Hang, tape, finish, texture. Talk the job, send a priced estimate, and get the deposit before the first sheet goes up. Built by a contractor, priced for a drywall crew.
Everything below is included or one tap away, no modules, no add-on pricing, no sales calls.
"Garage, 14 boards, hang and finish level 4, knockdown texture." Say it and the AI drafts priced line items in YOUR rates, hang, tape, finish, and texture split out. (Pro & Crew)
Small repairs carry a minimum charge so a fist-sized patch never costs you money. Your price book remembers it on every quote.
The customer or GC signs on their phone and pays the deposit up front. Material is covered before the first lift of board comes off the truck.
Attach photos of the framing, the water damage, or the finished walls. The scope is on record with the signature.
Hang complete, finish complete, punch-out. Bill in stages with the running "billed X of Y" right on the estimate.
Overdue invoices get a polite automatic nudge every week until they are paid. GCs pay the sub who invoices like a business.
Three steps between the walkthrough and the money.
Boards or square feet, finish level, texture, ceilings. Type it or talk it, on Pro and Crew the AI drafts priced line items in YOUR rates.
The customer opens a clean link on their phone, signs, and pays the deposit, card or bank.
Invoices carry pay links, reminders chase the money, and payments land straight in your bank account. We never touch your funds.
Drywall bids move fast and margins are tight, so the paperwork has to be quick and the numbers have to be yours. SayEstimate was built by a working contractor, so your price book holds hang, tape, finish, and texture as separate rates, by the board or by the square foot, with ceilings and high work priced at their real cost. Talk the job while you count boards and the AI drafts the line items with the math shown.
Deposits get paid at signing, progress bills keep GC work funded stage by stage, and automatic reminders chase the slow payers so you do not have to make that call. Plans start at $9.99 a month with a 14-day free trial and no credit card to start. Six languages, English and Español both included, and in this trade that is not a bonus feature, it is the crew and the customer both.
Drywall prices per square foot or per board, and the trick is that "hang and finish" is really four jobs with four rates: hanging the board, taping and bedding, the finish coats, and texture. A level 4 finish on smooth walls is the standard; level 5 costs real money because it is a skim coat of the entire surface, and it belongs on the estimate as its own line, not a surprise. Ceilings price higher than walls, nine-foot-plus work higher again, and small patch jobs need a minimum charge because setup, drying time, and a return trip for a one-hour patch cost the same whether the hole is big or small.
The other thing a drywall estimate has to handle is who supplies what. On GC work you may be labor-only with material by the builder; on homeowner work you are usually turnkey. The estimate should say which, in writing, along with who pays for the dumpster and whether paint-ready means primed. Multi-stage jobs should bill in stages, hang complete, finish complete, final, so the money follows the work.
SayEstimate holds all of it, your rates by board or square foot, minimum charges, progress billing, and drafts the estimate from a spoken walkthrough on Pro and Crew. Prefer paper? The free estimate template is here.
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