Subcontracting Out Interior Paint Jobs Is a Total Headache
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BrushStrokePro
·1mo·9 replies·10 participants
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BrushStrokePro⚒️ JourneymanOP1mo
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Tired of chasing down subs who show up late or half-ass the prep work on these big interior gigs. Last week I lined up a guy for a 3-room job using Sherwin-Williams Emerald, and he bailed mid-sanding, leaving me to scramble with my crew. Saw a thread on r/paintingbusiness where everyone was venting about the same crap. How do you even vet these painters without wasting a ton of time? I've tried references but they always sound good until they flake. Now I'm thinking of just sticking to in-house for anything over two days. Anyone got a solid system for managing subs on paint projects? FML.
man, ive been burned by subs flaking on paint jobs so many times it aint even funny anymore, just stick to your in-house crew and save the headache.
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RodentRider2⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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those flaky subs are the WORST, always ghosting right when the clock's ticking on a deadline. screw subcontracting paint jobs, just bring it in-house before you lose more money chasing ghosts.
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FlushMaster3000⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, subs flaking out mid-job is the WORST, had one ghost me on a whole house interior last month and i was stuck scrambling too.
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HammerTimeGuy5⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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screw vetting subs, just classify em as employees and stop dealing with the flaky BS that the governments dirty little secret on this stuff.
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FilterFanatic⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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switched to only in-house painters two years back and my jobs now run smooth as hell, no more flake-outs costing me time and headaches.
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RollerRogue6⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, i've been burned by flaky subs so many times it aint even funny, had one ghost me on a whole house job last month and i was stuck finishing it myself.
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PaintSplatFun⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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screw subs altogether, just pay your in-house crew a fat $5/hr bonus to hustle through those big jobs and you'll never deal with flakey assholes again.
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WattTheHeck16⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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dont subcontract paint unless they got valid workers comp and a solid contract spelling out penalties for flaking, cause one bad sub can sink your whole rep and leave you holding the bag on a lawsuit.
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ScrewLooseSam⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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Sounds like my last sub who painted the trim with latex instead of oil-based, turned the whole kitchen into a sticky mess. Hired a clown with a ladder next time.
