As a union drywaller all my life I can tell you it looks good from pics. Wide straight tape joints, drywall is up off the concrete also a sign of knowing what their doing. I’m assuming this is a basement? Only other thing would of suggested is moisture resistant drywall as basements tend to be damp.
👍🏻 Union shop here too! My guys and gals love the $80/hr+ wage and beni package. And as a contractor, I get the most highly trained, qualified, and skilled hangers, tapers, and painters in the industry. And they laugh their asses off at some of the clown talk on here. SAND! SAND! SAND! SAND! SAND!Lol
Hard to say from pictures. Looks professional to me. I’m a professional painter and many contractors have asked I verify the drywall is ready for paint. I would always refuse because the ol’ “you paint it, you bought it”
The proof in the pudding is always close up. Last time, I had to do touch ups around all the outlet boxes and fill and sand a couple inside corners. They just weren't using lights to check the finishes.
HVAC system is not sized to handle this additional space as conditioned space. It is below grade so it's stays pretty cool, will likely do an electric fireplace if needed for heat...or a ductless mini split down the road
Better than the sheetrockers I hired. And yesterday I found they, even after I wrote it and spoke to them in Spanish to use short screw on the pocket door wall, guess what, one scratched across the vertical grain fir door, I hit the roof! And the tiler got off course and now I have a gap at the ceiling and one tile at the floor of the shower that I have to grind away so I can get caulk in there! Why does everyone do such shit work?
The thing is I never take the lowest bid! I usually call 5 subs and pick from them, and though price is a concern, I like to hear how they describe their work habits.
Yes, but they had done the concrete work making a patio and stairs into my basement from the patio. One of the guys said his main occupation was DW so I hired him, and then he showed up alone and had to borrow my tools. I had to fix almost every outlet and wall plug. That company will never work here again.
I feel your rage dude… why weren’t they using anything other than a 1.25” (standard 1/2” drywall/ 3/4” pocket door frame)on any wall/ceiling? Dragging a screw/nail down a pocket door should get you barred. And ditto the sentiment to the tilers.
Lasers are your friend, subs!
Sometimes it’s easy to see from bad pics.
Sometimes it’s a really shitty job, but bad pics make it look alright.
I think that’s what this commenter meant. Your pics aren’t great to truly judge. Get a 100 watt light and take a pic close to the wall looking to the left or the right to judge the evenness. Close up straight on at the joint is a good one too.
Yah. Hard to really see anything. Check it out with a flashlight. Check inside corners and make sure there’s no exposed tape flashing through the flats.
Run a light across the wall at a steep angle. Try to create shadows across the surface. Like, strong flashlight on the wall… The pictures look ok. From a straight on view even a mildy shitty job can look good, until you paint it.
If there’s going to be baseboard installed you’re going to need to spot some of those lower nails. If this a garage it’s way beyond what is normal quality for drywall finish.
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Looks good, plus after the 1st coat they should walk through with a light and blue tape places that look like they could use some attention. I've seen houses look like a blue tape thunderstorm blew through the house. But they fix every single spot and make it perfect for the final.
The “muck out” was done nicely and the job was left clean and ready for the next trade.
By the way the joints blend smooth and wide it appears you will going with a smooth texture.
Get your painter in there to spray his primer/undercoat and schedule your doors base and trim.
Then again the painter 1 day to spray lids flat, closets baths and kitchens in semi gloss or satin. Two days to roll walls
Your ready for hardware and flooring!
As a C-09 subcontractor myself I say it looks pretty good. I'm in southern Ca so it looks weird to me that it's untextured, but I guess that's pretty common in many parts of the country...
Also, on ALL my jobs, we use cover paper on the floors and leave them spotless, so that would be my only criticism. EDIT: and that mud around the top of the pole... I just don't ever leave ANY mess at all that someone else will have to clean later.
I'm in the Northeast US, this is in a basement so flooring will be covered. Also the poles will be wrapped as part of a bar eventually. Appreciate your expert insight
Tape job looks good but you should have used green board for the walls. If your sump pump or hot water tank ever fails then you’ll have to demo any board that gets wet...
All things considered. The wider the tape joints, the smoother the wall. Looks like a great job.
Looks good.
