Patching is easy. Making the patch invisible under Treasure Valley's knockdown and orange-peel textures is the part most people call us for.
Most drywall calls we take in Boise and Meridian aren't dramatic. They're a doorknob hole behind a bedroom door, a run of nail pops down a hallway, or a seam that opened up over a window after the first hard winter. The repair itself is straightforward. What separates a good patch from an obvious one is texture matching and knowing how long to let each coat cure before the next.
That curing time is why we're upfront about scheduling: a small patch usually means one visit, but anything larger than a dinner plate typically needs a second trip a day or two later. We'd rather tell you that when you book than surprise you with it.
Flat rates from our published catalog, quoted in writing before any work starts. A $95 minimum service call applies per visit — bundling several tasks into one visit is always better value.
Prices assume normal access and sound existing conditions. Anything that needs eyes on it first — active leaks, rot, hidden damage — is quoted as preliminary until we’ve seen it.
Boise's freeze-thaw swings are hard on drywall. Temperatures move from the 50s at midday to the teens overnight, dozens of times each winter, and the framing behind your walls expands and contracts with them. That movement finds the weak points — typically the upper corners of door and window openings, where the drywall is already interrupted.
Newer builds across Meridian, Kuna and Star have their own version: settlement cracks that show up in the first two or three years as the framing dries and the foundation settles. Those are usually cosmetic. A diagonal crack running from a door corner is normal settlement; a horizontal crack across a wall, or one that keeps reopening after repair, is worth a structural look before you paint over it.
Usually, yes. Knockdown and orange peel are the two common textures in Treasure Valley homes and both can be matched closely with a hopper gun and the right thinning. Hand-troweled or older skip-trowel finishes are harder — we'll tell you honestly before starting if we think a full-wall retexture will look better than a spot match.
We do both. Note that the patch and the paint are priced separately, because plenty of customers want the repair done and plan to paint themselves. If we're painting, we'll prime the patch first — skipping primer is the single most common reason a repair still shows through the finish coat.
Joint compound has to dry fully between coats, and a large patch needs three coats. Rushing it means the repair shrinks and cracks a few weeks later. Small patches we can often complete in one visit; sections larger than about a dinner plate usually need us back a day or two later.
If we're painting a patch in the middle of an existing wall, expect some visible difference unless we paint corner to corner. Paint fades over time, and even the original can's formula won't match a five-year-old wall. For an invisible result, we repaint the full wall — we'll quote both so you can choose.