Smooth-finish walls repaired so nothing shows, tall ceilings priced after a look, plaster in the lake cottages, Mountain Park condo ceilings and the ordinary knob hole, patched and primed. Priced on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair repairs walls and ceilings in Lake Oswego homes, where the finish is the whole job: a smooth wall in a lakefront house that shows every edge of a careless patch in the afternoon light off the water, a two-story ceiling in the Palisades that is priced after a look, 1930s plaster in a First Addition cottage patched as plaster, the ceiling in a Mountain Park condo with the neighbor's bath above it, a damp-stained wall under the firs in Forest Highlands, the knob hole and the nail pops that every house has. Each is repaired in the material it was built in, finished to the standard the house sets and primed. Water waits for the source to be fixed and the wall to meter dry. The price is in writing on the call and most patches are finished in one visit. Since 2024 our technicians have completed 90 repair visits on 49 Lake Oswego homes.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Lake Oswego walls are finished to a higher standard than most of the metro, and a repair has to meet it: a wider feather, an extra coat and a check in raking light before primer on the smooth walls, the sand finish on the old plaster matched by hand, the fine orange peel of the 1970s west side sprayed on a test board first. Under the firs the water story is the same as everywhere here, needle-choked gutters and a wall that never dries until June, and the wall is dried and metered before any board goes in.
AFTERBEFORE
Hole & Crack Repair
Water Damage Repair
Ceiling Repair
Texture Matching
Big Patches & Full Sheets
Nail & Anchor Holes
Corner Bead & Cracks
Primed & Ready for PaintSmooth, plaster or orange peel, our technicians finish each to the standard the house sets. Tell us what the wall is made of if you know and the size against your hand, and the price is in writing before anyone drives down.
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 Lake Oswego drywall repair.
The lakefront and hillside homes, the custom houses of the Palisades and Forest Highlands and most of the remodels run smooth or a light skip trowel, and a smooth wall shows every edge of a patch under the afternoon light off the lake. The repair gets a wider feather than a textured wall would, one more coat, and a check in raking light before primer. That is the standard our technicians finish to, and it is the difference between a patch you can find and one you cannot.
The cottages of Old Town, First Addition, Evergreen and Lakewood from the 1920s through the 1950s are often lath and plaster, patched with a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into the lath and finished to the surrounding sand or smooth coat, never a drywall patch screwed into plaster. Lake Grove, Westlake, Waluga and Mountain Park from the 1970s through the 1990s carry a fine orange peel and the occasional sprayed ceiling that a licensed lab samples before anyone sands it. We tell you which wall you have on the first look.
Under the firs a gutter fills twice a winter and overflows onto the soffit and the window heads, and the stain shows at the top of a wall or the edge of a ceiling weeks later; an ice dam in the cold snap does the same. In Mountain Park and the lakeside condos the water comes from the unit above. The roofer, the gutter crew, the plumber or the association fixes the source; the board dries and reads dry on the meter; then we replace the stained section. Dark growth beyond a dinner plate is a licensed mold remediation company's job first, and we say so on the call.
Great rooms, two-story entries and the ten-foot ceilings of the hillside homes change the job: scaffold or a taller ladder, more feather on a smooth finish, a longer dry time between coats, and a seam along a tall wall that opens as the framing dries. A ceiling over eight feet is priced on the call after a look, not from the menu, and the price is still in writing before anything starts. Everything at eight feet and below is the menu.
Cottages and houses from the 1920s to the 1950s with lath and plaster, sand finishes and picture rail, and lakefront remodels finished smooth. The damage is a crack along the lath, a plaster ceiling gone hollow under an old roof leak, a damp wall near the creeks, and the smooth remodel wall that shows the last patch. Plaster patched as plaster; painted surfaces from before 1978 handled lead-safe by a certified renovator.
