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Drywall

Hanging, taping and texture — the surface every finish sits on.

Drywall determines how the finished room reads. Flat, well-feathered joints disappear; poor ones show under every light in the house, and paint does not hide them.

In remodels the harder task is usually matching: tying new board into existing walls and matching an existing hand-applied texture closely enough that the repair is not the first thing you see. Texture matching is a genuine craft — the same tools and mud in different hands produce visibly different walls — and it is why sample patches are proven before a whole wall is committed.

Finish level is specified, not assumed. The industry defines finish levels for a reason: a garage wall, a bedroom wall and a smooth-finish hallway under a west window do not need the same number of coats or the same sanding. Specifying level per surface puts the labour where it will be seen.

Where a remodel opens exterior walls or ceilings, drywall is also the last chance to fix what is behind it cheaply — insulation gaps, air sealing around penetrations, backing for future grab bars or wall-mounted televisions. Closing a wall without asking what should happen inside it first is a small failure of sequencing with a long tail.

The dust is real, and managing it is part of the scope. Containment, floor protection and negative air where warranted are what make living through a drywall phase tolerable — it is planned protection, not improvised courtesy.

What this covers

  • Hanging board on new and modified framing
  • Taping and multi-coat finishing
  • Texture application and matching
  • Patching and repair in existing surfaces
  • Preparation for paint

Decided in design

Settled before anything is built.

These are the decisions the design and preconstruction stage resolves for this work — while changing the answer is a revision, not a demolition.

  1. Finish level specified per surface, matched to light and sight lines
  2. Texture strategy for remodels — match the existing, or retexture to a clean break line
  3. What goes inside the wall before it closes — insulation, sealing, backing, access
  4. Where control and expansion details are needed on long runs and big ceilings
  5. Containment plan for occupied houses

Questions

Answers we can give honestly.

Can a patch ever be truly invisible?
On a smooth wall under raking light, a large patch is the hardest thing in the trade to hide completely; on textured walls a good match disappears to all but a deliberate search. Where a repair sits in an unavoidable sight line we say so up front, and sometimes the honest answer is to retexture the wall to a natural break rather than chase an invisible patch.
Why does the ceiling cost more to finish than the walls?
Ceilings get the worst light — long, low-angle washes from windows and fixtures that reveal every joint. Overhead work is slower, and a flat or lightly textured ceiling needs a higher finish standard to survive that light. The price difference is the labour difference.
New texture or match the old hand texture?
If most of a room's surfaces are being opened, retexturing the whole room to a consistent finish often looks better and costs little more than matching several patches. If the work is one wall, matching is usually right. It is a judgement made room by room during design.

Part of

Projects this work sits inside.

Interior Remodeling

Reworking interior space — walls, floors, lighting, built-ins and finishes.

Whole Home Remodeling

A coordinated renovation across the whole house — one design, one schedule, one team.

Home Additions

Adding conditioned square footage — structure, systems and roofline tied into the existing house.

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