Drywall Repair in Ardmore, OK

Drywall repair in Ardmore, OK closes up holes, seam cracks, popped screws and storm leak stains so the wall reads as one smooth surface again. Safe Choice Painting cuts back damaged board, sets new pieces, tapes and finishes, matches your texture, primes, and paints the wall corner to corner. Repair-only visits are welcome too.

Common Ardmore drywall jobs

• Leak damage on ceilings under a roof valley, a window or an attic unit.
• Doorknob holes and dented hallway corners.
• Seam cracks that run from the top corners of doors and windows.
• Popped screws in a row along a ceiling joist.
• Old anchor holes left after moving a TV, shelf or curtain rod.
• Cracked outside corners where the metal bead has come loose.

When storms put water in the ceiling

Carter County's heaviest single day of rain on record came on June 18, 2015, when 12.53 inches fell, and 2015 went down as the wettest year in the county's record at 78.41 inches. Rain like that finds every weak spot in roofing and flashing, and the ceiling below is where it shows. A brown ring on firm drywall needs a stain-sealing primer, or it will bleed back through new paint. Board that has gone soft, bowed or crumbly gets cut out to solid material on both sides and replaced with new board screwed to the framing. Before any of that, the roof or window needs to be fixed and the area needs to be dry. We do not cover wet board, and if we open a ceiling and find wet insulation or framing, we stop and show you.

Plaster and drywall in older neighborhoods

The state's survey of the McLish area found homes built mainly between 1900 and 1955, and Highland Park filled in during the 1920s and 1930s. Many houses of that age started with plaster walls, and many have since had rooms redone in drywall, so one house can have both. Plaster cracks get opened slightly, filled with a setting compound, taped where needed and skimmed flat. Drywall patches in a plaster room are built up so the repair sits flush with the thicker wall around it. Where plaster has pulled loose from the lath over a large area, we tell you before quoting, since patching over loose plaster does not last.

If the repair is part of a remodel

A drywall patch is routine repair. Larger remodels in Ardmore can need a city building permit, and the City of Ardmore residential permit application says that for a remodel with no structural changes, photos of the home may be sent in place of plans. The city says the application typically takes 7 to 10 working days, so build that into the schedule if a permit applies. We start finish work after any required inspections are done.

Texture, primer and paint

Most patching failures show up as a flat spot on a textured wall or a shiny square under the new paint. We avoid both by feathering compound well past the patch, matching orange peel or knockdown on scrap board first, and priming every repair so it takes paint the same way as the wall around it. Then the full wall gets two coats. Painting only a square over the patch almost never blends, since the old paint has aged.

Rooms and ceilings

When a room needs more than a patch, see interior painting in Ardmore, and for ceilings, ceiling painting in Ardmore. A textured popcorn ceiling is a separate job covered on popcorn ceiling removal in Ardmore. The general guide is drywall repair.

What to expect on the visit

1. We look at every spot you want fixed and check for moisture where there was a leak.
2. Floors and nearby belongings are covered and the work area is sealed off with plastic.
3. Damaged board is cut out, replaced, taped and given three coats of compound.
4. Sanding is kept to the patch, with dust cleaned up the same day.
5. Patches are textured, primed and painted, and you check the wall with us before we leave.

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