Hit 10,000 sheets hung and I still feel like a rookie sometimes

I was adding up my old work logs from the last 12 years and realized I just passed 10,000 sheets of drywall hung between new builds and remodels around Minneapolis. That number surprised me because I still make the same dumb mistakes I did back when I started, like misreading a layout and wasting a whole sheet on a closet wall. Anyone else keep a rough count of their work and feel like the numbers don't match your skill level?

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young.ryan2d ago

On the drywall crew I ran with up in Duluth we kept a tally on the job trailer wall and I was over 800 sheets before I realized I'd been measuring twice but still cutting once because I was rushing. Writing down each mistake in a little notebook helped me catch the dumb ones after about 5000 sheets.

patricia322d ago

Wait, 800 mistakes before you caught on? Holy shit lmao.

charles8362d ago

That tally idea is smart... I started keeping a scrap pile the same way and it slowed me down fast.