Texture Removal
Popcorn and knockdown texture scraped off, ceilings skimmed flat and repainted, and the room put back clean.
Texture Removal in Burlington NCHoles, cracks, water-stained board and whole rooms hung, taped, floated and finished. Then the trim run tight. Alamance and Guilford County.
Good drywall repair in Burlington NC is invisible. If you can find the patch afterwards by looking at the wall in daylight, the float was too narrow and the job was not finished.
Drywall repair and installation in Burlington, NC. We patch holes, fix cracks, replace water-damaged board and hang whole rooms across Alamance and Guilford County, then run the trim.
A drywall patch is visible for one reason: the compound was feathered out over too small an area. A four-inch hole needs a repair that blends across two or three feet, because what your eye catches is not the patch itself, it is the shadow at the edge where a slightly proud surface meets a flat one.
Daylight raking down a wall from a window will find a bad float every time. So the float goes wide, gets sanded flat, and gets primed, because unprimed compound absorbs paint differently to the wall around it and the patch reappears as a dull spot the moment the paint dries.
That is the entire difference between a repair you never think about again and one you notice every evening when the lamp is on.
A brown ring on a ceiling is not a paint problem and painting it does not solve it. Water has already been through the board, and if the source is still active, painting it just buys a few weeks before the stain comes back bigger.
So we find where it came from first. Then the affected board comes out, we look at the framing and insulation behind it while it is open, and new board goes in. If the damage is bigger than a stain, that is a different job. See water and fire damage repair.
A crack that reopens every year is telling you something. Cracks at the corners of doorways and windows are usually settlement, and settlement is a movement problem, not a surface problem. Filling it again is treating the symptom.
Where the movement is structural, the honest fix is underneath the house rather than on the wall. That is a real service and we do it. See house leveling in Burlington NC. Where the movement has stopped, we tape the crack properly rather than just filling it, which is why the repair holds this time.
New rooms, garage conversions, additions and anything stripped back to studs get hung, taped, floated and finished. Sheets get laid out to keep butt joints away from the middle of the most-seen wall, screws get set to depth without breaking the paper, and corners get bead that is straight.
Finish level is a conversation worth having. A garage or a closet does not need the same finish as a living room with a big window on one side, and paying for a gallery-smooth finish in a utility space is money you could put somewhere it shows.
Baseboard, casing, crown, chair rail and wainscot. Trim is the part that reads as finished, and it is also the part where sloppy work is most obvious, because a bad mitre sits at eye level with a shadow line running through it.
Joints get cut to fit the actual wall rather than the theoretical one, because no corner in a real house is ninety degrees. Then everything gets caulked and painted so the trim reads as one continuous piece.
The hallway in our recent work is that job: texture off, walls repainted, new flooring, wainscot and trim run the length of the hall.
Small repairs are usually priced as a visit rather than per hole, because getting there and setting up is most of the cost of a single patch. If you have a list, put it all on one visit. Whole rooms are priced by area and finish level. Either way you get the number before we start.
See everything we take on or call (336) 380-9459.
Because the compound was feathered over too small an area. What your eye catches is the shadow at the edge, not the patch. A small hole needs blending across two or three feet, sanded flat and primed, or it shows up in raking daylight.
No, and neither should anyone else. A stain means water went through the board. If the source is still live the stain comes back bigger. We find the source, replace the affected board, and look at the framing behind it while it is open.
Repeat cracks, especially at door and window corners, usually mean movement rather than a surface problem. If the house is still settling, the honest fix is under the floor, not on the wall. We do that work too and will tell you which one you have.
Both. Small repairs are priced as a visit rather than per hole, because travel and setup are most of the cost of a single patch. If you have several things on a list, put them all on one visit and it is far better value.
Yes. Patches get primed and painted, and on whole rooms we finish, prime and paint so you are not left coordinating another trade to close out the job.
Popcorn and knockdown texture scraped off, ceilings skimmed flat and repainted, and the room put back clean.
Texture Removal in Burlington NCRuined drywall, subfloor and framing cut back to something solid and rebuilt, instead of patched over.
Water & Fire Damage in Burlington NCFloors that sag, bounce or slope brought back to level, with the joists, beams and supports underneath corrected.
House Leveling in Burlington NCPut the whole list on one visit. Call or text and tell us what needs patching.
(336) 380-9459