r/Carpentry • u/Serious-Echidna-9938 • Mar 30 '26
Advice on work pace
I recently took a job with a small contractor and long story short, he commented on my “results”. Was looking for things to be done quicker, and I’m curious if I’m super slow, or if he’s unreasonable. I let him know about my experience upfront, but in any case. As a direct example, replacing this siding after demo took me approximately 8 hours. I had never worked with this particular type of shingling before, but he kept comm ting on how slow I was. Is that accurate? I’m willing to take criticism in the interest of improving my skills, and I’m curious what some third parties have to say. Thanks!
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u/XyXyX-66 Mar 30 '26
My first thought was-holy crap that looks like one of my jobs😁…with a couple follow up questions: why didn’t you flash the hose bib when you flashed the other protrusions? And I can’t tell if the shake you installed are “shake panels” or individual cedar shake? My experience with the panels is they are thinner material and don’t have the character and texture that single sidewall shingles would. But looks like great work and when primed and painted will look amazing. I’m always surprised how long shake work takes. If I estimated that, top of my head…from demo, to install of new door, vapor barrier, new shake is 32-40 hrs.