AI prompts for plasterers

Act as an experienced plasterer writing a customer quote.
Turn my rough notes into a clear, professional quote in plain English.
Customer: [customer name]. Job address: [job address].
Scope in my words: [scope, e.g. one bedroom 4.2m x 3.6m with 2.7m ceilings - hang and set walls and ceiling in 10mm, 90mm cove right through, sand and leave ready for the painter].
List the work as clear line items, and put the square metres of board, the lineal metres of cornice, and the set and the sand on their own lines so the customer can see what they're paying for.
Add a short friendly intro and a "what's included / not included" section.
Keep the pricing blank for me to fill in. Australian spelling.

Write a short, polite message to [customer name] explaining a variation to their job at [job address].
Original scope: [original scope, e.g. sheet and set the two new partitions in the back room].
What I've found: [what's actually there, e.g. the existing wall is out of true by about 15mm over its height, so the new sheets won't sit flush against it without packing the studs first].
Change now needed: [the extra work, e.g. pack and straighten the existing wall before I board].
Explain in plain terms why it's needed, what they'd see if we didn't do it (a visible bulge, cornice that won't run straight), that it adds [extra cost/time], and ask them to approve before I proceed.
Friendly but clear. No jargon.

I'm quoting [job, e.g. two rooms and the hallway ceiling] for [customer name] at [job address].
Scope: [scope]. I can't board until [what has to finish first, e.g. the sparky's rough-in is done and the insulation is in].
Break this into stages a customer can understand (e.g. board once the other trades are out, set and three coats with drying time between, sand, then touch-up after the painter's first coat), note what has to be finished before each stage can start, and suggest a fair progress-payment schedule (deposit, stage payment, balance on completion).
One line per stage. Leave dollar amounts blank for me.

Write 3 short options for a friendly closing paragraph on a plastering quote.
My business: [business name], a plasterer in [area].
What we're good at: [e.g. flat walls and tidy cornice mitres, we mask up and protect the floors, we sand it properly instead of leaving it for the painter, we turn up when we say we will, we take our rubbish with us].
Keep each option to 2-3 sentences, confident but not salesy. Australian tone.

Act as a senior plasterer reviewing a job scope before I quote it.
Job: [job type, e.g. patch and re-set a water-damaged living-room ceiling] at [job address]. My current scope: [paste your scope / line items].
List anything commonly forgotten on this type of job (the square metre take-off versus the actual board count and offcuts, cornice lineal metres, bulkheads and squaring off, ceiling height and access - stilts or a trestle, wet-area or fire-rated board where it's needed, masking and dust protection, pulling down the old plaster, rubbish removal, the sanding, and the touch-up visit after the painter).
Just a checklist of "did you allow for..." questions. Don't invent prices, and don't make the call on fire-rated or wet-area systems for me.

Great for catching the stuff that eats your margin later.

Write a friendly, professional reply to a new job enquiry.
Customer wrote: "[paste their message, e.g. the ceiling in the back bedroom is stained and sagging after the storm, can you have a look]".
I'm a plasterer in [area]. Thank them, confirm I can help, ask the 3-4 questions I need to quote or triage it ([e.g. address, photos of the ceiling and of the whole room, rough size of the room, is it still getting wet, has anyone found where the water came in]), and say I'll get back to them.
Keep it short and easy to read on a phone.

A customer has asked why my price for [job, e.g. the hallway and living-room ceiling] isn't just the cost of the sheets. Help me explain it in plain English.
Cover: that most of the job is the part they'll never see - [e.g. checking and packing the framing so it finishes flat, taping and three coats with drying time between each one, and then the sanding].
Explain that a wall is only ever as good as the prep and the sanding underneath the paint, and that skipping either is exactly why some jobs show every joint once the light hits them.
Short, calm and not defensive. Don't quote a price.

Write a short message to [customer name] before I start at [job address], setting honest expectations about dust and protecting their place.
Cover: what I'll do to protect them ([e.g. plastic up the doorways, drop sheets over the floor and anything left in the room, tape off the vents]), that sanding makes fine dust no matter how well we mask, what I'd like them to do ([e.g. move what they can out of the room, keep the door shut, keep pets and kids out while the sander's going]), and how I'll leave it at the end.
Honest and reassuring, not alarming. Keep it short.

A customer says my quote for [job, e.g. the bedroom ceiling] is more than they expected. Help me write a polite, confident reply.
My quote covers: [key inclusions and quality points, e.g. masking and floor protection, packing the framing so it finishes flat, three coats, a proper sand, cornice mitres cut on site, rubbish taken away, and a touch-up visit after the painter].
Don't be defensive or drop the price. Reinforce the value, offer to walk them through the quote, and leave the door open. Short and respectful.

Help me write a message to [customer name] to go with the touch-up list at the end of their job at [job address].
The list: [paste the items, e.g. two nail pops in the hall ceiling to re-coat, a hairline crack at the cornice mitre in the corner of the lounge, one joint to re-sand behind the door].
Explain that a short touch-up list is normal on a plaster job - some of it only shows once the painter's first coat is on and the light hits it - say when I'll come back to sort it, and ask them to add anything they spot in the meantime.
Confident and matter-of-fact, not apologetic. Short.

Write a friendly follow-up message to [customer name] about the quote I sent for [job, e.g. the living-room ceiling] at [job address] on [date].
Check if they've had a chance to look at it, offer to answer any questions, and keep it low-pressure.
2-3 sentences, sounds like a real person, not a chase-up bot.

