Guides for your trade
MonkeyLio for drywall & installation: setup and tips
How drywall contractors get the most out of MonkeyLio.
Set up for your trade
- Pick Drywall & installation as your trade in Settings to get the starter price list, checklist and equipment types.
- Review your starter prices, like Estimate visit, Labor, Small patch (under 1 sq ft), and change them to your real prices.
- Edit the job checklist in Settings so it matches how your crew actually works.
- Connect Stripe so customers can pay from their link.
Your starter job checklist
- Work area sealed off and floors protected
- Framing checked and measured before hanging
- Sheets hung, screwed to spec and seams staggered
- Taped, mudded and sanded to agreed finish level
- Texture matched to existing walls
- Dust vacuumed and area cleaned
- 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
- 1:00 — Call: ceiling stain from an upstairs leak.
- 1:40 — On site. Quote with cut-out, hang, tape, texture and paint texted from the kitchen.
- 1:48 — Homeowner approves and pays the deposit.
- Work — Start tapped, dust barriers to walkthrough ticked off the checklist over two visits.
- Done — After photos attached, balance paid from the same link. No invoice to chase.
