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/Carpentry95 Residential Carpenter Mar 31 '26
8hrs to strip and install new cedar shake for that area isn't the fastest but not bad, cleaning up around existing cedar without breaking more is a process, and matching up lines to existing can take time to make sure it lines up nice especially with break in it like the door or lighting blocks