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MonkeyLio for drywall & installation: setup and tips

How drywall contractors get the most out of MonkeyLio.

Set up for your trade

  1. Pick Drywall & installation as your trade in Settings to get the starter price list, checklist and equipment types.
  2. Review your starter prices, like Estimate visit, Labor, Small patch (under 1 sq ft), and change them to your real prices.
  3. Edit the job checklist in Settings so it matches how your crew actually works.
  4. Connect Stripe so customers can pay from their link.

Your starter job checklist

  1. Work area sealed off and floors protected
  2. Framing checked and measured before hanging
  3. Sheets hung, screwed to spec and seams staggered
  4. Taped, mudded and sanded to agreed finish level
  5. Texture matched to existing walls
  6. Dust vacuumed and area cleaned
  7. Walkthrough with customer and after photos

Equipment worth logging

Track Drywall lift, Screw gun, Taping knives and pans, Sander with vacuum, Texture sprayer, Dust barriers at each customer's property, with a next service date so MonkeyLio reminds you and the customer.

A day with MonkeyLio

  1. 1:00 — Call: ceiling stain from an upstairs leak.
  2. 1:40 — On site. Quote with cut-out, hang, tape, texture and paint texted from the kitchen.
  3. 1:48 — Homeowner approves and pays the deposit.
  4. Work — Start tapped, dust barriers to walkthrough ticked off the checklist over two visits.
  5. Done — After photos attached, balance paid from the same link. No invoice to chase.
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