The flood cut after a storm on the river lots, the stain under a jalousie window, the ceiling under the air handler and the knob hole, patched, orange peel or knockdown matched, primed. Priced in writing on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair patches and finishes drywall in Oakland Park homes ten minutes from our office on South Andrews Avenue: the lower two feet of wall cut out and replaced after a storm put water through a Coral Heights house on the river, the stain that spreads under a jalousie window every rainy season in a 1950s house near Dixie Highway, the ceiling ring under the air handler in a North Andrews Gardens ranch, the doorknob hole, the furring-seam crack, the anchor holes after a tenant. New board where the old is soft, every seam taped, three coats, the orange peel or knockdown matched, primer. Water damage waits for the house to dry and the source to be fixed. 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.
Oakland Park is 1950s block houses on small lots, and the drywall problems are the problems of that house: jalousie windows that never sealed, a roof edge that lets a storm in, the air handler in a closet, and on the river and canal lots the water that comes up through the door in a bad year. We do the flood cut properly, dry the wall, replace the board, match the orange peel most of these houses carry, and leave it primed for the new paint.
AFTERBEFORE
Hole & Crack Repair
Water Damage Repair
Ceiling Repair
Texture Matching
Big Patches & Full Sheets
Nail & Anchor Holes
Corner Bead & Cracks
Primed & Ready for PaintFrom the office on South Andrews Avenue the drive is ten minutes, so a hole, a stain or a soaked lower wall in Oakland Park gets looked at quickly. Size it against your hand on the call, or tell us how high the water came, and the price is in writing before we come.
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.
When water comes through the door the drywall wicks it up past the line you can see, so the cut goes above the high-water mark, not at it; the wet board and the insulation behind it come out, the furring and the block behind are left to dry and metered dry, then new board goes in and the seam is finished so the line disappears. Before anyone cuts, photograph the waterline on every wall and keep a cut piece: the flood adjuster wants evidence that the board above the cut was wet.
The 1950s houses around Dixie Highway and in Prospect Gardens carry jalousie windows that never sealed, and the wall below one stains and softens a little more every wet season until the window is replaced or sealed; the roof edge on a house with a clogged gutter lets a storm into the ceiling at the eave; the air handler in a hall closet drips onto the ceiling below it when its drain line clogs in July. Each source is fixed by its own trade, the board dries, then we replace it.
Most Oakland Park houses carry a medium orange peel on drywall over furring, with a sprayed ceiling that is tested by a licensed lab before anyone sands it if it predates 1980; a few of the oldest houses near the river have plaster, patched as plaster. The newer townhomes on the west side run knockdown. Each is matched on a scrap board against the wall before the repair is sprayed, so the patch cannot be found afterward.
A hole smaller than your hand is a backed patch; bigger than your hand and smaller than a laptop is a paper patch; poster-sized gets a backer and a new section; anything water has softened, and anything up to a full sheet, is new board screwed to the furring or the studs with every seam taped. Three coats, sanding, texture and primer are the same on all of them, and the flood cut is the last one, wall by wall.
Fifties block houses on and near the river and the canals, orange peel over furring, and the lowest ground in the city. A storm or a king tide puts water through the door, the lower wall wicks it up, and the flood cut follows: board and insulation out above the waterline, the block dried, new board in. Much of this ground is in a flood zone, which matters for the claim and the permit, and we say so on the call.
Small lots and the original 1950s houses with jalousie windows, carports and the air handler in a closet. The stain under the jalousie, the ring under the handler, the ceiling at the eave after a storm, the furring-seam crack and the knob hole. The window or the roof is sealed first, the board dries, then we replace it and match the orange peel so the street never knows.
Ranch houses on wider lots in the areas the city annexed, with patio additions in a different decade of drywall from the house, and the townhome communities with knockdown walls, shared walls and associations. Cracks follow the addition seams; the shared wall is repaired on your side with the neighbor told; the association scheme is left alone and the repair leaves primed.
Oakland Park is ten minutes from the South Andrews Avenue office, and the Fort Lauderdale drywall repair page has the county-wide picture: the Broward 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.
Oakland Park says on its own building FAQ that maintenance or repair at or below a set cost may qualify as an exception to the permit requirement, which is the Broward reading of the Florida Building Code, and the state code lets ordinary minor repairs go ahead with the building official's approval and no permit as long as no wall is cut away and nothing structural is touched. A patch, a replaced sheet or a ceiling repair in an existing wall is that kind of work. The 2026 state exemption for small single-family jobs is a request the city decides, and it is not available on a lot in a flood zone, which covers much of the river side. A new opening or a removed wall is a permit, and we say so first.
Water that rose off the river or the street is a flood claim, under a flood policy, with its own adjuster; water from a burst pipe, a failed handler or a storm through the roof is the homeowner policy, and a named storm may carry the hurricane deductible. Photograph the waterline and the source before cleanup, keep a cut piece of the wet board, keep every invoice, and we write the drywall scope on its own line for whichever adjuster is reading it. A slow stain under a jalousie that has been there for years usually reads as maintenance.
Nothing goes back on a wall that is still wet. The wet board and insulation come out, fans and dehumidifiers run, the block and the furring are metered dry, and the plumber, the roofer or the window company has fixed whatever let the water in; then we hang new board, tape, finish, texture and prime. A dark patch larger than a dinner plate on the old board goes to a licensed mold remediation company before our part starts, and we say so on the call rather than after.
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Call 954-787-3186The office is ten minutes away on South Andrews Avenue, so usually within days. The price is in writing on the call, and most patches are finished in one visit; a flood cut is scheduled once the walls meter dry and usually takes two.
Above the line you can see, because the board wicks water higher than the waterline. We measure with a moisture meter, cut above the wet board, remove the insulation behind it, let the block and furring dry, then fit new board and finish the seam so the line disappears. Photograph the waterline before anyone cuts.
Not until the window is sealed or replaced, or the stain comes back by August. Once the source is fixed and the wall reads dry we cut out the stained board, fit new board to the furring, tape, finish, match the orange peel and prime.
Yes. Most Oakland Park houses carry a medium orange peel, matched by the mix, the pressure and the distance from the wall. Our technicians test on a scrap board against your wall in raking light before they spray the repair, then feather it so there is no edge.
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, textured and primed. A still-wet or sagging ceiling is priced on the call after a look.
Yes. One hole, one crack, one patch is a welcome call, and a rental with a room of nail and anchor holes is a menu item of its own, filled flush, textured and primed for the turnover paint.
Size, water, texture and height: hand-sized, poster-sized or a whole sheet; dry, leak-damaged or flooded; orange peel, knockdown or plaster; eight feet or a vaulted addition. Say which on the call and the price is in writing in under ten minutes.
All of Oakland Park, Coral Heights, Floranada, Royal Palm Isles, Lloyd Estates, Prospect Gardens, North Andrews Gardens and Twin Lakes, plus Wilton Manors, Lauderdale Lakes, Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach. Call 954-787-3186 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: 954-787-3186.
Priced in writing before we start. Kaminskiy-certified technicians. A one-year workmanship warranty on every job.
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.
