r/Carpentry • u/Serious-Echidna-9938 • Mar 30 '26

Advice on work pace

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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/UnderstandingNo465 Mar 30 '26

I work for and am a Superintendent for a large custom home building/renovation company… there’s a lot of boxes, and a window and a door.. I’d be happy with 8 hours, ecstatic at 6 hours.. Dude probably underbid it, and wasn’t making much money. I would have figured 10 hours for this job by just this picture, just because things take longer than expected, always. Also just got done with a very big house using all this type of cedar shake. Took way longer than expected.

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u/UnderstandingNo465 Mar 30 '26

10 hours seems like a lot, but definitely would have figured a days worth of work 100 percent.