Drywall Repair
Doorknob holes, furniture damage, cracked corners, failed old patches. The repair itself is the easy part — getting it to disappear under paint is the work.
Read moreEnglewood is largely post-war and largely brick, which means the interior walls are often plaster or early drywall and the repairs are older than the paint suggests.
Mostly 1940s through 1960s brick ranches and bungalows, many with original plaster or thin-coat plaster, plus newer infill and townhomes near the Broadway corridor.
Which matters, because the repair method follows the wall. Texture density, whether the surface is drywall or plaster, and how much the structure moves seasonally all change how a patch has to be worked to stay invisible.

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Doorknob holes, furniture damage, cracked corners, failed old patches. The repair itself is the easy part — getting it to disappear under paint is the work.
Read moreCeilings are the hardest surface to hide a repair on. Light rakes across them all day and there is nothing to break up the plane.
Read moreAccess cuts from plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and leak detection work, closed and blended back into the surface.
Read moreOrange peel, knockdown, skip trowel, stomp, Level 5 smooth. Matching what is already on the wall is the whole difference between a repair and a patch.
Read moreCut-out walls and ceilings from a leak, a supply line, or an ice dam — closed back up and finished to match.
Read moreIf it’s drywall, plaster, or a ceiling and it needs to disappear, send a photo and we’ll tell you what it is.
Text a photoWorking across Old Englewood, Broadway corridor, Cherry Hills border and Englewood Marketplace.
Questions
Push a pin into an inconspicuous spot. Drywall takes it easily; plaster resists and may chip. The distinction matters because the two need different repair methods, and treating plaster like drywall is the most common reason an Englewood repair fails at the edges.
Most hairline cracks in a settled post-war house are stable and can wait for a convenient time. What should not wait is a crack that is widening, one with staining around it, or one that appeared suddenly — those are worth looking at sooner because the cause matters more than the crack.
Because texture is what your eye reads first. A patch can be perfectly flat and still announce itself if the orange peel around it is heavier, or the knockdown is flatter, or the surface is smooth where the wall has a subtle spatter. Matching it is the difference between a repair and a patch.
We leave the repair paint-ready — primed where it needs to be, textured to match, and cleaned up. Painting is a separate trade. If you want the area painted too, mention it early so we can talk through what it takes to avoid a visible touch-up square.
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Text photos for a fast estimate
Straight on, a few feet back, and one from the side with a light held flat against the surface. That last one shows the texture, which is what the estimate really hinges on.