Damp walls on the low ground by the creek, 1960s ceilings tested first, truss cracks on the hill, knob holes and nail pops, patched, textured and primed from twenty minutes up the road. Priced on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair patches and finishes drywall in Tigard homes from our office twenty minutes up the road in Hillsboro: the soft strip along the baseboard of a Summerlake house that sat over wet ground all winter, the sprayed ceiling in a 1960s house near downtown that is tested before anyone touches it, the crack along the upstairs ceiling line of a Bull Mountain two-story that opens every August, the stain under a gutter that overflowed in the November storms, the knob hole in a Metzger hallway and the anchor holes in a rental off Durham Road after the lease. New board where the old is soft or broken, seams taped, three coats, the orange peel or knockdown matched on a test board, primer. Water waits for the source to be fixed and the board to meter dry. The price is in writing on the call and most patches are finished in one visit. Since 2024 we have completed 79 repair visits on 38 Tigard homes.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Tigard has the low ground and the hill, and the walls fail differently on each: by Fanno Creek and around Summerlake the ground stays wet from October to May and the damp comes up into the bottom of the walls; on Bull Mountain the trusses lift the upstairs ceiling tape every dry August and the wind drives the rain at the window corners. We dry and meter the creek-side wall before replacing it, let the truss corner move instead of filling it again, and match the orange peel of the flats and the knockdown of the hill so the repair disappears.
AFTERBEFORE
Hole & Crack Repair
Water Damage Repair
Ceiling Repair
Texture Matching
Big Patches & Full Sheets
Nail & Anchor Holes
Corner Bead & Cracks
Primed & Ready for PaintLow ground or hillside, each of these is routine for our technicians. Say which size the damage is against your hand and whether the wall is wet, and the price is in writing before anyone drives down from Hillsboro.
Priced and on the calendar during the first call.
A written quote you approve before anyone drives out.
One crew, truck stocked, warranty in writing.
A one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, on every Tigard drywall repair.
Along Fanno Creek, around Summerlake and down toward Cook Park the water table sits high from October to May, and a slab-edge wall or a crawlspace over that ground stays damp into June, so the drywall along the baseboard wicks it and softens. The drainage or the crawlspace is dried first, the wall reads dry on the meter, then new board goes in with the vapor retarder restored. Up on Bull Mountain the problem is the opposite: a dry August attic lifts the roof trusses off the upstairs walls and cracks the tape at the ceiling line, and the fix is a corner that is allowed to move, not more compound.
The 1950s to 1970s houses of downtown, Greenburg and Metzger carry the first drywall, a fine orange peel and sprayed ceilings from before 1980 that a licensed lab samples before anyone sands them. Summerlake, the Cook Park streets and Durham Road from the 1970s through the 1990s run a medium orange peel on half-inch board. Bull Mountain and River Terrace from the 1990s on run knockdown and, in the newest streets, smooth. Each is matched on a test board against your wall before the repair is textured.
A single-story on the flats takes its water from a gutter that overflows onto the window heads in a November storm or an ice dam in the cold snap; a two-story on the hill takes it from the bath or the laundry over the family room. The roofer, the gutter crew or the plumber fixes the source; the board dries and reads dry on the meter; then we cut out the stained section and replace it. A sagging ceiling, or dark growth bigger than a dinner plate, goes to a licensed mold remediation company first, and we say so on the call.
A hole your hand covers: a backed patch. Bigger than your hand, smaller than a laptop: a paper patch. Poster-sized: a framed backer and a new section. Water-softened or opened by the plumber: a full sheet screwed to the studs with every seam taped. Three coats, a sanding, the texture and primer are the same on all four; the filler-and-paint patch skips them, which is why the old one shows.
Houses from the 1950s to the 1970s with the first drywall, fine orange peel and sprayed ceilings, on shaded lots that never quite dry. The work is the stained ceiling under the roof, the soft wall along the baseboard on the shaded side, the knob hole, sixty years of patches to match, and a sprayed ceiling sampled by a licensed lab before anyone disturbs it.
Family streets from the 1970s to the 1990s on the low ground by Fanno Creek, where the water table stays high all winter and the siding on many houses went up before Oregon required a drainage gap. The damage is the damp wall along the baseboard, the stain below a window corner, the bath over the kitchen and the move-out wall in the rentals. Dried, metered, replaced, orange peel matched.
Two-story homes from the 1990s to the 2010s on slopes with association standards, knockdown and smooth, trusses that lift the upstairs ceiling tape every August, settling cracks at the window corners on the downhill side and two-story entries priced after a look. The scheme stays untouched; the repair leaves primed for the matching color.