Write a short confirmation text for [customer name] for their job at [job address] tomorrow.
Include: arrival window [time], roughly how long I'll be there, anything they need to do first ([e.g. clear the room as much as they can, take the pictures and curtains down, keep pets and kids out while I'm up on the stilts, know that the sanding makes dust]), and my number to call if anything changes.
Clear and friendly.

Write a short, professional message to [builder / site contact] about [job address].
I'm booked to board on [date], but [what's still not done, e.g. the sparky's rough-in isn't finished and the insulation isn't in].
Ask for a straight answer on when it'll be ready, explain that I can't start until it is and that I'd have to give the slot to another job if it slips, and offer [alternative date] as a fallback.
Firm but easy to deal with - I want his next twelve houses too, not a blue.

The chase nobody sends. Two days early is a conversation; the morning of is a lost week.

Help me reschedule [customer name]'s job at [job address] from [original date] because [honest reason, e.g. the job before it ran an extra day waiting on the coats to dry].
Apologise briefly, offer [2 alternative dates], and reassure them their job is still a priority. Keep it warm and short.

Here are the jobs I've got on this week: [list jobs with rough location and duration, e.g. Mon - Smith bedroom ceiling patch and set (half day, Newtown); Tue/Wed - Jones two partitions, hang and set (a day to hang, a day to set, Marrickville); Thu - Lee cornice run through the hallway (half day, Ashfield); Fri - sand and touch-ups...].
Remember the coats need drying time between them, so the set day and the sand day usually can't be the same day.
Suggest a sensible order that cuts down driving between suburbs and respects the drying, and flag anything that looks too tight to fit. Keep it as a simple day-by-day list.

Write a short, warm message asking [customer name] for a Google review now their job at [job address] is finished.
Thank them, say it genuinely helps a small local plastering business, and make it easy: mention I'll send the review link.
Keep it humble and no-pressure. 2-3 sentences.

Send it once the painter’s been through and they can finally see the finish — that’s when they’re happiest with it.

Write a genuine, friendly reply to this 5-star review for my plastering business: "[paste review]".
Thank them by name if given, mention something specific from their job (e.g. the ceiling patch after the leak, or the cornice through the hallway), and keep it warm and human. Don't sound copy-pasted.

Help me reply to a negative review for my plastering business. The review says: "[paste review]".
My side / what actually happened: [your notes].
Write a calm, professional public reply: acknowledge their experience, don't get defensive or argue details publicly, and invite them to contact me directly to sort it. Short and level-headed.

Write a casual message I can send to past happy customers asking them to keep me in mind for friends and family who need a plasterer.
Friendly, not pushy, no discount gimmicks. Sounds like a local plasterer who does good work and appreciates word of mouth.

Write a polite but firm email to [supplier name] about a delivery that's landed wrong.
Order: [what you ordered, e.g. 24 sheets of 10mm 3600 x 1200, 6 sheets of 13mm wet area, 8 lengths of 90mm cove] placed on [date], order ref [number].
What actually turned up: [what's wrong, e.g. six sheets short, and the wet-area board came as standard sheet].
I'm booked to board on [date] and can't start without it. Ask for a firm delivery date on the balance and a call if there's any delay. Professional and to the point.

Write a short email to [supplier name] requesting a price and availability on the following for a job:
[paste your materials list, e.g. 10mm sheets, 13mm wet-area sheets, 90mm cove, base coat and topping compound, paper tape, screws, corner bead].
Ask for trade pricing, lead time, and whether they can deliver to [job address / suburb] and get it inside - mention [access details, e.g. it's a first-floor unit with no lift] if it matters. Keep it brief and businesslike.

I'll list what I spent on a job and I want a tidy cost summary.
Job: [job / customer]. Costs: [list each item and amount, e.g. 18 sheets 10mm $340, 4 sheets wet area $110, 24m of cove $95, compound and tape $85, screws $20, skip/old ceiling disposal $80, labourer half day $220].
Group them (board / compound and consumables / labour / hire / disposal), total each group and the whole job, work out the cost per square metre based on [job square metres], and format it so I can drop it straight into my records.

Don’t paste anything you wouldn’t want stored — keep customer bank details and the like out of it.

Draft a starting-point Safe Work Method Statement for [task, e.g. sheeting and setting a 3.3m raked ceiling off stilts and a trestle, then machine-sanding it].
List the main hazards (working at height on stilts, manual handling of sheets, silica and plaster dust from the sanding, power tools, housekeeping and trip hazards), the controls I should have in place, and the PPE required (including respiratory protection for the sanding), as a simple checklist.
Note that I need to review it against my site's actual conditions and local regulations before using it. Don't treat it as final or compliant on its own - the call on whether the job is safe to do stays with me.

Always have a qualified person check safety and compliance documents against current regs and the actual site.

Write a short, friendly email to send with an invoice to [customer name] for their completed job at [job address].
Thank them, note the invoice is attached, state the total [$amount] and due date [date], mention the touch-up list is [done / booked for [date]], and how they can pay [payment methods].
Warm and professional. Australian tone.

Write a polite reminder to [customer name] about an overdue invoice for their job at [job address].
Invoice [number], amount [$amount], was due [date]. The work's finished and the touch-ups are done.
Assume it's an honest oversight, keep it friendly, restate how to pay, and ask them to let me know if there's any issue. Firm but respectful.