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Drywall & Patching

Drywall Repair

We cut the damage back to sound board and feather the mud until the patch disappears.

Most of these calls start the same way. A knob went through the wall behind a door, or a brown ring turned up on a ceiling, or a crack opened over the same doorway it opened over last spring. Plenty of them come from people who have already been told that one patch isn't worth sending a truck out for. Landlords filling anchor holes between tenants hear the same thing.

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What we patch

  • Doorknob holes, furniture dings, and anchor holes cut back and patched
  • Cracked seams and nail pops over doors, windows, and ceiling corners
  • Water-damaged board cut back to sound material and re-taped
  • Ceiling patches after a fan, fixture, or vent has been moved
  • Texture matched by hand: orange peel, knockdown, and light hand textures
  • Crushed corner bead repaired or replaced
  • Whole-wall skim where years of old patches have stacked up

Why patches show

Stand in front of an old patch in afternoon light and you can usually read what went wrong. A joint that has opened back up means nothing was put behind the hole, so the patch flexed the first time somebody knocked the wall. If instead there's a faint halo around the repair, the mud was feathered too narrow and the edge catches side light every day at the same hour. Recurring cracks are different. A crack that comes back in the same place every year is movement, normally settlement or seasonal truss lift, and no amount of mud holds it shut until the movement is dealt with.

How the repair goes in

First the damage comes out. We cut back past the crushed and cracked board to material that is still solid, put backing behind the opening, and set the patch on that so it has nothing to flex against. Then tape, coat, feather it wide, sand, and match the texture by hand. Before we leave we show you what was behind the board, because a stain on a ceiling nearly always has a story above it.

Where we stop

Tile is not ours, so a bathroom wall that needs new board and then new tile takes two trades. And if the water that stained your ceiling is still arriving from somewhere, that leak may need a licensed trade before we close the wall back up. One more thing. Our lead-safe (RRP) certification is still in progress, so tell us on the phone if the house went up before 1978.

Everything else we take on is set out on the services overview, along with the jobs we turn away. Landlords and agents clearing a page of them at once should start on closing punch lists and turn checklists.

Towns we patch in

We patch out of Spartanburg and work across Greenville County and Spartanburg County. These are the towns we patch in most, and the wall and ceiling trouble that turns up in each:

Why a carpenter for drywall

Drywall is a finishing trade, and finishing is where a carpenter gets judged. Clay Bucy has been at the trade more than thirty years. Hold a lamp sideways to the wall afterwards. You should not be able to find the repair.

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Drywall questions we get asked

How much does it cost to repair drywall?

Three things move the number: how many patches, how big they are, and whether the wall carries a texture somebody has to match by hand. A doorknob hole behind a door is quick. A water-stained ceiling means cutting back to sound board, re-taping, and blending the finish, which is most of a day. Call or text (864) 529-9975 with a photo and you'll get a number on your wall.

Will I be able to see where the patch was?

Not once it's finished and painted. We cut the damage back to a clean edge, back it so the patch can't flex, then tape, coat, and feather the mud wide enough that the transition doesn't catch the light. Textured walls are matched by hand. Ask us about paint when you call, since color matching depends on what is already on your wall.

My drywall cracks keep coming back. Can you fix that for good?

Usually yes, but only once we find what's moving. Recurring cracks over doors and at ceiling corners are almost always movement or truss lift rather than bad mud, so patching alone puts the crack back next season. Truss lift wants the ceiling corner freed to move rather than filled a third time. We find the cause, tell you what's moving and why, then repair it so the fix holds.

Is one small hole too small a job for you?

No. One patch is a normal booking here. Clay started Mission Ready Repairs because homeowners in the Upstate couldn't get anybody to return a call for one hole, one door, or one fixture, and those are the calls he wanted. If you have other odds and ends around the house, list them when you call and we'll try to cover the lot in one visit.

Do you repair drywall in Greenville, or only Spartanburg?

We patch walls in both counties we cover, and the wall itself changes as you move across them. Older Greenville neighborhoods still run plaster and lath rather than half-inch board, so the repair is a matching job. Boiling Springs and Greer are almost entirely post-2000 taped drywall with builder textures. Tell us the town and the age of the house and we'll know what we're walking into.

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