Plaster in the 1920s Mediterranean houses, the humidity band at the base of a block wall, the ceiling under the air handler, the knob hole and the smooth wall in a Cocoplum estate, repaired to match. Priced on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair repairs walls and ceilings in Coral Gables from its office here on Ponce de Leon Boulevard: the crack following the lath in a 1920s Granada house, the hollow patch of plaster over the arch in a Country Club Section living room, the stained band at the base of a block wall in a 1950s North Gables ranch, the ring under the air handler in a Cocoplum estate, the doorknob hole, the anchor holes after a lease near the university. Plaster is patched as plaster with a setting compound keyed into what is there, drywall as drywall, the finish matched 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.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
The Gables was built in the 1920s in plaster over hollow tile, and a century later the walls still are, with the 1950s block ranches of North Gables and the smooth-walled estates of the waterfront south added around them. We keep plaster as plaster, keyed and finished to the original skim, we back a block-wall patch to the furring, and we finish a smooth estate wall with the wider feather and the raking-light check the finish needs. Our office is in the city, so the drive is minutes.
AFTERBEFORE
Hole & Crack Repair
Water Damage Repair
Ceiling Repair
Texture Matching
Big Patches & Full Sheets
Nail & Anchor Holes
Corner Bead & Cracks
Primed & Ready for PaintPlaster and drywall are different jobs and our technicians do both, from an office on Ponce de Leon Boulevard. Tell us which you think the wall is and the size against your hand, and the price is in writing on the call before anyone drives out.
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 Coral Gables drywall repair.
The Mediterranean houses of the 1920s and 1930s in Granada, the Country Club Section and the Biltmore Section were plastered over hollow clay tile or block, with arches, coves and niches in the same material. A crack follows a tile joint or the lath of an interior partition, a section goes hollow where the plaster lost its key, a corner or an arch edge chips. Plaster is patched with a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into what is there and finished to the surrounding skim or sand texture; a drywall patch screwed into plaster is the repair that fails. Painted surfaces in a pre-1978 house are handled lead-safe under the RRP rule.
North Gables and the streets built in the 1950s and 1960s are block with drywall on furring, orange peel walls and a sprayed ceiling, and in the wet season humidity drives through the block and shows inside as a soft, chalky band at the base of the wall that paint will not hold on. The stucco or the drainage outside is dealt with first, the wall dries and meters dry, then the band comes out and new board goes on the furring. A ceiling sprayed before 1980 is sampled by a licensed lab before anyone sands it.
Cocoplum, Gables Estates, Snapper Creek Lakes and Kings Bay are smooth-walled houses with tall ceilings, and the air handler is in the attic or a closet above a finished room; when its condensate drain clogs in July the ceiling below it rings. The air conditioning company clears the drain, the ceiling dries, then we replace the stained section and finish it with the wider feather, the extra coat and the raking-light check a smooth ceiling needs. Ceilings over eight feet are priced on the call after a look. Dark growth beyond a dinner plate is a licensed mold remediation company's job first.
Smaller than your hand: a backed patch. Bigger than your hand, smaller than a laptop: a paper patch. Poster-sized: a backer and a new section. Soft from water, or a whole sheet: new board with every seam taped, screwed to the furring on a block wall. Three coats, sanding, the finish matched and primer on all of them; plaster gets its own compound and its own keying.
Mediterranean houses in plaster over hollow tile, arches and coves in the same material, and a century of patches. Lath and tile-joint cracks, hollow plaster over an arch, chipped corners, the damp band after a wet summer. Plaster patched as plaster, keyed and finished to the original skim; painted surfaces in a pre-1978 house handled lead-safe under the RRP rule; the older sprayed ceiling in a later addition tested by a licensed lab first.
The wood-frame cottages of the 1920s to 1940s, part of it a historic district, with plaster over lath inside, and the block ranches of the 1950s with drywall over furring, orange peel and sprayed ceilings. The lath crack, the humidity band at the base of a block wall, the ring under the air handler closet, the furring-seam crack and the knob hole. Each matched to its own finish and primed.
