price includes materials and labour and excludes paint. The table prints a flat ceiling at SAR 45–65 per m² and a concealed ceiling with bulkheads at SAR 70–110 per m², both for materials and labour, with the concealed row also naming design. The same page says a 20 m² room with a flat ceiling is SAR 900–1,300, and with a concealed ceiling SAR 1,400–2,200. Those room totals are 20 × 45, 20 × 65, 20 × 70 and 20 × 110. A light pocket is SAR 25–40 per linear metre, and cornice is SAR 18–30 per linear metre, each counted apart from the square metre. The page says a larger area lowers the rate per metre and does not print a second number, so none is invented. It does not print a separate riyal for a green moisture-resistant board, and it does not print VAT. No price date is on the table. Walls on the same table are SAR 60–90 per m² and are not a ceiling.

A board price is the sheet, not the installed ceiling. Rukunlava in Riyadh lists National regular gypsum board 12.5 mm, 1,200 × 2,400 mm, at SAR 16.00, and G Board regular 12.5 mm, 1,200 × 2,400 mm, at SAR 21.00. The pages do not say whether VAT is inside the riyal, and they do not print a price date. The omega furring page on the same shop prints a range of SAR 5.00–13.00 across listed sizes that include a 3 m length, from 35 × 0.35 × 3 through 35 × 0.9 × 3. That range is not one gauge, so it is not averaged to a single riyal. Al Muhaimeed Building Materials lists Saudi galvanised omega 0.60, length 3 m, at SAR 8.00. That page does not say VAT. GCCPricing’s Saudi row for standard gypsum board 12.5 mm, 1.2 × 2.4 m, is SAR 18.50 per sheet, reference parity, supply only, last updated 26 October 2026. The governance note says the Saudi row is a calibrated parity, not a verified merchant survey. SAR 18.50 is not averaged with SAR 16.00 or SAR 21.00. No Saudi price for joint compound, paper tape, screws or a 600 × 600 mm ceiling tile was opened, so those lines are omitted.

One-line formula, then a supply-only build-up

Board cost per m² = one sheet price ÷ 2.88. Field furring cost per m² = (price per 3 m piece ÷ 3) × (1 ÷ spacing in metres). An installed total = ceiling area × one printed rate. A 1,200 × 2,400 mm sheet is 1.2 × 2.4 = 2.88 m². One square metre needs 1 ÷ 2.88 = 0.347222… of a sheet before offcuts. No Saudi screw price, joint-compound price or tape price was opened, so those lines are not in the material total. Labour is inside the Gyps Riyadh SAR 45–65 rate and is not inside the sheet prices.

Using only the National board, 16.00 ÷ 2.88 = SAR 5.555555… per m² of board. Using only G Board, 21.00 ÷ 2.88 = SAR 7.291666… per m². Using only the GCCPricing parity, 18.50 ÷ 2.88 = SAR 6.423611… per m², supply only. The three are alternatives. A moisture-resistant sheet price in riyals was not on a page that opened, so a bathroom board is not given a second riyal here. Gyps Riyadh says the green board is for kitchens and bathrooms and does not print a different rate.

The only Saudi channel with one length and one price is Al Muhaimeed’s omega 0.60 at SAR 8.00 per 3 m, which is 8 ÷ 3 = SAR 2.666666… per metre. Domeco’s Dubai page, opened the same day, says furring channels sit at 400 to 600 mm centres. That spacing is not printed on the Saudi channel page, and no dirham from Domeco is converted into riyals. At 400 mm the field length is 2.5 m per m², so the omega line is 8 × 2.5 ÷ 3 = SAR 6.666666… per m². At 600 mm the field length is 1.666666… m per m², so the same piece is 8 × 1.666666… ÷ 3 = SAR 4.444444… per m². Perimeter angle, hangers, main runners and offcuts are not in that length. Rukunlava’s SAR 5.00–13.00 is a range across gauges. Dividing the printed ends by 3 m gives SAR 1.666666… and SAR 4.333333… per metre, and those ends are not averaged and not turned into a per-m² cost.

