“A doorknob hole and two nail pops in a 1950s plaster wall. You honestly cannot tell where they were after paint.”
Drywall and plaster repair in Sanford
Doorknob holes, nail pops and cracks, patched, textured and painted so you can’t find them afterward.
What’s included
Patches you can’t find after paint
A good patch is three thin coats, sanded flat, textured to match and primed before paint. Skipping any one of those is why some patches show for years.
- Doorknob and furniture holes up to about a foot across
- Nail pops and settling cracks along seams and corners
- Water-stain patches once the leak itself is fixed
- Old lath-and-plaster cracks in Sanford’s older homes
- Knockdown, orange-peel and smooth texture matching
- Touch-up paint, or a full wall to the corners
Common jobs
How long it usually takes
Times on site for a typical job. Your written price comes before we start, and it doesn’t change if we’re slower.
- Doorknob hole, patched and texturedabout 1 hour + dry time
- Three or four nail popsabout 45 minutes
- Settling crack along a seamabout 1 hour
- Water-stain patch, ceiling1–2 visits
- Plaster crack, historic homehalf a day
What we hand to a licensed trade
- The leak behind a water stain: a licensed plumber or roofer first
- Ceilings that sag or walls that move: a licensed contractor
- Painted surfaces in a pre-1978 house: we test before we sand
We name the trade, leave the line on your list, and do everything else. Why we refer it
Neighbors, in their words
What people say about this job
“We had eleven things on the fridge list. They came once, did ten of them in a morning and told us the bathroom fan needed an electrician before we paid a cent for it. That honesty is why we call them.”
Questions
Drywall & plaster: straight answers
Will the patch show after it’s painted?
Not if it’s textured and primed first. Bare compound takes paint differently from the wall around it, which is the usual reason a patch “flashes” through.
Do you match the paint?
Bring us the can if you have it. If not, we cut a small chip and have it matched, or paint the wall corner to corner so there’s no edge to see.
Can you repair old plaster walls?
Yes. Plaster cracks are bonded and skimmed rather than covered with tape alone, which is how they keep coming back.
On the same trip
Add it to the list
Most visits are three or four of these together. One trip, one price.
TV mountingInto the studs or the block, cables tidied.Doors & cabinetsSticking, sagging, won’t latch.Caulk & groutOld caulk cut out, not covered over.Fences, gates & decksPickets, dragging gates, soft boards.Rental turnoversMove-out to rent-ready, line by line.Listing & inspection repairsThe report sorted before it slows a closing.Storm prepPanels up before, down after.All services →Eight kinds of small job, one truck.
Sanford · Seminole County
The hole behind the door, gone by Friday.
Send a photo of the wall and the size of the damage. We’ll tell you what we see and what it’ll take.