Streets from the 1970s to the 1990s with association standards, fine orange peel, condos and townhomes stacked in Mountain Park, and siding from the years before Oregon required a drainage gap. The damage is the condo ceiling under the unit above, the stain below a window corner, the shared wall dented in a move-out and the knob hole. We repair your side, write the scope for the association and match the orange peel.
Custom and view homes on steep lots under tall firs, with smooth and skip-trowel walls, two-story ceilings priced after a look, settling cracks from the window corners on the downhill side, and gutters full of needles over the weather wall. The finish standard is high and the repair meets it: the wider feather, the extra coat, the raking-light check before primer.
The same Hillsboro crew covers Lake Oswego and the rest of the metro; the Portland drywall repair page has the Portland permit rule, the Oregon water-damage paperwork and the east-side 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.
Lake Oswego's Building Department 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. A plaster or drywall patch, a new sheet in an existing wall or a ceiling repair is that. The city's alteration-and-repair permit starts where a wall is removed, an opening is cut or a new bedroom is walled off, and we tell you on the call.
In a Mountain Park or lakeside condo the leak upstairs and the ceiling below belong to different people, and the Oregon Condominium Act puts the unit on its owner and the common elements on the association unless the declaration and bylaws say otherwise. Tell the association in writing the day the ring appears and photograph it. Oregon's insurance regulator says a sudden, accidental event such as a burst pipe or an ice-dam leak may be covered and that seepage generally is not; call your agent before you file and let the adjuster see it before the permanent repair. We repair your side after the board meters dry and write the scope as its own line.
A cottage from before 1978 may carry lead in its paint and a ceiling sprayed or a wall textured before 1980 may carry asbestos; Oregon asks for an accredited inspector's survey before renovating an older home, so an older ceiling is sampled first, abatement if needed is a licensed contractor's job before our patch, and painted surfaces are handled lead-safe by a certified renovator. Plaster itself is patched as plaster. The wall and ceiling between the house and an attached garage are fire separation under the state code, and a full-sheet repair there goes back with the same half-inch or five-eighths Type X board.
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Call 503-912-7872Usually within days, from our office in Hillsboro. The price is in writing on the call; most drywall patches are finished in one visit, and a smooth-wall finish, a plaster repair or a tall ceiling may need a short second visit for the final coat and the raking-light check.
Yes, with a wider feather, an extra coat and a check in raking light before primer, because the afternoon light off the lake shows every edge. That is the standard for every smooth-wall repair we leave, and it is the reason the old patch shows and ours will not.
If it is from before about 1950 and the wall sounds dense and solid when you knock, it is probably lath and plaster, and it is patched with a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into the lath, finished to the sand or smooth coat around it. Our technicians repair both and say which you have on the first look.
We repair the ceiling on your side once the source is fixed and the board reads dry. Who pays is a question for the declaration and the association's insurance under the Oregon Condominium Act, and we write the scope as its own line so the association and the adjusters can read it.
Yes, after a look. A ceiling over eight feet needs scaffold or a taller ladder and more feather on a smooth finish, so it is priced on the call after we have seen it rather than from the menu, and the price is still in writing before anything starts.
Size, water, material and finish: hand-sized, poster-sized or a whole sheet; dry or water-damaged; drywall or plaster; smooth, skip trowel or orange peel; eight feet or a two-story room. Say which on the call and the price is in writing in under ten minutes.
Yes. One knob hole, one crack or one nail pop is a welcome call, and a room of nail and anchor holes after a lease is a menu item of its own.
All of Lake Oswego from our Hillsboro office, Old Town, First Addition, Evergreen, Lake Grove, Westlake, Mountain Park, the Palisades and Forest Highlands, plus West Linn, Tigard, Tualatin and Portland's southwest. Call 503-912-7872 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: 503-912-7872.
Priced in writing before we start, matched to the wall, warranted in writing.
We answer Monday to Friday, 8 to 4:30.No price games. You get a clear written quote before any work begins, backed by our workmanship warranty.
