What Has to Be True Before Board Goes Up

• Building dried in
• Framing complete and inspected if the permit requires it
• Electrical, plumbing, and HVAC rough-in in the walls
• Those inspections signed off
• Access for boards and a place to stage material

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Hanging

Ceilings usually go up before walls. Sheets are cut around boxes, doors, and windows. Fasteners follow a pattern so the board does not loose or bulge. Seams are staggered so you do not build a long fault line.

Open commercial walls hang faster than a house full of windows, angles, and soffits. A production rate on a clear warehouse wall is not the same job as a 2,000-square-foot home with vaulted ceilings.

Finishing Is Where the Calendar Grows

1. Tape and first coat over joints and fasteners
2. Dry time
3. Second and third coats where the finish level needs them
4. Sand
5. Texture or a Level 4 / Level 5 skim
6. More dry time, then primer-ready walls for the painter

Coats need hours to a day or more between them, depending on thickness, heat, and humidity. That is not padding. It is how mud works.

Planning a 2,000-Square-Foot House

A typical 2,000-square-foot house has several thousand square feet of board once you count walls and ceilings. On a simple layout, hanging may take a couple of days. Finishing — taping, dry time, texture — often takes the better part of a week. A planning window of about 9–16 calendar days for hang plus finish is common when the design is straightforward and the building is ready.

Add time for vaulted ceilings, curves, a Level 5 spec, or cold, damp weather. Painting is usually a separate trade and sits after our work, not inside it.

What Changes the Schedule

• House size and how cut-up the rooms are
• Vaults, trays, and tight soffits
• Whether we hang only or hang and finish
• Level 4 vs. Level 5 vs. a sprayed texture
• Wet framing or a missed inspection
• Occupied rooms that have to stay livable

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