Drywall repair & installation in Broward County
Hanging, patching, floating and texture matching — finished to a surface that takes paint evenly instead of telegraphing every repair. Insured — $1M general liability, bilingual, free in-home estimates.
Why drywall repair is the trade that shows
Drywall is the only trade in a remodel whose mistakes are visible from across the room, under raking light, forever. A patch that was floated too small shows as a halo. A texture that was matched by eye instead of by sample shows as a rectangle. Neither can be painted away, which is why we treat the finish level as part of the spec rather than something to sort out at the end.
In South Florida the most common call is not a hole — it is a ceiling. Humidity, a slow roof leak or an AC line that sweated for a season leaves staining and softness, and the honest answer is that a stained ceiling usually needs the affected board removed rather than sealed and painted. Sealing it hides the mark until the next humid month.
The second most common is texture matching on older stock. Knockdown, orange peel and the smooth Level 5 finish all age differently, and a repair in a 1970s home has to match a texture that has had fifty years of paint layered onto it. We do sample boards before touching the wall when the match matters.
And if the wall is coming out entirely, tell us early: opening a wall in a pre-1975 home is when cast iron drain lines and undersized wiring turn up. Finding them at the estimate is a conversation. Finding them mid-job is a change order.
What's included
- Hanging and taping new board
- Patching holes, cracks and nail pops
- Ceiling repair and water-damage board replacement
- Texture matching — knockdown, orange peel, smooth
- Level 5 smooth finish where specified
- Primed and ready for paint
How it works
- Free in-home visit and written estimate
- Sample board for texture matches before we start
- Dust containment and daily cleanup
- Floated, sanded and primed — not just filled
- Walkthrough under work light before we call it done
Why AP Interior Solutions
- Drywall is one of our core trades, not a subcontracted add-on
- Finish inspected under raking light, where repairs actually show
- Insured — $1M general liability
- Service in English and Spanish
Recent finish work
What drywall work costs
Single room, hung and finished
New board through to a primed, paint-ready surface. The range reflects ceiling height, finish level and how much of the room is involved.
- Board, hanging and taping
- Three-coat float and sand
- Texture to match or Level 5 smooth
- Primer
- Debris haul-away
Repairs are quoted per project rather than by a published band, and deliberately so — a patch is priced by access, texture and how many separate areas there are, not by square footage, and any per-foot number we published would be wrong for most of the jobs we actually get called for. Expect a minimum service charge on small single-patch visits. The room band above comes from Florida contractor pricing adjusted for urban South Florida labour rates; your written estimate follows an in-home visit.
What we need to quote your drywall
Drywall repair is priced by access, texture and how many separate areas there are — not by square footage. A dozen small patches in six rooms is a bigger job than one large hole, and a quote by the foot would be wrong for both.
Before we quote
- How many separate areas need work
- Wall or ceiling, and roughly how big each area is
- The existing texture — knockdown, orange peel or smooth. A photo helps more than a description
- Any water staining, and whether the leak that caused it has been fixed
- Whether the ceiling predates the early 1980s — popcorn from that era needs an asbestos test before anyone scrapes
- Whether you want us to prime and paint afterwards, or hand it off ready
On the day
- A spot to cut and mix — drywall work is the dustiest trade in the house
- Access to a restroom
- Furniture moved out or covered in the rooms in scope
Finish levels and the calls that matter
Level 5 smooth
A skim coat over the entire surface, so there is no texture at all. It is the most demanding finish and the most unforgiving of a bad substrate, and it is what modern flat-paint interiors need — under side light, anything less shows every joint.
Texture matching
Knockdown and orange peel both come in a range of coarseness, and fifty years of repaint changes how a texture reads. We spray sample boards and hold them against the wall in the room's own light before committing, because a match that looks right in the garage often does not on the wall.
Ceiling and water damage
Staining is a symptom. If board has gone soft it comes out — sealing and repainting over it buys a few months. We will also tell you if what we are seeing points at a leak that needs fixing first, because repairing the ceiling under an active leak is throwing money at it.
Popcorn ceiling removal
Common in this housing stock and straightforward to remove, with one caution: ceilings from before the early 1980s can contain asbestos in the texture, and that must be tested before anyone scrapes anything. We will not skip that step.
Materials we work with
- USG and National Gypsum board
- Moisture-resistant board for wet areas
- USG and Westpac joint compounds
- Zinsser and Kilz primers
- Level 5 skim systems
We specify board and compound to the room — moisture-resistant where it belongs, standard where it does not. We are not an authorized dealer for any of these.
Frequently asked questions
- Do you match existing texture?
- Yes, and we do it with sample boards rather than by eye. Knockdown and orange peel vary in coarseness, and an older Broward home has had decades of paint layered over the original texture, which changes how it reads. We spray samples, hold them on the wall in the room's own light, and only then match the repair.
- Can you fix a water-stained ceiling without replacing the board?
- Sometimes, but usually not honestly. If the board has softened it has lost structure and sealing over it only hides the stain until the next humid stretch. We press-test the area and tell you which one you are looking at. We also check whether the leak that caused it has actually been fixed, because repairing under an active leak is wasted money.
- Is popcorn ceiling removal safe in an older house?
- It is straightforward work, with one non-negotiable step first: ceiling texture applied before the early 1980s can contain asbestos, and a large share of this corridor's housing stock predates that. It has to be tested before anyone scrapes. If the test is positive the removal becomes specialist abatement work, and we will say so rather than proceed.
- Do you paint after the drywall work?
- Yes — drywall and painting are both in-house here, which is why we prime as part of the drywall finish rather than handing off a raw surface. If you want the same crew to carry through to finish paint, that goes on the same written estimate.
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