Doorknob holes, slab-leak walls, truss cracks, condo ceilings and move-out walls patched, taped, textured and primed by technicians based in Irvine. Priced in writing on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair patches, finishes and texture matches drywall across Orange County from an office on Michelson Drive in Irvine: the knob hole in a Tustin hallway, the wall a plumber opened for a slab leak in a 1980s Mission Viejo two-story, the ceiling ring in a Newport Beach condo that started in the unit above, the September crack along an upstairs ceiling in Irvine, the rusted corner bead blistering paint in a Huntington Beach cottage, the anchor holes a tenant left in Costa Mesa. New board where the old is broken or soft, taped seams, three coats sanded flat, the orange peel, knockdown or smooth finish matched and primed. Water waits for the leak to be fixed and the board to dry. The price is in writing on the call and most patches are finished in one visit. Since 2022 our technicians have completed 1,216 repair visits on 793 Orange County homes.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Orange County walls fail three ways, by geography. On the coast the damp and the salt rust the corner bead and stain the wall below an ocean-facing window. On the 1950s to 1970s tracts inland the sprayed ceilings are original, the first drywall carries fifty years of patches and the slab leak soaks the wall from the bottom. In the villages from Irvine south the clay moves with the seasons, the trusses lift the upstairs tape in a dry September and the stacked condos pass every leak down a floor. One crew handles all three from Irvine, and the finish is matched on a test board before the repair is sprayed.
AFTERBEFORE
Hole & Crack Repair
Water Damage Repair
Ceiling Repair
Texture Matching
Big Patches & Full Sheets
Nail & Anchor Holes
Corner Bead & Cracks
Primed & Ready for PaintWhichever city you are in, these are the calls the Irvine office takes every week. Measure the damage against your hand, text us a photo if it is easier, and a Kaminskiy-certified technician writes the price down on the call; most Orange County patches are finished in one visit.
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 Orange County drywall repair.
It depends where the house sits. In the south county villages, Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo and the Irvine hills, the clay swells with the winter rain and shrinks by September, so the same crack over the same door opens every fall, and the roof trusses in the 1970s and 1980s two-stories arch in the dry heat and lift the ceiling tape off the upstairs walls. On the inland tracts of Orange, Tustin, Anaheim and Garden Grove it is age: half-inch board hung in the 1960s, nail pops, corners rounded by sixty years of furniture. On the coast it is water, and the next card is about that. We tell you which of the three you have before any compound goes on.
The 1950s and 1960s inland tracts run a fine orange peel or a sand finish, with sprayed ceilings from before 1980 that get tested by a licensed lab before anyone disturbs them. The 1970s through 1990s stucco tracts and the first Irvine villages run orange peel and a heavier knockdown. The 2000s villages, the Newport Coast and the custom homes run smooth or a light skip trowel that shows every edge of a careless patch. The 1920s to 1950s beach cottages in Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Seal Beach are often lath and plaster, patched as plaster. Each is matched on a test board against your wall first.
Where the water comes from changes with the city. Coastal homes take it through an ocean-facing window frame or a rusting corner bead. Two-story tracts take it from the hall bath over the kitchen. The 1980s and 1990s streets of Mission Viejo and Irvine take it from a slab leak that soaks the wall from the bottom. Stacked condos in Newport Beach, Irvine and Huntington Harbour take it from the unit above. In every case the source is fixed first by the plumber, the roofer or the neighbor, the board dries and reads dry on the meter, then the stained section comes out. Dark growth bigger than a dinner plate is a licensed mold remediation company's job first, and we say so on the call.
We size a repair by what you can hold your hand over. Up to hand-sized gets a backed patch set into the wall. Between a hand and a laptop gets a paper patch with its own backing. Poster-sized gets wood backers screwed to the studs and a new piece of board. Larger than that, or softened by water, the whole sheet comes off and goes back new, with every seam taped. What never changes is the finish: three coats of compound, sanded flat, the texture matched, primer. That finish is what the hardware-store filler skips, and it is why that patch can be found from the doorway.
Beach cottages from the 1920s to the 1950s with lath and plaster, post-war houses with rusting corner bead and damp-stained drywall below the ocean-facing windows, and condos stacked three high on the Peninsula, in the Harbour and on the Newport Coast where the leak upstairs becomes the ceiling ring downstairs. The window or the stucco gets sealed before the wall is touched, the wall dries, a plaster cottage is repaired in plaster and a drywall house in drywall, and the smooth or orange peel finish goes back the way it was.
