How do I let drywall customers book themselves without calling me?
Short answerOffer two request types online, a repair visit and an estimate for hanging or finishing, and require photos and approximate square footage. Each request arrives pending, and you reply with a range or a visit time. The photos let you decline jobs that are too small or outside your work.
The explanation
Drywall customers fall into two groups. Homeowners with water damage, holes or cracks need a repair visit, which is short and often priced as a minimum. Builders and remodelers need an estimate for hanging and finishing, which depends on square footage and finish level.
Two services on the page keep these apart. The repair visit can be a fixed block of time at a minimum charge. The estimate request asks for square footage, ceiling height, finish level and the target start date.
Photos make the difference for repairs. A picture of the damage tells you if it is a simple patch or a sign of a leak that needs a plumber first. That saves a visit and builds trust, since you caught the real problem.
Steps
- Create a repair visit service and a separate estimate request service.
- Require photos for repairs and square footage for estimates.
- Ask for the target start date on every request.
- Reply to each pending request with a range or a visit window.
In drywall contractor
Drywall work splits between small patch visits and multi-day hang and finish projects. A photo or a square footage figure at booking lets you tell the two apart before committing a crew. All drywall contractor scheduling questions.
How Apex does it
In progress
Part of this is built. The rest is not. Status as of 2026-10-07; the badge shows the least-built feature involved.
Apex is designed to hold requests as pending, accept photo uploads and ask intake questions on the booking form. Request mode is built, and photo upload and intake questions are in progress.
- BK11Booking requires owner approval (request mode)(Built)
- BK26Photo upload on booking form(In progress)
- BK25Intake questions on booking form(In progress)
Apex Flow Scheduler is in early access. See how we label status.
Where this question comes from: we wrote it from research on common owner problems. It is not measured search demand.
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