Drywall Repair and Finishing in Denver, CO

Denver is two drywall cities at once. In Baker, the Highlands and Park Hill the walls are often plaster over lath rather than drywall, and a repair there is not the same job as a repair in a house built after the war — the surfaces sit at different depths and a patch that ignores that reads as a bump forever. Then there are the mid-century blocks where popcorn ceilings went up by the thousand and are steadily coming back down.

We work both. The trick on the older houses is tying new board into old plaster so the transition lands somewhere flat instead of at the edge of the repair, and on the newer ones it is matching a texture that a hundred other houses on the same street also have.

Why local knowledge matters in Denver

Access changes the job here. A lot of these blocks have alleys and no driveway, so materials come in past a fence and dust control matters more than it does in a suburb with a garage. We cover the floors and the route in, not just the room.

The rental and short-term market adds the other constraint: a unit turning over has a date that will not move, and a patch that is still drying on handover day is a problem. Tell us the date first and we will tell you honestly whether it fits.

• Bungalows and four-squares from 1900-1940 across Baker, the Highlands and Park Hill, many of them plaster over lath rather than drywall, which changes how a patch has to be tied in
• Mid-century blocks where popcorn ceilings went up by the thousand, and scraping and re-texturing is a standing request rather than an occasional one
• Dense blocks with alleys and no driveway, so access and dust control matter more than they do in the suburbs
• A deep rental and short-term-let market where a unit has to be turned over between tenants on a date that will not move

Neighbourhoods we work in: Baker, Highlands, Park Hill, Berkeley, Washington Park, Green Valley Ranch.