Gated estates with associations, smooth walls, tall ceilings, the handler in the attic and salt air on the water side. The ceiling under the handler, rust at a corner bead on the bay side, the settling hairline at a tall window corner, the smooth-wall patch finished with the wider feather and checked in raking light. Interior repairs need no association form; the scheme color goes on over our primer.
Our South Florida office is here on Ponce de Leon Boulevard, and the Miami drywall repair page has the county-wide picture: the Miami permit rule, the storm-water claim and the condo statute 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.
Coral Gables runs a strict building department, and the Florida Building Code it works from lets ordinary minor repairs be made with the building official's approval and no permit as long as no wall is cut away and nothing structural is touched; a plaster or drywall patch, a replaced sheet in an existing wall or a ceiling repair is that, and for a bigger job we ask Development Services before rather than guess. Since July 2026 the city also reviews a single-family job under a set value for the state exemption on its own form: not in a flood hazard area, no electrical, plumbing or structural work, and no splitting a project to fit. A new opening or a removed wall is a permit, and we say which on the call.
A burst supply line, a handler that overflowed or a storm through the roof is usually a covered loss; the humidity band that has been wicking through a block wall for years usually reads as maintenance, rising water is the flood policy, and a named storm may carry the hurricane deductible. Photograph the stain and the source the day you find them, keep the invoice from the trade that fixed the source, and expect the adjuster to ask when it started. The source is fixed, the wall dries and meters dry, then we replace the plaster or the board, and our scope is written on its own line.
A house in the Coral Gables Register or in MacFarlane Homestead and the other designated districts needs a certificate of appropriateness before exterior work that changes its look, and painting and repairs in kind can be handled by staff. An interior plaster patch finished to match is not what those rules are written for, and we keep it that way: the original skim, the original arch profile, nothing changed on the outside. Where a house is old enough to carry lead in its paint, the painted surface is handled lead-safe under the RRP rule, and an older sprayed ceiling is tested by a licensed lab before anyone sands it.
Can't find your answer? Call 786-527-2055 and ask us anything.
Call 786-527-2055Our office is in the city on Ponce de Leon Boulevard, so usually within days. The price is in writing on the call; most drywall patches are finished in one visit, and a plaster repair or a smooth-wall finish may need a short second visit for the final coat.
We repair it as plaster: a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into the tile or lath, finished to the skim or sand texture around it, the arch or cove profile kept. Replacing a section of plaster with drywall leaves a patch you can see from the door and a wall that sounds different; we do not do that one.
Not until the humidity has a reason to stop: the stucco, the grade or the drainage outside is dealt with first, the wall dries and reads dry on the meter, then the band comes out, new board goes on the furring, finished, textured and primed. Patched wet, it is back by the next wet season.
After the air conditioning company clears the drain and the ceiling reads dry on the meter, yes: the stained section comes out, the framing is checked, new board goes up, taped, three coats, the smooth finish feathered wide and checked in raking light, then primed. A ceiling over eight feet is priced on the call after a look.
The certificate of appropriateness rules are written for exterior changes to a designated house, and painting and repairs in kind can be handled by staff. An interior plaster patch finished to match is not that kind of work, and we keep the original profile so it never becomes one. If your house is on the Register and you want to check, we will wait for the answer.
Size, water, material and finish: hand-sized, poster-sized or a whole sheet; dry or water-damaged; plaster or drywall; sand plaster, orange peel or smooth; eight feet or a tall estate ceiling. Say which on the call and the price is in writing in under ten minutes.
Yes. One knob hole, one crack, one chipped arch edge is a welcome call, and a rental near the university with a room of nail and anchor holes is a menu item of its own.
All of Coral Gables from the office on Ponce de Leon Boulevard: North Gables, Granada, the Biltmore and Country Club Sections, Golden Gate, MacFarlane Homestead, Cocoplum, Gables Estates and Kings Bay, plus Coconut Grove, South Miami, Pinecrest and Miami. Call 786-527-2055 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: 786-527-2055.
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.
