TapeAndFloat.com for general contractorsDrywall subcontractor paperwork for general contractors
TapeAndFloat for general contractors is a back-office assistant that tracks your drywall subs' change orders, pay apps, retainage, lien waivers and insurance certificates. In Texas, owners must hold back 10% of the contract until 30 days after completion (Property Code § 53.101), so every sub's paperwork matters.
Drywall is one of the trades where scope moves most: added walls, patch-backs after other trades, finish-level upgrades. Every one of those becomes a change order, a pay-app line, a lien waiver and, at the end, a retainage release. When one piece is missing, the draw stalls or you pay twice.
What it keeps on track for your drywall subs
Change orders
Logs every verbal or texted extra, flags ones without a signature and ones signed but never billed, before the next pay app.
Pay apps and retainage
Checks each sub's pay app against the schedule of values and approved COs, and keeps a running retainage balance per sub.
Lien waivers
Matches a conditional waiver to every pay app and an unconditional one once the check clears, in the Texas statutory forms.
Insurance certificates
Tracks COI expiration dates and additional-insured endorsements, and drafts a request before a policy lapses.
It works from the emails, texts and PDFs your office already gets, keeps everything in a Google Sheet you own, and drafts follow-ups that go out only after you approve them. Planned price after the free pilot: $10-20 a month per company.
Starter guides for GCs
- Managing drywall subcontractor change orders: a five-step process from field request to billed CO.
- Collecting conditional and unconditional lien waivers in Texas: the four statutory forms and when to ask for each.
- Tracking subcontractor insurance certificates (COIs): what to check on an ACORD 25 and how to catch lapses.
- Retainage from the GC side: holding, tracking and releasing drywall retainage in Texas.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the GC hub for?
Office managers, project coordinators and owners at general contractors and builders who hire drywall subcontractors, especially on private Texas jobs.
Does TapeAndFloat replace my project management software?
No. It works next to whatever you use now, including spreadsheets, QuickBooks or a PM suite, and keeps its records in a Google Sheet you own.
Is the lien waiver and retainage content legal advice?
No. The guides summarize Texas Property Code chapters 28 and 53 with links to the official text. Check specific jobs with a Texas construction attorney.
What does it cost?
The pilot is free for 60 days. The planned price afterward is $10-20 a month per company, not per user.
Join the free pilot
Free for 60 days, no card. Planned price afterward: $10-20 a month per company. Tell us what slips through the cracks and we will follow up.