The 1960s ceiling tested before repair in East Kendall, orange peel in the lake communities, knockdown for the West Kendall association, the ceiling under the handler and the knob hole, patched and primed. Priced on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair patches and finishes drywall in Kendall homes from the office in Coral Gables: the sprayed 1960s ceiling in Old Kendall with a roof stain that is sampled by a licensed lab before anyone touches it, the orange peel in a Kendall Lakes house matched on a test board, the knockdown in a Hammocks two-story matched so the association never knows, the ring under the air handler closet, the furring-seam crack on a block wall, the knob hole, the anchor holes after a lease. New board where the old is soft, taped seams, three coats, the finish matched, 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.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Kendall is forty years of block houses in three generations: the 1950s and 1960s ranches under the oaks of East Kendall with their sprayed ceilings, the 1970s lake communities in orange peel, and the 1980s-on association streets of West Kendall in knockdown, many of them rebuilt or reroofed after 1992. Each generation gets its own texture matched, its own ceiling handled the right way, and the same three coats, sanding and primer.
AFTERBEFORE
Hole & Crack Repair
Water Damage Repair
Ceiling Repair
Texture Matching
Big Patches & Full Sheets
Nail & Anchor Holes
Corner Bead & Cracks
Primed & Ready for PaintEast Kendall ranch or West Kendall two-story, each of these is routine for our technicians, from the office in Coral Gables fifteen minutes up the Palmetto. Say the size against your hand on the call, and which texture you think the wall is, and the price is in writing before anyone drives down.
We answer in under three rings and get you priced and scheduled in minutes.
A clear, written quote with upfront pricing. You approve before work begins.
Kaminskiy-certified pros finish the job with a workmanship warranty.
Every drywall repair carries our one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, and is done by a Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technician.
Dadeland, Old Kendall and Devonwood were built in the 1950s and 1960s in block with drywall on furring, orange peel on the walls and a sprayed ceiling; Kendall Lakes, Kendale Lakes and Sunset in the 1970s with a heavier orange peel; the Hammocks, the Crossings and Country Walk from the 1980s on in knockdown. The patch that shows is the one finished in the wrong texture, so every repair is matched on a scrap board held against the wall, orange peel by the mix and the pressure, knockdown by the splatter, the wait and the knife.
The East Kendall ranches were finished when some sprayed ceiling texture and joint compound still carried asbestos, and the paint in a pre-1978 house may carry lead. A ceiling from that era is sampled by a licensed lab before anyone scrapes, sands or cuts it; if abatement is needed a licensed contractor does it before our patch; painted surfaces in an older home are handled lead-safe under the RRP rule. It is one extra step, built into the plan on the call, and we never skip it to save a day.
The air handler in a hall closet or the garage drips onto the ceiling below when its condensate drain clogs in the wet season; a storm pushes rain under the roof edge or through a window frame; humidity drives through the block all summer and shows as a chalky band at the base of an exterior wall. The trade that owns the source goes first, the air conditioning company, the roofer or the stucco crew, and once the meter reads dry we take the stained section out and put new board in. If the old board shows growth wider than a dinner plate, a licensed mold remediation company is called before we are, and we say that on the phone.
Kendall callers size the job themselves with one hand over the damage: hidden under the hand, a backed patch; past the hand but under a laptop, a paper patch; a poster's worth, a backer with a new section let in; soft from water, or a sheet's worth, new board with every seam taped and fixed to the furring, since a block wall has no stud cavity to catch a screw. Every size gets three coats, a sanding, the texture of the room and primer, and a rental bedroom with up to fifteen anchor holes is one line on the estimate.
Ranch houses from the 1950s and 1960s on big lots under old oaks, block with drywall on furring, orange peel, sprayed ceilings that are tested by a licensed lab before anyone disturbs them, and roofs that take the storms through the canopy. The roof stain on the ceiling, the ring under the handler closet, the furring-seam crack, the knob hole, and the rental turnover by the room near Dadeland.
