A commercial GC told me my ceiling grid layout was wasting 2 full sheets of drywall per room

He showed me how shifting my main tees by 6 inches saved $180 on materials for one office floor and now I layout every grid around panel cuts first - anyone else get roasted by a trim carpenter over wasted sheet goods?

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grantschmidt23d ago

Oh come on, that's just chasing pennies while ignoring the bigger picture of production speed. You're adding an extra 20 minutes of layout time per room (which nobody ever accounts for) just to save a few bucks on board that was probably headed for the dumpster anyway. Good luck explaining to your boss why your crew is still taping when the rest of the job is ready to paint.

dakota_nelson4315d ago

Wait, are we really pretending 20 minutes is some huge chunk of time now?

kai_butler8323d ago

Yeah but have you actually timed it or just guessing?