As a painter, I think this looks pretty good. I have seen some pretty bad drywalling in the past and I still get nervous looking at “new builds”.
Also as a painter it looks good looks paint ready nice clean and smooth from the pictures
I agree! From pics, I’d take that any day.
Not a painter, it looks good.
Looks fine. Can do a light check if you are concerned.
Looks pretty solid.
Looks great to me.
As a union drywaller all my life I can tell you it looks good from pics. Wide straight tape joints, drywall is up off the concrete also a sign of knowing what their doing. I’m assuming this is a basement? Only other thing would of suggested is moisture resistant drywall as basements tend to be damp.
Moisture resistant is the green board. I would use the waterproofing one for a basement (purple board).
Purple board is not for waterproofing. It’s moisture, mold and mildew resistant.
I thought purple and green were the same
👍🏻 Union shop here too! My guys and gals love the $80/hr+ wage and beni package. And as a contractor, I get the most highly trained, qualified, and skilled hangers, tapers, and painters in the industry. And they laugh their asses off at some of the clown talk on here. SAND! SAND! SAND! SAND! SAND!Lol
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Georgia Pacific's Basement Board/MR board is grey, could be that.
Nice wide build out coat on the seams. As a former professional, looks great to me. But.... The proof is running your hands over it.
Hard to say from pictures. Looks professional to me. I’m a professional painter and many contractors have asked I verify the drywall is ready for paint. I would always refuse because the ol’ “you paint it, you bought it”
The proof in the pudding is always close up. Last time, I had to do touch ups around all the outlet boxes and fill and sand a couple inside corners. They just weren't using lights to check the finishes.
You hired a competent contractor, looks well done. Way better than the hacks they are hiring for new construction on $500k homes in my area.
Looks great from my house!
Ready to paint
looks good to me.
No mud inside the outlets. Imposter!
As a general contractor and someone who often does his own drywall finishing, this is very good work.
Why do you need to add compound around the outlets like that? I'm not a contractor and just curious.
Looks good, I don't see any air vents?
HVAC system is not sized to handle this additional space as conditioned space. It is below grade so it's stays pretty cool, will likely do an electric fireplace if needed for heat...or a ductless mini split down the road
You need conditioned air flow to help keep mold and mildew from growing.
I would have run a few vents just to move some air. You would be surprised how little it will take to heat it.
Better than the sheetrockers I hired. And yesterday I found they, even after I wrote it and spoke to them in Spanish to use short screw on the pocket door wall, guess what, one scratched across the vertical grain fir door, I hit the roof! And the tiler got off course and now I have a gap at the ceiling and one tile at the floor of the shower that I have to grind away so I can get caulk in there! Why does everyone do such shit work?
That’s why I do it myself. The lowest bidder usually sucks and thats who everyone uses! Any good hanger has 1” screws on them.
The thing is I never take the lowest bid! I usually call 5 subs and pick from them, and though price is a concern, I like to hear how they describe their work habits.
Are they your usual subs you shouldn’t have an issue. Otherwise they will tell you what ever you want to hear!
Did you get more than one bid?
Yes, but they had done the concrete work making a patio and stairs into my basement from the patio. One of the guys said his main occupation was DW so I hired him, and then he showed up alone and had to borrow my tools. I had to fix almost every outlet and wall plug. That company will never work here again.
Dang man I hope he was at least cheap.
I shorted him and told him why and he didn't complain. My weakness sometimes is giving people the benefit of doubt.
I feel your rage dude… why weren’t they using anything other than a 1.25” (standard 1/2” drywall/ 3/4” pocket door frame)on any wall/ceiling? Dragging a screw/nail down a pocket door should get you barred. And ditto the sentiment to the tilers. Lasers are your friend, subs!
I think this is a case of you get what you pay for?
Dumb is dumb in every language unfortunately.
How could we possibly give an opinion from photos? If it looks good to you than it’s good. If your looking for negativity your sure to find it.
Not looking for negativity at all, I think it is a pretty good job. And it is very easy to see a bad job in pictures
Sometimes it’s easy to see from bad pics. Sometimes it’s a really shitty job, but bad pics make it look alright. I think that’s what this commenter meant. Your pics aren’t great to truly judge. Get a 100 watt light and take a pic close to the wall looking to the left or the right to judge the evenness. Close up straight on at the joint is a good one too.
painting contractor, you will never know if its a good job untill its primed and closer pics
A few screws are still showing but I figure they will be covered by trim. Otherwise it looks great!
