New drywall hung and finished in Greenville

Usually yes, because converting either into living space changes the use of the room. The county and the city both want it, and the inspection happens after the framing, wiring and insulation and before board goes on. We board to the schedule the inspector sets rather than cover work that has not passed.

We would rather not, and it costs you money if we do. Every box, can light and low voltage run has to be in and signed off before board covers it, or somebody is cutting the new wall open two weeks later. If the trades are close to done we will schedule around them rather than start half a room.

Straight enough that a string line across the studs shows no more than about a quarter inch of bow. Anything worse gets shimmed, planed or strapped, and that is quoted rather than absorbed quietly. A wall hung onto a crowned stud shows the crown forever, and no amount of compound hides it.

We fit batt insulation in walls and ceilings we are about to board, because it is faster than bringing a separate crew in for half a day. Blown in attic insulation and spray foam are specialist work and we will point you at somebody rather than take it on.

A nail pop is a screw or nail head pushing back through the finish as the framing shrinks. New construction here get some, because the lumber is drying for a year after you move in. Screws set to a dimple at the right spacing keep it to a handful, and we come back and fix them once rather than argue.

Yes, for almost every job. The room being worked in is zipped off at the doorway and the crew works a normal day, so what you lose is that room and a bit of hallway. The two noisy stretches are the delivery morning and the sanding, and both are worth being out for if you work from home.

One room is fine and it is a large part of what the crews do. A single bonus room, one converted garage or an added bathroom are all normal bookings. What changes on a small job is the mobilization rather than the rate, so two rooms done together always cost less than two visits.

Board for almost any addition. Real three coat plaster needs lath, a plasterer and about three weeks of drying, and in this climate that becomes a month. Board with a Level 5 skim gives you the same flat, hard face in days, and it patches later without a specialist.

Once the last coat is sanded and primed, which is usually two to four days after the taping finishes depending on the month. Trim fitted onto compound that is still damp underneath traps it, and the paint on the casing flashes along the top edge months later.

Yes, on furring strips or a stud wall built off the block rather than glued straight to it. Block sweats in a Carolina summer and board bonded directly to it will grow mold on the back face where nobody sees it. The furred cavity also gives you somewhere to run wiring.

We do, and it is what the liability cover is for. Plates over studs where services cross are checked before hanging, and if something unplated gets hit we call the trade back and settle it. What is not ours is a run buried where nobody could have known it was, though we still help sort it.

That is most of the new construction work. We take the schedule, tell you honestly whether the drying days fit inside it in that month, and put more crew on rather than shortcut coats. In July a fixed date usually means starting two days earlier rather than sanding something green.