Communities from the 1970s on lake lots, heavier orange peel, the handler in a closet, the humidity band at the base of a lake-side wall, and the bath over the family room in the two-stories. The handler ring, the chalky band, the ceiling under the bath, matched on a test board and primed for the association color where there is one.
Association communities from the 1980s on, block and stucco with knockdown throughout, many rebuilt or reroofed after 1992, tall entries priced after a look, two-story hallways with the knob hole at the top of the stairs. Knockdown matched by eye, the ceiling under the second-floor bath, the shared wall in the townhome products repaired on your side, the scheme color left for the painter.
Kendall is covered from the Ponce de Leon Boulevard office, 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.
Kendall is unincorporated, so Miami-Dade County's building department applies: the county lists interior painting as exempt and, under the state code's minor-repairs clause, non-structural repair work by a licensed building contractor under a set cost; a patch, a replaced sheet in an existing wall or a ceiling repair is ordinary minor repair approved by the building official without a permit as long as no wall is cut away. Since July 2026 the county also exempts a single-family job under a set value on request, never in a flood hazard area and never with electrical, plumbing or structural work. A new opening or a removed wall is a permit, and we say which on the call.
A burst line, a handler that overflowed or a storm through the roof is usually a covered loss; the humidity band that has been at the base of 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 we write the drywall scope on its own line. The source is fixed, the board dries and meters dry, then we replace the drywall, never the other way round.
A ceiling sprayed before 1980 is sampled by a licensed lab before anyone scrapes or sands it, with abatement by a licensed contractor if it is needed, and painted surfaces in a home built before 1978 are handled lead-safe under the RRP rule. West and central Kendall are mostly association communities; an interior repair needs no form, a shared wall or water from the unit above in a townhome or condominium is settled by the documents and the association's policy, and the state condominium statute puts the drywall on the association and the paint on the owner.
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Call 786-527-2055Coral Gables to Kendall is fifteen minutes down the Palmetto, so a Kendall wall is usually on the schedule within days and priced in writing before the technician leaves the office. One visit covers most patches; a whole sheet or a ceiling section can take a short second trip for the last coat.
After the roofer fixes the leak, the ceiling dries and a licensed lab has sampled the sprayed finish, yes, because a ceiling from before 1980 may carry asbestos; if abatement is needed a licensed contractor does it before our part. We never scrape or sand an untested older ceiling.
Both. Orange peel is matched by the mix, the pressure and the distance from the wall; knockdown by the splatter, the wait and the knife. Each is tested on a scrap board held against your wall before the repair is sprayed, and feathered so there is no edge.
Yes, in that order: the air conditioning company clears the drain, the ceiling dries and meters dry, then we cut out the ring, check the joists, hang new board, tape, three coats, match the texture and prime. If the ceiling is still wet or sagging when you call, we price it after a look rather than from the menu.
Usually it is humidity driving through the block in the wet season. The stucco or the drainage outside is dealt with first, the wall dries and reads dry on the meter, then we cut out the soft band, fit new board to the furring, finish, texture and prime. Patched wet, it is back by August.
Whether the damage hides under your hand, spills past it, fills a poster or takes a sheet; whether water caused it; whether the wall is orange peel, knockdown or smooth; and whether the ceiling is eight feet or a West Kendall two-story entry. Four answers on the call and the written number is back inside ten minutes.
Not for a patch, a replaced sheet or a ceiling repair in an existing wall: the county exempts interior painting and small non-structural repairs by a licensed contractor, the state code leaves ordinary minor repairs to the building official, and the county will exempt a small single-family job on request outside a flood hazard area. New openings or removed walls are a permit, and we say so first.
All of Kendall, Dadeland, Old Kendall, Devonwood, Kendall Lakes, Kendale Lakes, Sunset, the Hammocks, the Crossings and Country Walk, plus Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay and South Miami. Call 786-527-2055 to confirm your address.
Tell us what the wall or ceiling looks like, or text us a photo. We'll call you back with a price and a time. Calling is still the fastest way: 786-527-2055.
Priced in writing before we start. Kaminskiy-certified technicians. A one-year workmanship warranty on every job.
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