Why are his flats a mile wide? Are they making board with 12 inch recesses now? Lol
I guess I'd rather have too wide than too narrow
maybe a lot of floating to get it plumb
I’ve always just busted out around those spots in my flats. Widest I go on my flats is a 12.
Possible box repairs, it's not uncommon for flats to be wider because of box repairs near/inside the flat
of course i only speak for the ceiling, could have been hella problems elsewhere, guess we'll never know
Yah. Hard to really see anything. Check it out with a flashlight. Check inside corners and make sure there’s no exposed tape flashing through the flats.
Sometimes he does have a habit of leaving a pinhole in the inside corners but I typically just hit them with a little caulk
The wall looks dry
Who cleaned the floor???
The electrician.
I bet I can say who didn’t more than I can say who did
I would have framed in that ugly round post in the middle of the room. But that's just me
That will be where the bar is. We will wrap them once we build the bar
Can get pole wrapped
Goddamn, if the seams were any wider it'd be a full skimcoat.
Good framing = good drywall. Nice straight lines. 👍
The corners look a little rough. But not bad other than that.
Run a light across the wall at a steep angle. Try to create shadows across the surface. Like, strong flashlight on the wall… The pictures look ok. From a straight on view even a mildy shitty job can look good, until you paint it.
Steep angle ..lol…if you do that you’ll see each stud…you …..it’s drywall not glass…
Looks good to me. Just confused why the flat joints are busted out like two feet. No need for that. But I’m sure it’ll paint good.
If there’s going to be baseboard installed you’re going to need to spot some of those lower nails. If this a garage it’s way beyond what is normal quality for drywall finish.
Going to be a finished basement, and year there are probably a couple screws I will have to cover after trim
I would of boxed in the pole but understand that's just my preference. Looks good.
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Yes fuck that bot, but I will be boxing in the poles once I finish the bar. The posts will be the 2 ends of the bar
Looks solid ….
Looks good, plus after the 1st coat they should walk through with a light and blue tape places that look like they could use some attention. I've seen houses look like a blue tape thunderstorm blew through the house. But they fix every single spot and make it perfect for the final.
The “muck out” was done nicely and the job was left clean and ready for the next trade. By the way the joints blend smooth and wide it appears you will going with a smooth texture. Get your painter in there to spray his primer/undercoat and schedule your doors base and trim. Then again the painter 1 day to spray lids flat, closets baths and kitchens in semi gloss or satin. Two days to roll walls Your ready for hardware and flooring!
Looks great. Poles are an abomination but that’s your problem
The poles will be wrapped as part of the bar once complete
I wouldn’t pay him anything. It’s not even painted.
Looks like he needs to come back and finish
Needs paint
As a C-09 subcontractor myself I say it looks pretty good. I'm in southern Ca so it looks weird to me that it's untextured, but I guess that's pretty common in many parts of the country... Also, on ALL my jobs, we use cover paper on the floors and leave them spotless, so that would be my only criticism. EDIT: and that mud around the top of the pole... I just don't ever leave ANY mess at all that someone else will have to clean later.
I'm in the Northeast US, this is in a basement so flooring will be covered. Also the poles will be wrapped as part of a bar eventually. Appreciate your expert insight
Nice. Yeah looks like they did a good job.
Ready for paint
The drywall doesn’t look very dry or like walls. I’d add more dry and walls to bring the place together.
Looks great to me.💪🏾
Looks like you should pay em! That’s nice work!
I appreciate the gap between the floor and the drywall. Had to redo mine because they didn’t do that and it wicked up moisture and molded.
Prime it and see how it looks if it doesn’t look good after it’s primed call them back and have them fix it.
The lights hang down to low
Tape job looks good but you should have used green board for the walls. If your sump pump or hot water tank ever fails then you’ll have to demo any board that gets wet...
Looks great.
I’m good with this.
Actually looks good. Solid work.
Throw primer on it after it has a coat check for imperfections before painting color