Eichler walls in Monta Loma, sprayed 1960s ceilings in Waverly Park, the condo ceiling after the unit above and the move-out wall, patched, matched and primed. Priced in writing on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair patches and finishes drywall in Mountain View homes from an office ten minutes away on Murphy Avenue: the stain on a Monta Loma Eichler wall after the flat roof ponded, the sprayed 1960s ceiling in Waverly Park or Cuesta Park that is tested before anyone sands it, the crack along the plaster in an Old Mountain View bungalow, the ceiling in a North Whisman condo after the neighbor's water heater let go, the crack above the slider in a Rex Manor ranch after a dry summer, and the anchor holes after a tech lease ends. Sound board where it is needed, taped seams, three coats, the texture matched, primer. Water waits for the source to be fixed and the board to 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.
Mountain View is a 1950s and 1960s town with a Victorian core and a condo ring: the ranch tracts with orange peel and sprayed ceilings, the Eichlers of Monta Loma with drywall on the walls only and the roof deck for a ceiling, the bungalows of Old Mountain View with plaster on lath, and the condos and townhomes of the north side and the Whisman streets with a neighbor above. Add a renter's town where every August brings a wall of anchor holes. We match each finish, test each older ceiling first, and price it in writing on the call.
AFTERBEFORE
Hole & Crack Repair
Water Damage Repair
Ceiling Repair
Texture Matching
Big Patches & Full Sheets
Nail & Anchor Holes
Corner Bead & Cracks
Primed & Ready for PaintOur office is ten minutes away, so a hole, a crack or a stained ceiling in Mountain View is usually looked at the same week. Hold your hand over the damage and say which size it is; the price is in writing before anyone drives over.
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 Mountain View drywall repair.
The tracts first: Waverly Park, Cuesta Park, Rex Manor, Blossom Valley and Sylvan Park were built in the 1950s and 1960s with the first drywall, and their roof trusses dry and arch in the South Bay's hot summers, lifting the tape along the ceiling line in August. Then the seams: sixty years of patches, nail pops along the studs, corner bead rounded by furniture. Then the ground: the flat valley floor moves little, but a hard shake on the Hayward or San Andreas fault opens hairlines at the door corners across the whole town at once. We tape the crack so it stays closed and say when it is more than cosmetic.
Monta Loma's Eichlers and Mackay homes have no attic and no drywall ceiling: the roof deck is the ceiling, the drywall is on the walls only, finished smooth between the beams, and a flat roof that ponds or a radiant slab that leaks shows on the wall. Old Mountain View's bungalows from the 1900s through the 1930s are plaster on lath, patched with a bonding agent and a setting compound. The tracts carry orange peel and a sprayed ceiling, the condos a knockdown or a smooth finish. Our technicians match whichever wall you have on a test board first.
A ring on a Waverly Park hallway ceiling usually means a roof flashing gave up in a January storm; a ring under an upstairs bath means a shower pan or a supply line; a stain down an Eichler wall means the flat roof ponded or the slab is wet; a condo ceiling means the neighbor. Whoever owns the source fixes it first, roofer, plumber or association. We put a moisture meter on the board, wait until it reads dry, and only then cut out the stained section and hang new drywall. A patch of dark growth you could not cover with a dinner plate is handed to a licensed mold remediation company before we start, and we tell you that on the first call.
Mountain View finished most of its houses before 1980. Sprayed ceilings and some joint compound from those years may contain asbestos, and paint from before 1978 may contain lead, so an older ceiling is sampled by a licensed lab before a scraper or a sander touches it, and if abatement is needed a licensed contractor does it ahead of our patch. Painted surfaces in a pre-1978 house are handled lead-safe by a certified firm. In this town that is the normal first step, not a surprise, and it goes into the plan on the call.
Single-story ranches on the former orchards, orange peel on half-inch board, sprayed ceilings from before 1980 that get tested by a licensed lab before anyone disturbs them, truss lift along the ceiling line in August, and the roof flashing that stains a hallway ceiling in January. Sixty years of patches to match and corner bead to rebuild.
