I hit 500 sheets hung alone and it got weird in my head

I just crossed 500 sheets of drywall hung by myself over the last 8 months. Started tracking after I messed up a measurement on some 12-footers and had to redo three sheets in a row. That number surprised me because I never thought I'd be that fast alone, but it also made me realize how many small mistakes I made early on that I don't make now. Any other solo hangers hit a milestone that caught them off guard?

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barbaradavis5d ago

You messed up a measurement on some 12-footers and had to redo three sheets in a row" - that's the kind of thing that makes you want to quit tracking altogether, right? I gotta ask though, did you count those three sheets as part of your 500? Like, did you actually hang them twice and count both times, or just the final hang?

bell.jessica4d ago

That whole 'three sheets in a row' thing is brutal, I remember hearing a contractor on a podcast saying you just gotta shrug and move on. Honestly, I'd probably count the final hang only, but the redo messes with your head because you already put in the work but it didn't count for anything. It makes you wonder if tracking is about the actual finished product or just the motion of doing it.

sanchez.ivan5d ago

Used to think you should count every touch, but that made me reconsider.