Drywall repair

Drywall repair that disappears under paint

Holes, cracked corners and water stains, patched and textured to match the wall.

Why a patched wall still shows

Drywall fails in a handful of ways, and you likely know most of them already. A doorknob goes through the wall behind a door. A crack opens at the corner of a window or along a tape seam, and it comes back every time you caulk it. Nail pops rise like small blisters where a fastener backed out as the framing dried. A brown ring spreads on a ceiling after a leak.

The hole is rarely the hard part. Patches fail at the finish. Compound laid on thick shrinks and cracks. An edge that wasn't feathered wide enough throws a ridge you only see when afternoon light rakes across the wall. A smooth patch on a textured wall glows like a bandage. And paint alone won't hold back a water stain: it bleeds through the new coat until the stain is sealed, and a ceiling that got wet has to be dry and checked before anything covers it.

From a photo to a wall you can't find the patch in

Estimates are free. For a job that fits inside a day, email photos and a line or two about the room to estimates@hie-noco.com and we'll tell you what it takes. Bigger repairs, like a stretch of wall after a leak, get an in-home estimate so someone looks at the damage in person.

The work runs in order. We cut back to solid board, add backing where the hole needs something to screw to, set the patch, tape the seams, and build the surface with thin coats of mud, sanding between them. Then we match the texture to the wall around it and prime, so the repair is ready for your paint. The service van arrives fully stocked and GPS tracked, which means compound, tape and texture materials are on the truck instead of at a store run you pay for twice.

Billing is $165 per craftsman hour with a 4-hour minimum, and every craftsman has at least fifteen years of experience. We don't mark up the materials we buy.

After the patch: what to watch for

All labor carries a one-year warranty. Prime the repair and paint the whole wall face, corner to corner, rather than dabbing the patch, because a spot of fresh paint on an old wall shows its own halo.

Keep an eye on two things. A crack that returns in the same place is movement in the house, not a bad patch, and it's worth a call so we can look at why it moves. A stain ring that returns means the water source is still active, and that needs fixing before more drywall goes up. If you're in Fort Collins and not sure which you have, call 970-632-0138 or send the photos.

Finished basement theater with blue walls and cove lighting, the kind of smooth wall a patch has to blend into

Fully licensed and insured, with a one-year warranty on all labor.

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