The board on the takeoff is not “drywall.” It is a thickness, a core, a facer, and — on anything rated — a named product in a tested design. Substituting leftover 1/2-inch regular for 5/8 Type X is how a drywall sub inherits a failed inspection. This guide is for estimators and PMs who have … Read more
Finish level is how a drywall sub gets paid for smoothness — or how a shop donates a skim coat. The document is the Gypsum Association’s GA-214 (Recommended Levels of Finish for Gypsum Board, Glass-Mat and Fiber-Reinforced Gypsum Panels). Painting and wallcovering groups signed off on the same levels. National Gypsum, USG, CertainTeed, and American … Read more
On most commercial jobs the metal-stud partition is not a separate framing subcontract. It is the drywall sub’s wall: track, stud, board, and often the insulation and the head-of-wall. Residential shops meet the same members on townhomes, mixed-use, and light commercial that land on an otherwise wood bid list. This is a field and takeoff … Read more
Hanging is the part of the drywall subcontract that makes or loses the finish before the taper opens a box. This is written for crew leads and supers — residential production and commercial metal-stud — not for a first-time homeowner with a rented lift. Application and finishing of gypsum board is specified in ASTM C840 … Read more
Control joints are the gaps — and the trims that finish those gaps — that let a gypsum membrane move without telegraphing a crack through the paint. On a drywall subcontract they show up as a detailing problem, a quantity problem, and sometimes a punch-list problem. This page restates public guidance from the Gypsum Association … Read more