Vent: My boss hates that I dry fit sheets before screwing them up

I always lay the drywall sheets in place without fasteners to check fit and make marks. He says it's a waste of minutes that add up, but I find it catches gaps and avoids cutbacks later. Doing this has saved me from multiple bad cuts on tricky walls. Who's right, speed or doing it right the first time?

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phoenix_grant343d ago

My buddy's crew rushed a drywall job without dry fitting to meet a deadline. They had to tear out three sheets because the cuts were off by over an inch on a weird angled wall. @dixon.iris gets it, that check step spots issues before they're permanent. Racing through just means more work fixing mistakes later. Your boss might clock the minutes saved, but he's not counting the extra hours fixing avoidable messes.

dixon.iris4d ago

Dry fitting saved my butt on a tricky ceiling job last month.

grantw324d ago

Has dry fitting ever made a job harder for you? I've had ceiling tiles crack during dry fits because handling them too much weakens the edges, so by the time I went to install for real, they were damaged. @dixon.iris, maybe your method works on some jobs, but I find skipping the dry fit and relying on careful measurements saves me from those extra headaches. Plus, on uneven surfaces, a dry fit never shows how things will truly settle under their own weight.