Walls and Ceilings - Inspecting my new home and I need help quick

My new home is approaching it's final inspection before we settle on the house. I have never had a home built before but I'm not comfortable with the installation of my drywall.

At just about every spot where the nails were placed around the edges of the sheetrock (like around doors) the sheetrock around the nail is not just indented but cracked and or crushed.
They also made some mistakes, like holes twice the size of the outlet box, and covered it up with joint compound rather than new sheetrock.

They aren't done yet because they are letting the plaster dry over the weekend. Am I jumping the gun or is it normal to cover up mistakes like that with plaster and than smooth it out.

The one particular outlet may come out looking ok but I know if I apply pressure to that spot in the future it will crumble.

What should I look for whe I inspect my walls before they get painted?

I am not a professional, but I've rocked a few walls. I don't crush the board around 'just about every' screw; about half the time I break the paper when I use a drill. (I've never noticed the problem after they were painted, but I've never lived with my own walls for more than a couple of years.)

None of my outlet cutouts fit, either. I repair them with mesh tape and joint compound, and use slightly oversize switch & plate covers.

But you're not doing this yourself, you hired professionals; I think you deserve better work than I can do.

i think that you deserve the right to bring in your own drywaller or home inspector for a second opinion before you sign off on the drywall youa re concerned about.

the patched outlet holes concern me more than the dimpled edges, but i support your right to assert yourself in a reasonable manner b4 you take delivery of your hard earned home!

Sounds like what you got was a sloppy sheetrock / finish job. With the Rotozip tools and techniques today, there is no excuse for outlet holes being twice the size of the outlet. However, if they used tape to repair these, they should be OK. If they didn't, I guarantee they will break at the joint in the future. Nail heads (as well as Screws) should be set just below the surface of the sheetrock - without breaking the paper. Sometimes it happens, but this should not be the rule. After the paint is applied, you should not even see where the nails were installed. If you see the dimples they did not put sufficient compound over them. Stick to your guns - you paid a lot of money to have the house built. problem is the builder probably went with the low bidder.

Welcome to the world of mass produced, throw-em-up-and-move-on-to-the-next, home building. I have sloppy finishing work in my house too and its about 9 years old. I am the second owner, been in it almost 2 years and have been working constantly since I moved in fixing it up. It looks about 1000% better than it was but I have a ways to go yet. Lots of improvements to do.

Thanks for all your inputs.

My building superintendant, who's over the whole construction, met with me at the site and agree's with the problems I've found. He called the owner of the sheetrock install company and he'll meet with us tomorrow to fix the problems.

My superintendant has been really great. When in doubt about something he always takes the side of making me happy. I really feel he's working for me and not because of me :-)