Drywall software
DispatchMind runs a drywall company from one place: calls and leads in, jobs on the schedule, the work on your team’s phones, then the invoice. Pick Drywall when you sign up and it’s set up for your trade from the first screen. You can change any of it later.
Drywall work is mostly small patches with a few big hang and finish jobs mixed in. Each patch needs a return trip for mud, sand and texture. DispatchMind books those return visits, keeps texture notes on the job, and gets the invoice out so a quick patch doesn't turn into a forgotten balance.
A typical drywall job in DispatchMind
- A customer calls about a sagging ceiling after a pipe leak, and the office books a water damage repair visit.
- The tech cuts out the wet board, photographs the framing, and notes the ceiling texture in the job fields.
- He books the return trip for tape and mud, then a final visit to texture match and prime.
- Each visit shows up on the calendar, and the job is tagged Waiting to dry between trips.
- On the last visit the tech closes it out, and the customer gets an invoice they pay by card.
What drywall owners tell us slows them down
Return trips get forgotten
Most drywall jobs take several visits while mud dries. Book each trip on the same job and use color tags like Waiting to dry, so nothing sits half finished on the board.
Texture that doesn't match
Knockdown, orange peel, skip trowel, they all look different. Keep the texture type in custom job fields and photos on the job, so whoever goes back matches it right.
Small jobs, slow payments
A patch job is small money, and small invoices get ignored. Automations remind the office when a job is unpaid after the days you set, and the collections list shows open balances oldest first.
Set up for drywall from day one
Your job types
- Patch and repair
- Hang and finish
- Water damage repair
- Ceiling repair
- Texture match
- Popcorn removal
- Estimate visit
The details you keep on each job
- Rooms / areas
- Square feet
- Texture
- Home built (year)
A checklist for the work
Drywall job: Floors and furniture covered · Damage cut out clean · Hung and taped · Mud coats sanded · Texture matched · Dust cleaned up · After photos
A starter price list
Your common items are already in your price book. You set every price; nothing is filled in for you.
- Estimate visit
- Patch (small)
- Patch (large)
- Hang and finish (per sheet)
- Texture match
- Popcorn removal (per sq ft)
- Materials
Nellie knows the trade
Nellie is the assistant built into DispatchMind. On a drywall account she knows how your customers talk and what to ask:
- How big is the damage, and where?
- Is it from a leak, and is the leak fixed?
- Smooth or textured walls?
- Best time window and the address?
What she treats as urgent: A sagging wet ceiling that could come down; A leak still running behind the wall: a plumber first.
What she never does: Never quote a price the company hasn’t set; Homes built before 1980 may have asbestos in old texture: flag it for the company, never sand it first.
Everything else
- Jobs move through four plain steps: Submitted, In progress, Pending, Done pending approval. Your trade’s own steps are color tags you can sort by.
- Estimates and invoices from your price book.
- A tech app for your team, with what each person may see set by you.
- Reports and commissions worked out from your own jobs.
- Bring your customers and jobs over from the system you use now.
Drywall software: common questions
How do I handle drywall jobs that need multiple visits?
Keep it as one job and book each visit on the calendar. Notes and photos from every trip stay on the job page, so the tech knows where the last one left off.
Can I keep track of the texture type for each job?
Yes. Add a custom job field for texture, like knockdown or orange peel, plus photos. It stays on the customer history for later repairs.
Can I price popcorn removal by the room?
Yes. Set up popcorn removal in your price book the way you charge for it, and pull it into estimates the customer can sign.
Can Nellie tell an urgent water damage call from a small patch?
Yes. Nellie knows the drywall questions to ask, like whether there is active water, and flags the urgent ones. She can book the visit and checks with you before money changes.
Can I try DispatchMind for my drywall company before paying?
Yes. You get a 14-day free trial with every feature on, Nellie included, and no card needed. After that it runs month to month, so you can stop any time.
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