Invoicing software for drywall and framing crews
Bill hang, tape and finish as the phases they are, keep labor and board on separate lines, and invoice the same builder job after job without rebuilding the paperwork.
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Billing a builder is not billing a homeowner
Most drywall and framing work is sold to a general contractor or a builder rather than to the person who will live in the house. That changes the paperwork more than it changes the work. The same customer comes back for job after job, each one needs to be identifiable months later when somebody queries it, and the invoice has to survive being read by someone who was not on site. A job reference on the document and a line per phase does most of that work by itself.
The phases are the natural billing points. Framing closes and gets billed; board goes up and gets billed; tape and finish close the job. Splitting them means you are paid through a long job instead of at the end of it, and it means a dispute about the finish never holds up the money for the framing. Each invoice carries its own paid and due figures, so three open invoices to the same builder are three separate positions rather than one running total nobody can reconcile.
Board and labor belong on separate lines for the same reason they do in your own estimating. Material moves with the supplier and labor moves with the crew, and a builder comparing your invoice against their budget wants to see which is which. Record the supplier bills for board, insulation and trim against the same books, and the profit on drywall work becomes a number the reports give you rather than something you work out at the end of the year.
What goes on a drywall or framing invoice
Phase by phase, with board and labor kept apart and repairs itemized rather than absorbed.
Your line items, not a template's
Keep an item list with your own prices, then pick items onto the invoice — the rate comes through with them.
How the item list worksA basement build-out for a builder, invoiced by phase
Framed, insulated, boarded and finished, billed across three invoices against one job reference so the builder can match each one to their own schedule:
- Invoice 1 — framing, interior partitions and soffits, labor and lumber
- Invoice 1 — insulation, exterior walls and ceiling
- Invoice 2 — drywall supplied, 96 sheets
- Invoice 2 — drywall installation, walls and ceiling
- Invoice 3 — taping and finishing to level 4
- Invoice 3 — ceiling repair, existing stairwell, added on request
- Invoice 3 — trim and baseboard, supplied and fitted
Three documents, one job, and each is paid on its own clock. A query on the finish never freezes the money already earned on the framing.
How drywall and framing crews get paid with Spheyas
Quote the phases separately
A bid split by phase converts to invoices you can send as each one closes, instead of one invoice waiting on the whole job.
How quotes workOne builder, many jobs
Keep the builder as a contact and every document they are on stays with them, so last spring's job is still findable when it is queried.
How invoicing worksBoard in, invoices out
Record supplier bills for board, insulation and trim against the same books, and the reports show what the work actually earned.
How bills workSplit the job the way you bid it
Some crews bill by phase, some by room, some by the sheet. Line items are free-form and carry their own quantities, so the invoice matches the bid rather than the other way round.
How invoicing worksDrywall and framing invoicing questions
Can I invoice hang, tape and finish as separate phases?
Yes. Send an invoice as each phase closes and record the payment against it. Each document carries its own paid and due figures, so a query on the finish does not hold up money already earned on the hang.
Can I split board from labor on the same invoice?
Yes. Keep them as separate items with their own rates and put both on the line list. A builder checking your invoice against their budget can see which is material and which is labor without asking.
How do I keep several jobs for the same builder apart?
Every document belongs to the contact it was raised for, so all of a builder's invoices sit together, and a job reference written on the document identifies which one it belongs to when it is queried later.
Can I bill small drywall repairs the same way?
Yes. A repair is an invoice with a couple of lines on it, drawn from the same item list as the big jobs. There is no separate process for small work, and nothing charges you per invoice.
Do my customers need an account to see the invoice?
No. You send a link, and your customer opens the invoice, downloads the PDF, and accepts or rejects it — no login, on every plan including Free.
Will the free plan cover a two-man crew?
It covers 20 finalized documents a month with unlimited users and clients and does not expire. Crews billing several builders a month usually pass twenty — Standard lifts the cap and adds your own branding at $12 a month.
Start on the free plan
It never expires, it asks for no card, and unlimited users and clients are included.
Get started freeInvoicing for your trade
One workflow, four trades — quote, deposit, progress payments, final invoice.