Scheduling Paint Crews in South Florida Turning Into a Total Shitshow

south florida traffic and these damn pop-up storms are the real enemy, turning every job into a clusterfuck while clients act like we control the weather.

south florida traffic and those damn pop-up storms have screwed me out of $1200 on a single job last month, no software fixes that crap.

try housecall pro for scheduling, it lets you build in 30-minute buffers for rain delays and auto-reschedules the crew to indoor punch list work without screwing your whole day.

build in a fat 2-hour buffer for every job down there, or you'll be chasin' your tail like i did last summer. try housecall pro for scheduling; it lets you drag n drop routes and even flags rain delays based on local forecasts. that idaho painter vid is gold for basics, but layer on some gps tracking for the crews so you know when traffic's gonna screw ya. keeps my two-man team movin' without losin' another $500 day.

south florida traffic is a total nightmare, lost a whole day last week to rain delays and pissed off clients just like you.

don't overbook your crews for south florida without a solid rain delay buffer, i saw a painter lose half his deposit last summer when a pop-up storm turned a two-day job into a week-long nightmare.

south florida scheduling sounds like herding cats in a hurricane, prolly why my boss calls it the daily disaster derby 😂

dont get caught scheduling a full day without that 2pm rain buffer, i lost a whole crew to a flash flood last summer and it cost me 1200 bucks in rescheduling. south florida weather will screw you every time if you push it. idaho painters tricks are cute but they aint dealing with our monsoons.

what software are you using down there to try and wrangle the schedules? id seen some guys swear by housecall pro for the routing but does it even touch the rain crap in florida? how many jobs a week are you pushing back cause of that humidity? been thinking of trying something new myself since my crews are always bitching about the delays.

don't push your crews through those afternoon storms, man, or you'll end up with a crew car stuck in a flooded low spot and delays that kill your whole week. i've seen it happen twice last summer down here in south florida, where one bad call turned a simple repaint into a three-day nightmare with pissed off clients demanding discounts. the humidity alone slows drying by hours, so if you ignore the radar and keep rolling, you're just begging for callbacks on uneven coats that bubble up. skip the idaho painter tricks for now; they don't get our pop-up rains that hit like clockwork around 2pm. build in a fat buffer, like starting exteriors at dawn and knocking off by noon if the forecast looks iffy. otherwise, you'll lose more than $800 next time when the boss chews you out for the overtime BS. stay safe out there, this crap can wreck your rig and your back in one go.

south florida traffic is a nightmare, lost a whole day last week myself and the client didnt care about the rain delay. been there, its a total crapshow juggling crews in this humidity.

screw the software, just charge a fat weather delay fee and let clients eat it, works every time in this climate fight me on it.