How to hire a framer for a day
To get a framer for a day, define the exact stage of work, say who provides tools, post the day or days, hours, pay per hour and number of people needed, then confirm the responders you want and agree the details before the day.
Key points
- A framer for a day usually does a stage (walls, roof, deck), not a whole house. Define the stage.
- Say who brings the nail guns, compressors and saws.
- Only workers who said they are free for each day's hours and whose own travel distance reaches the job can respond to your post.
Define the stage, not the project
One framer for one day can stand and brace a set of walls, sheathe a section of roof, or build a small deck frame. They cannot finish a house. Writing the stage down clarifies the number of people you need and the hours. If you are not sure how long a stage takes, ask the lead or a trusted contractor and pad the hours; extending a day is easier than explaining why a promised stage is half done.
Write a post that gets the right people
Pick the framing trade, then use the description to say what is ready: is the floor deck down and clean, are the plans on site, who runs the day? Put in the day or days, start and end times, the pay per hour and how many workers you need. Pay must be at least Washington's minimum wage for the job's dates, and the app will not post a job with a lower rate. Include a note about tools and about site conditions such as mud, slope or tight access.
Leave the street address out of the description. You enter it in its own field, and it is shown only to you and to workers you confirm. Workers see the city, ZIP code and an approximate distance. See what to put in a job post for the full list.
Read the responses
Workers who respond appear with a masked name (first name and last initial), city and ZIP code, distance in whole miles, years in the trade and the skills they listed for that trade. ID review and license checks are not available yet, so profiles show no badges. Nothing on a profile is a guarantee of anyone's skill.
You decide whom to confirm. GapCrew does not choose for you, and the list is not ranked by how often someone has declined or cancelled before.
Settle the details before the day
- Confirm the number of workers, up to the number you posted. Once all places are filled the job stops taking responses.
- Use messaging, which opens once a booking is confirmed, to agree where to park, who to ask for and what to bring.
- Agree how and when you will pay. You pay the worker directly; see how pay is agreed directly.
- Tell workers about hazards on site and provide a safe workplace.
On the day and after
Workers check in and check out in the app, which keeps an hours record for the job. If a time is wrong, either side can suggest a correction and the other can confirm it; the original record is never overwritten. After the job both sides can review how it went.
Common questions
Can I hire a framer for just four hours?
Does GapCrew check that a framer is licensed?
Sources and further reading
Related guides
- What to put in a job post
- Framer, carpenter, general laborer or something else? Choosing the right help
- How pay is agreed directly between worker and employer
- All guides
This guide describes how GapCrew works and points to official sources. It is not legal, tax or safety advice. Check with the relevant agency about your own situation.
Ready when the doors open
GapCrew is preparing to open around Puget Sound. Join the early list and we will email you when it opens in your area.