Drywall contractor software, shown on a fictional drywall company

Open the demo and you are inside Trowelbrook Drywall, a fictional drywall company running the real product: click anything, nothing changes.

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What works today for a drywall company, and what is not available yet

The demo's welcome card says the same. The names, people, jobs and prices in this demo are illustrative.

The drywall jobs in the demo

Each with what its estimate covers and how it is billed:

• Ploverhythe Meadows Lot 7 hang and finish — Lot 7, plan 2150-B: hang, Level 4 finish and knockdown (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Plan 2150-B with the bonus room; the builder's super walks the lot in the mornings.
• Suite 200 office interior: metal studs and board — Suite 200: framing, Type X board, Level 4 finish and ceilings (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Second floor; the GC's super signs extra-work tickets on site.
  Schedule: Layout and track → Metal stud framing → Electrical and plumbing rough-in by others → Above-ceiling walk with the GC → Board one side → Sound batts → Board second side → Tape and finish → Ceiling grid and tile → Punch walk with the GC.
  Daily log: “Board up on one side of the north offices; sound batts started at the exam rooms.”
• Morrow water-damage patch and texture match — Ceiling patch under the upstairs bath, three visits (Time & Materials)
  Job notes: The plumber fixed the leak before our first visit.
  Schedule: Visit 1: cut out, hang and tape → Visit 2: coat → Visit 3: sand, texture and prime.
  Daily log: “Cut out the stained ceiling board under the bath. The framing read dry on the meter before we closed it up. Hung and taped.”
• Achterberg basement finish: hang and tape — Basement: hang, Level 4 finish and orange peel (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Board stocked in the basement → Hang walls and ceilings → Tape, coat and sand → Orange peel texture → Touch-up walk with the homeowners.
  Daily log: “Hung the basement ceilings and most of the walls; moisture-resistant board at the bathroom.”
• Ploverhythe Meadows Lot 6 hang and finish — Lot 6, plan 2040-A: hang, Level 4 finish and knockdown (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Board stocked by floor → Pre-hang framing walk with the super → Hang walls and ceilings → Screw inspection → Tape and first coat → Second coat → Finish coat and sand → Knockdown texture → Touch-up after paint and flooring → Lot sign-off with the super.
  Daily log: “Upstairs hung. Missing backing at the primary bath vanity photographed; the builder's framer added it the same day.”
• Unit 4B ceiling texture repair — Patch and knockdown match, living-room ceiling (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Tenant in place; the manager lets us in.
  Schedule: Visit 1: patch the ceiling → Visit 2: match the knockdown texture.
  Daily log: “Knockdown matched and primed; the manager signed off before we left.”

Walk through one drywall job: Ploverhythe Meadows Lot 7 hang and finish

Its schedule, in order:

1. Board stocked by floor
2. Pre-hang framing walk with the super
3. Hang walls and ceilings
4. Screw inspection
5. Tape and first coat
6. Second coat
7. Finish coat and sand
8. Knockdown texture
9. Touch-up after paint and flooring
10. Lot sign-off with the super

Purchase orders on this job: “Board for Lot 7, stocked by floor”; “Tape, coat and finish, Lot 7”.

To-dos on this job: “Walk Lot 8 for hang start”; “Photograph the screw inspection card”.

From its daily log:

• Hung the upstairs ceilings and the bonus room. Two bowed studs at the stair photographed and shown to the super before we covered them. Weather: Clear and cold.
• Upstairs walls hung. Builder's heater running in the garage. Weather: Cold, light snow.
• Main floor hung. Type X board on the garage separation wall. Weather: Sunny.
• Hang complete. Screw inspection booked for today; taping crew starts after it. Weather: Sunny.

A drywall proposal in the demo: Clinic tenant finish: framing, board and ceilings

Trowelbrook Drywall sent it to a lead. The scope reads:

Metal stud framing, Type X board and Level 4 finish on all new partitions, sound batts at the exam rooms, 2x4 ceiling grid and tile, and the soffit at the reception desk.

The notes on that lead:

• Invitation to bid with the drawings and two addenda
• Takeoff by wall type from the drawing set
• Sent the bid with alternates and unit prices

Other drywall leads in the demo

• New plan series: Purchasing called about pricing three new plans
• Popcorn ceiling removal: Asked about removing popcorn ceilings in three rooms; Measured the three rooms; a sample of the texture went to the lab
• Garage finish: Wants the garage hung, taped and fire-taped before winter

What goes on a drywall estimate in the demo

From Trowelbrook Drywall's price list, without the prices:

• Half-inch regular board, 4x12
• Five-eighths Type X board, 4x12
• Half-inch moisture-resistant board, 4x8
• Metal stud, 3-5/8, 20 gauge, 10 ft
• Metal track, 3-5/8, 10 ft
• Finish materials per board (compound, tape, screws)
• Corner bead and trims
• Stocking and carry-up, per board
• Hang labor, per square foot
• Tape and finish, Level 4
• Level 5 skim coat, added
• Knockdown texture
• Orange peel texture
• Primer-sealer
• Sound batts in partitions
• Ceiling grid and 2x4 tile, installed
• Soffit framing and board
• Remove water-damaged board
• Patch, medium, three visits
• Texture match
• Trip charge
• Touch-up visit
• Extra work, journeyman hour
• Scissor lift rental, per day
• Scrap haul-off, per load

Drywall assemblies and a schedule template in the demo

Trowelbrook Drywall's assemblies, in its own words:

• Wall, one side, hang and finish: Measure the wall in sf: board, screws, compound, tape and labor are figured.
• Ceiling, hang and finish: Measure the ceiling in sf: board, screws, compound, tape and labor are figured.

Schedule template “House hang and finish”: Stock the board → Hang walls and ceilings → Tape and first coat → Second and final coats, sand → Texture and prime → Walk with the builder, punch.

Drywall cost codes in the demo

Trowelbrook Drywall's own cost codes:

• General conditions & supervision
• Mobilization, delivery & stocking
• Demolition & tear-out
• Protection & dust control
• Metal stud framing
• Backing & blocking
• Insulation & sound batts
• Board material
• Hang labor
• Tape & finish labor
• Finish materials (compound, tape, screws)
• Corner bead & trims
• Texture
• Prime & sealer
• Fire-rated assemblies & firestopping
• Shaftwall
• Acoustical ceilings
• Soffits, bulkheads & curves
• Patch & repair
• Touch-up & punch
• Scaffolds, lifts & equipment rental
• Temporary heat & drying
• Cleanup, scrap & haul-off
• Extra work (T&M)
• Warranty callbacks
• Contingency & escalation

Questions about SelfConstruct for drywall work

Is there a drywall version of SelfConstruct?

Not as a separate product. Trowelbrook Drywall opens with the business type “Drywall & interior systems”, so its menus are set for that trade. In a customer's company today, the menus are the same whatever the trade.

Can a drywall job be fixed price or time and materials?

Both are in the demo: Trowelbrook Drywall's “Ploverhythe Meadows Lot 7 hang and finish” is a fixed-price job, and “Morrow water-damage patch and texture match” is billed time and materials.

Does SelfConstruct have “Builder lots and plans” for drywall companies yet?

Not yet. It is on the list the demo's welcome card shows under “Not available yet for your trade”.

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Pricing is published on the site: $299/mo per company before sales tax, unlimited users, 50 GB of storage included.

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