Tigard is covered from Hillsboro with the rest of the metro; the Portland drywall repair page has the Portland permit rule, the Oregon water-damage paperwork and the lath-and-plaster houses in plain words.
Hold your hand over the damage and tell us: smaller than your hand, bigger than your hand, poster-sized, or a whole sheet. We price it on the call, in writing, in under ten minutes.
Water damage is repaired after the source is fixed. If the stain is still wet we tell you who fixes the leak, and we schedule the drywall for when it is dry.
Backing where it needs it, new board cut to fit, every seam taped, three coats of compound sanded smooth, your texture matched, then primer.
Dust contained and the room left clean. Most patches are finished in one visit; a full sheet may need a short second visit for the final coat, scheduled before we leave.
Tigard's Building Division administers Oregon's statewide residential code, which lists painting, cabinets and a non-fire-rated interior wall or ceiling covering as work that needs no permit, and an ordinary repair with like materials as needing no application; the city's own permit page adds that a building-permit exemption does not exempt a project from its planning rules. A drywall patch, a new sheet in an existing wall or a ceiling repair is finish work. Removing a wall, cutting a new opening or walling off a new bedroom is a permit, and much of Bull Mountain is unincorporated Washington County rather than the city, so we confirm which one answers for your address.
Oregon's insurance regulator says a sudden, accidental event, a pipe bursting in a freeze or a leak from an ice dam, may be covered, and that groundwater seepage and water leaking through a foundation generally is not, so the damp creek-side wall is usually yours and the burst pipe usually is not. Photograph the stain and the source the day you find them, call your agent before you file, and let the adjuster see it before the permanent repair. The plumber or roofer fixes the leak, the wall dries and meters dry, then we replace the board and write the drywall scope as its own line.
A ceiling sprayed before 1980, and some joint compound of that era, may carry asbestos, and Oregon asks for a survey by an accredited inspector before a home built before 2004 is renovated: the older ceiling is sampled, a licensed contractor does any abatement, and only then do we patch. Paint from before 1978 may carry lead, so a certified renovator handles it lead-safe. The garage side of the wall to an attached garage is a fire separation in the state code, half-inch board there and five-eighths Type X under a room over the garage, so a full sheet on that wall is replaced with the same board.
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Call 971-571-5787Usually within days from our Hillsboro office, twenty minutes up the road. The price is in writing on the call, most patches are finished in one visit, and a full sheet or a wall that has to dry first may need a short second visit for the last coat.
Truss lift. The roof trusses arch up as the attic dries in August and lift the ceiling off the wall, so the tape at that corner cracks every year through any amount of caulk. The fix is a corner that is allowed to move, or a crown line over the joint, and we explain which suits your ceiling on the call.
After the drainage or the crawlspace is dried and the wall reads dry on the meter, yes: the soft board comes out, the framing and the vapor retarder are checked, new board goes in, taped, three coats, textured and primed. Replaced while the ground is still wet, it softens again by the next winter.
The roof or the pipe is fixed, the ceiling dries, and before anyone scrapes it a licensed lab tests a sample, because a sprayed ceiling from before 1980 may carry asbestos. Abatement, if the lab finds it, is a licensed contractor's work; our part is the new board, the matched spray and the primer afterward.
Yes. The flats carry a medium orange peel and Bull Mountain a knockdown, and each is sprayed on a test board against your wall before the repair is textured and feathered out so there is no edge.
Four things you can see yourself: smaller than your hand, poster-sized or a whole sheet; wet or dry; orange peel, knockdown or smooth; eight feet or a two-story entry. Tell us those on the call and the price is in writing in under ten minutes.
Yes, by the room. Up to fifteen nail, screw and anchor holes in a room is one menu item: anchors pulled, every hole filled flush, textured and primed for the turnover paint. Knob holes, dented corners and the crack above the slider are priced by size on the same call.
All of Tigard from our Hillsboro office, downtown, the Tigard Triangle, Greenburg, Summerlake, the Cook Park streets, River Terrace and Bull Mountain, plus Metzger, King City, Tualatin, Beaverton and Lake Oswego. Call 971-571-5787 to confirm your address.
Describe the wall or ceiling, or text a photo, and we call back with a written price and a time. Calling is still faster: 971-571-5787.
Priced in writing before we start, matched to the wall, warranted in writing.
We answer in under three rings, 24/7.No price games. You get a clear written quote before any work begins, backed by our workmanship warranty.