Worked example: a 20 m² bedroom and a 150 m² villa floor

The bedroom is 5 × 4 = 20 m². The villa floor is 15 × 10 = 150 m². Sheets = area ÷ 2.88. The bedroom needs 20 ÷ 2.88 = 6.944444… sheets, rounded up to 7, covering 7 × 2.88 = 20.16 m². The villa floor needs 150 ÷ 2.88 = 52.083333… sheets, rounded up to 53, covering 53 × 2.88 = 152.64 m². No waste percentage is added. Gyps Riyadh already prints the 20 m² flat total as SAR 900–1,300. This page’s multiplication matches that print. The 150 m² line uses the same SAR 45–65, because the page’s remark that a larger area is cheaper is not a second printed rate.

Sheet cost uses one price at a time. National only: 7 × 16.00 = SAR 112, and 53 × 16.00 = SAR 848. Net before rounding is 20 × 16.00 ÷ 2.88 = SAR 111.111111…, and 150 × 16.00 ÷ 2.88 = SAR 833.333333…. G Board only: 7 × 21.00 = SAR 147, and 53 × 21.00 = SAR 1,113. GCCPricing only: 7 × 18.50 = SAR 129.50, and 53 × 18.50 = SAR 980.50. Field omega at SAR 8.00 and 400 mm centres is 20 × 6.666666… = SAR 133.333333… and 150 × 6.666666… = SAR 1,000, before perimeter and cuts. At 600 mm centres it is 20 × 4.444444… = SAR 88.888888… and 150 × 4.444444… = SAR 666.666666…. The sheet lines are not added to the omega line unless the quote lists both, and they are not added to the installed rate.

Installed cost uses the Gyps Riyadh band only. Flat: 20 × 45 = SAR 900 and 20 × 65 = SAR 1,300, and 150 × 45 = SAR 6,750 and 150 × 65 = SAR 9,750, materials and labour, paint excluded. Concealed with bulkhead: 20 × 70 = SAR 1,400 and 20 × 110 = SAR 2,200, which the page also prints, and 150 × 70 = SAR 10,500 and 150 × 110 = SAR 16,500. The flat band and the concealed band are alternatives. A light pocket around the 5 × 4 m room is 18 m, so 18 × 25 = SAR 450 and 18 × 40 = SAR 720, counted apart from the square metre. Cornice on that 18 m is 18 × 18 = SAR 324 and 18 × 30 = SAR 540, also apart. The 15 × 10 m perimeter is 50 m, so a light pocket on that perimeter alone is 50 × 25 = SAR 1,250 and 50 × 40 = SAR 2,000. Paint is not in any of these products.

Flat, moisture-resistant, cove and grid ceilings

The flat ceiling is the Gyps Riyadh SAR 45–65 per m², materials and labour, paint excluded. The concealed ceiling with a bulkhead is SAR 70–110 per m² on the same page, including design. That is the cove or bulkhead row this source actually prices. The light pocket at SAR 25–40 per linear metre and the cornice at SAR 18–30 per linear metre stay in linear metres. A moisture-resistant bathroom ceiling has no separate installed riyal and no separate sheet riyal on the pages that opened. Gyps Riyadh says the green board is for wet rooms and that the board type moves the price, without a second number. A 600 × 600 mm grid price in riyals was not opened, so that ceiling type has no SAR row here.

Dirham install rates from Dubai pages are not converted. The UAE page, where those dirhams were opened, is gypsum false ceiling cost per m² in the UAE. The 400 mm and 600 mm spacing used for the omega length is the range Domeco prints for a Dubai ceiling. It is a metre figure, not a riyal, and it is not a Saudi standard. VAT at 15% is the standard rate recorded on the Saudi ready-mix guide. These ceiling rows do not say whether 15% is inside the riyal, so 15% is not added and not removed.