Eichler and Mackay post-and-beam houses from the 1950s with drywall on the walls only, finished smooth, stained from a ponded flat roof or a leaking radiant slab; and the Victorians and bungalows of the old town with plaster on lath that cracks along the lath and crumbles at the corners. Each repaired in its own material and finished to match.
Condos and townhomes from the 1970s through the 2010s with shared walls, a neighbor above, knockdown and smooth finishes, and rental turnovers every summer with anchor holes by the room. We repair your side of a shared ceiling, match the texture, leave it primed for the turnover paint, and write the scope the association can read.
Mountain View is ten minutes from the office of a South Bay crew that works the whole Bay; the Bay Area drywall repair page puts the Eichlers, the plaster towns and the East Bay ranches side by side, with every permit desk and the water-damage paperwork explained.
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.
Mountain View's own list of projects that do not need a permit, drawn from the state building and residential codes, names painting and similar finish work that is not part of an accessible route or a kitchen or bathroom remodel. The California Residential Code puts a drywall or plaster patch, a replaced sheet in an existing wall and a ceiling repair in the same class, as ordinary repairs with no application. A new opening, a removed wall or any framing is a permit, and we say so before anyone opens a wall rather than after.
The state insurance department's homeowner guide puts sudden and accidental water damage on the typically-covered list and water damage from seepage or leaks on the generally-not list, which is why the adjuster's first question is how long the ring has been on the ceiling. Date-stamp a photo of the stain and the source, keep the roofer's or plumber's invoice, tell the association in writing if the water came from another unit, and ask us for the drywall scope on its own line. We hang new board only after the leak is fixed and the meter reads dry.
In the condos of North Whisman, Whisman Station and the north side, your ceiling and the leak above it have different owners. California Civil Code 4775 makes the association responsible for the common area and each owner for the unit unless the CC&Rs say otherwise; we fix the drywall on your side and leave who pays to the documents. Between a house and its attached garage the wall and ceiling are fire separation under the state code, half-inch board on the garage side and five-eighths Type X under a living space, so a full-sheet repair there goes back with the same board.
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Call 408-916-4022Our office is on Murphy Avenue in Sunnyvale, ten minutes away, so usually within days and often the same week. The price is in writing on the call, and most patches are finished in one visit; a full sheet may need a short second visit for the final coat.
Because the roof trusses in a 1960s or 1970s two-story arch upward as the attic bakes in summer, pulling the ceiling drywall off the upstairs walls, and the tape at that corner tears through every bead of caulk. The repair is a floating corner, or a crown line that hides a joint that is allowed to move. We tell you which one your ceiling needs on the call.
Yes. The drywall is on the walls only, finished smooth between the beams, and it takes water from the flat roof above and the radiant slab below. Once the roofer or the plumber has fixed the source and the wall reads dry, we cut cleanly to the beam line, hang new board and finish it smooth. The roof deck ceiling is carpentry, not drywall.
Not until a licensed lab has sampled it. A ceiling sprayed before 1980 may carry asbestos; the lab result comes first, abatement by a licensed contractor second if it is needed, and our patch third. No untested older ceiling gets scraped or sanded by us.
The drywall on your side is ours to repair once the leak is fixed and the board reads dry. Whether the association, the upstairs owner or your own policy pays is decided by the CC&Rs, with Civil Code 4775 as the default, and the scope we write on its own line is what the adjusters read.
Four things: whether the damage is smaller than your hand, bigger than it, poster-sized or a whole sheet; whether water got in; whether the finish is orange peel, knockdown or smooth; and whether the ceiling is eight feet or a two-story entry. Tell us those on the call and the written price comes back inside ten minutes.
Yes. A room with up to fifteen nail, screw and anchor holes is a single menu item: we pull the anchors, fill every hole flush, texture and prime, and the painter follows. Knob holes and crushed corner bead in the same room are priced by size on the same call, usually in the same visit.
All of Mountain View, Old Mountain View, Monta Loma, Cuesta Park, Waverly Park, Rex Manor, Blossom Valley, Shoreline West, North Whisman and Whisman Station, plus Los Altos, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto and Cupertino. Call 408-916-4022 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: 408-916-4022.
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.