Single-story homes from the 1950s to the 1970s with the first drywall, sprayed ceilings from before 1980 that get tested before anyone touches them, fine orange peel on half-inch board, nail pops down the hallways, water from the roof rather than a bath, and sixty years of patches to match. Corner bead rounded by decades of furniture, rebuilt with new bead and finished to the wall around it.
Planned communities of 1970s to 2010s stucco homes on clay that moves with the seasons: settling cracks at the door and window corners, truss lift along the upstairs ceiling line in a dry September, the slab leak in the 1980s and 1990s streets, knockdown and smooth finishes, tall entries over eight feet priced after a look, and attached homes with a shared wall and a neighbor above. Association schemes stay untouched; the repair leaves primed for the matching color.
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.
Every Orange County city builds to the California Residential Code, which lists painting, papering and similar finish work as needing no permit and asks for no application for ordinary repairs; a drywall patch, a new sheet in an existing wall or a ceiling repair is that kind of work. Irvine and Huntington Beach publish their own exempt lists and both name finish work. Moving a wall, adding an opening or touching framing is a permit job in every city, and we say so before the job rather than after. The garage wall has its own rule, below.
The state insurance department's guide lists sudden and accidental water damage as typically covered and water damage from seepage or leaks, wear and tear and neglect as generally not, so the adjuster will ask when the leak started. Photograph the stain and the source before anyone opens the wall, keep the plumber's or roofer's invoice, and we write the drywall scope as its own line so it reads cleanly beside theirs. We do not fix the leak; the plumber or roofer does, and the board is dried and metered before new drywall goes in.
Orange County stacks a lot of its housing, on the Newport Peninsula, in Huntington Harbour and in the Irvine village flats, and when the shower upstairs leaks the ceiling it ruins is yours. California Civil Code 4775 gives the association the common area and the owner the separate interest unless the CC&Rs say otherwise, so the CC&Rs and two insurers decide who pays, not us; our part is the drywall on your side, repaired once the source upstairs is fixed, with a scope written so both adjusters can read it. One more wall is special: the one between the house and an attached garage. The state code makes it a fire separation, half-inch board on the garage side and five-eighths Type X under a living space, and we hang the same board back when a full sheet comes out there.
Reviewed by Sergei Kaminskiy, founder, November 7, 2026.
Can't find your answer? Call 714-844-1582 and ask us anything.
Call 714-844-1582Our office is on Michelson Drive in Irvine, so most of the county is within half an hour. We answer in under three rings, price the repair in writing on the call and usually schedule within days. Most patches are finished in one visit; a full sheet or a ceiling may need a short second visit for the final coat, scheduled before we leave.
Yes, whichever decade built it: the fine orange peel of a 1960s Tustin tract, the knockdown of a 1990s Mission Viejo two-story, the smooth walls of a Newport Coast or Irvine village home, the sand finish on a Costa Mesa ranch. Our technicians spray a test on a scrap board, compare it against your wall in raking light, then texture the repair and feather it out past the edge so there is none.
Yes, in the right order: the plumber, the roofer or the neighbor upstairs stops the water, the ceiling dries until the meter agrees, then we cut the stained and softened section out, look at the joists above it, hang new board, tape it, run three coats, texture it and prime it. If the ceiling is still wet or sagging when you call, we size it on the call and price it after a look rather than from the menu.
The drywall on your side of the ceiling is ours to repair, once the source upstairs is fixed and the board is dry. Who pays for it is settled by the CC&Rs and the two insurance policies, with California Civil Code 4775 as the fallback, so write to the association the day you see the ring, and ask us for the drywall scope on its own line; adjusters like it that way.
It leaves textured, primed and ready for paint. Painting is a separate crew and a separate call, and if you are rolling the room yourself the primer is already on, so the color goes straight over the repair.
Size, water, texture and height. Hold your hand over the damage and tell us whether it is hand-sized, poster-sized or a whole sheet; say whether a leak was involved; name the texture if you know it; tell us how high the ceiling is. With those four the price is written down on the call in under ten minutes.
Not for a patch, a replaced sheet in an existing wall or a ceiling repair: every city in the county builds to the state residential code, which treats finish work and ordinary repairs as permit-free, and Irvine and Huntington Beach say so on their own lists. New openings, moved walls or framing changes are a different job and we say so first.
All of them, from our office on Michelson Drive in Irvine: Irvine, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Tustin, Orange, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Rancho Santa Margarita, Yorba Linda and Seal Beach. Call 714-844-1582 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: 714-844-1582.
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.
