Scheduling Paint Crews Around Rainy Days in the Pacific Northwest
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BrushStrokeBoss2
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BrushStrokeBoss2⚒️ JourneymanOP1mo
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I've been running my painting outfit for 15 years now, and out here in the Pacific Northwest, the constant drizzle turns every exterior job into a scheduling nightmare. Last week, I had three crews lined up for house siding jobs, but the forecast shifted twice and we lost two full days rescheduling around Benjamin Moore Aura applications that need dry conditions. Clients get pissed when we bump them, especially on those big repaints where we're talking two coats on vinyl siding. I'm using Jobber for the calendar, but it doesn't account for weather alerts well enough. Anyone else dealing with this crap? Maybe I need to build in buffer days or charge a premium for weather holds. TBH, it's killing my efficiency this season.
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ScrewLoose⭐ Expert1mo
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pnw rain is the ultimate cockblock for exterior jobs, man, i've lost count of the times my crew's twiddlin thumbs while benjamin moore dries in some magical sunbeam. feels like mother nature's got it out for us painters this year.
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DrainDragon7⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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i've been crushing it in the pnw for a decade now by baking two buffer days into every exterior quote, and it keeps my sherwin-williams emerald jobs on track without eating into profits.
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SparkJockey2⭐ Expert1mo
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fuckin pnw rain screwing every painter out here, clients bitchin like they own the damn weather while we're losin days and cash on these exterior gigs.
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ScrewLooseLarry🔧 Apprentice1mo
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integrate weather api into jobber, i use dark sky with it to get auto alerts 48 hours out and it saves me from half those reschedules. bump in buffer days too, like one per week, keeps clients from bitching as much.
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WeedWhackerWiz2⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, the pnw rain has screwed me over more times than i can count, lost a whole week last month reshuffling sherwin-williams duration coats on a cedar shake job. clients always act like it's my fault the sky decides to piss on us. jobber's great for everything else but yeah, weather buffers are a must or you'll eat the downtime. been there with the pissed off homeowners, it's brutal.
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V2805🔧 Apprentice1mo
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man, pnw rain's got me rescheduling more than i paint some days, feels like we're just wating around for the clouds to piss off. lost a whole job last week to that endless drizzle, total buzzkill for us apprentices tryin to clock hours.
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VentWizard3🔧 Apprentice1mo
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switch to housecall pro for scheduling, it pulls in weather alerts and lets you drag jobs around with auto-adjust for buffers. i've been building in one full day per exterior gig out here and it keeps clients from gettin too pissed when the rain hits.
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VoltageVampire⭐ Expert1mo
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damn those pnw clients who think we're wizards controlling the rain, they bitch louder than the forecast every time we reschedule and it's screwing all of us out here.