What a ceiling price must still include

Ask the quote to separate the board, the omega and angles, jointing, labour, paint, delivery and VAT. Gyps Riyadh includes materials and labour and excludes paint. The sheet shops do not say they include fixing. Al Muhaimeed’s SAR 8.00 is one 3 m piece. Delivery is not printed on these rows. The quote has to say whether 15% VAT is added.

The installed band is a Riyadh page. It is not a Jeddah price and not a Dammam price. Gyps Riyadh says work outside the built-up area adds a travel cost and does not print that cost. A ceiling above 3.5 m needs scaffolding on that page, again without a second riyal. Those extras stay out of the 20 m² and 150 m² products.

• Scope: SAR 45–65 is materials and labour. SAR 16.00 and SAR 21.00 are sheets.
• Paint: the Riyadh page excludes it. No paint riyal was opened for this guide.
• VAT: none of these ceiling rows says 15% is included or excluded.
• Layout: 2.5 m of omega per m² is field coverage at 400 mm centres, before the perimeter.

Related quantity and price pages

The area calculator repeats the 5 × 4 m ceiling. The drywall calculator can include the ceiling, but its sheets are 32 ft² and 48 ft². Those are not 2.88 m², so its sheet count is not the 7 and 53 above. The US sheet method is in how to count drywall sheets. Ceiling paint is a different product in the ceiling paint calculator.

Villa construction in riyals is in villa construction cost in Saudi Arabia. Dirham ceiling prices, where a page was opened, are in gypsum false ceiling cost per m² in the UAE. Dated block prices in riyals are in concrete block price in Saudi Arabia. The other GCC construction guides collect the quantity pages.

Questions people ask

Sources and calculation basis

Source links support the points named beside them. Worked quantities are Construclytic calculations using the assumptions shown above. A price in a table is the figure that source printed on the date it was read. It is not a quotation for your site, and it does not replace the project specification.

1. Gyps Riyadh: gypsum board installation pricesOpened 30 October 2026. Flat ceiling SAR 45–65 per m², materials and labour, paint excluded. Concealed ceiling with bulkhead SAR 70–110 per m², materials, labour and design. A 20 m² flat room is printed as SAR 900–1,300, and a concealed room as SAR 1,400–2,200. Light pocket SAR 25–40 per linear metre. Cornice SAR 18–30 per linear metre. Walls SAR 60–90 per m² are not used as a ceiling. Standard board size on the page is 120 × 240 cm. No VAT line and no price date. The page says a larger area lowers the metre rate and does not print the lower rate.
2. Rukunlava: National regular gypsum board 12.5 mmOpened 30 October 2026. National regular gypsum board 12.5 mm, 1,200 × 2,400 mm, SAR 16.00. Riyadh address on the page. VAT is not stated. No price date.
3. Rukunlava: G Board regular gypsum board 12.5 mmOpened 30 October 2026. G Board regular gypsum board 12.5 mm, 1,200 × 2,400 mm, SAR 21.00. VAT is not stated. No price date.
4. Rukunlava: omega furring channelOpened 30 October 2026. Price range SAR 5.00–13.00 per piece across listed sizes that include a 3 m length, including 35 × 0.35 × 3 and 35 × 0.9 × 3. The range is not averaged and is not used as the per-m² channel cost.
5. Al Muhaimeed Building Materials: omega 0.60Opened 30 October 2026. Saudi galvanised omega 0.60, length 3 metres, SAR 8.00. VAT is not stated. No price date. This is the only Saudi channel row used in the per-m² spacing arithmetic.
6. GCCPricing: standard gypsum board 12.5 mmOpened 30 October 2026. Saudi Arabia SAR 18.50 per sheet for 1.2 × 2.4 m standard board. Reference parity. Supply only. Last updated 26 Oct 2026. Not averaged with SAR 16.00 or SAR 21.00.
7. Domeco: furring centres on a Dubai ceiling pageOpened 30 October 2026. Used only for the stated 400–600 mm furring centres. No dirham on that page is converted to riyals or used as a Saudi price. The article date printed on the page is 22.08.2026.