Cracked plaster in a streetcar-suburb bungalow, the ring on a condo ceiling from the unit above, the January crack along a Ballantyne ceiling, the knob hole and the move-out wall, patched, matched and primed. Priced in writing on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair repairs walls and ceilings in Charlotte homes, and the city is a century of them: lath and plaster in the Dilworth, Plaza Midwood and Wilmore bungalows, the first drywall and the sprayed ceilings of the 1950s and 1960s Cotswold and SouthPark ranches, orange peel and knockdown in the Ballantyne, Steele Creek and Highland Creek subdivisions built since the 1990s on red clay, and smooth walls in the stacked condos uptown and in SouthPark. The calls are the city's: the crack along the lath in a front room, the stain climbing a ranch wall over a damp crawlspace, the ring on a condo ceiling that started two floors up, the seam over a Ballantyne foyer that opens in January, the knob hole, the move-out wall near the university by the room. Plaster patched as plaster, drywall as drywall, three coats, the finish matched, primer. Water waits for the source to be fixed and the board to read 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.
Charlotte walls answer to humidity, clay and age. The summer damp under a crawlspace wicks into the base of a ranch wall; the red Piedmont clay swells and shrinks under every footing and the window corners crack with it; the bungalows carry plaster and pre-1978 paint; the new subdivisions dry out and settle for their first few years and lift their ceiling tape every January. We match plaster, orange peel, knockdown and smooth, and we tell you which of those your wall has before anyone opens it.
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, drywall and a condo ceiling are three different repairs and our technicians do all three. Tell us the decade of the house if you know it and how big the damage is against your hand, and the price is in writing on the call before anyone comes out.
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.
Clay, humidity and the first five years. The red Piedmont soil under a Charlotte footing swells in a wet winter and shrinks in a dry August, and the diagonal cracks off the window corners open and close with it. The summer humidity breathes up through a vented crawlspace into the base of the walls above, and the drywall there stains and softens from the bottom. A house built since the 1990s dries out and settles for its first few summers and cracks where the sheets were cut, and its attic trusses lift the ceiling tape every January. We fix the board and say which you have.
The streetcar suburbs, Dilworth, Myers Park, Elizabeth, Plaza Midwood, Wilmore and NoDa, are largely lath and plaster: the crack follows the lath, the keys break and a section goes hollow, and the repair is a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into the lath. Cotswold and SouthPark ranches carry the first drywall and ceilings sprayed before 1980 that a licensed lab tests first. Ballantyne, Steele Creek and Highland Creek are orange peel and knockdown; the condos uptown and in SouthPark are smooth, which forgives nothing and gets the wider feather and the raking-light check.
In a ranch the water is under the house, and the stain climbs the wall from the baseboard; in a two-story it is the hall bath or the laundry over the kitchen; in a stacked condo it is a shower pan or a supply line two floors up, and the association and the declaration sort out who pays. In every case the source is fixed first, by the plumber, the crawlspace contractor or the association, the board dries and reads dry on the meter, and then we replace the stained section. A dark patch bigger than a dinner plate is a licensed mold remediation company's job before ours.
Smaller than a playing card is a filled and taped patch; smaller than your spread hand, a backed patch; up to a sheet of paper, a paper patch over a plug; poster-sized, a framed backer and a new section; anything larger, or anything water has softened, a full sheet screwed to the studs with every seam taped. Plaster is sized the same way and keyed into the lath instead. Three coats, sanding, the finish matched and primer are the same on all of them. A two-story foyer or a vaulted room is over eight feet and is priced on the call after a look.
Bungalows and foursquares from the 1900s to the 1940s: lath and plaster walls and ceilings, sand and smooth finish coats, a century of patches in three materials, and paint from before 1978 handled lead-safe by a certified firm. Plaster cracks along the lath, crumbles at the corners and goes hollow where the keys have broken. We patch plaster as plaster and finish to the old surface; an interior patch in the local historic districts needs no certificate.
Brick ranches of the 1950s and 1960s in Cotswold and SouthPark on vented crawlspaces, with the first drywall, sprayed ceilings that get tested before anyone touches them and the stain climbing the wall over a damp crawlspace; stacked condos in SouthPark with smooth walls and the unit above; and the 1990s and 2000s subdivisions of Ballantyne and Steele Creek with orange peel, knockdown, two-story foyers, settling cracks and truss lift every January.
Family streets from the 1980s on with orange peel walls and knockdown ceilings, bonus rooms over the garage on the fire-separation ceiling, the hall bath over the kitchen, and the rental stock around the university that turns over every summer: knob holes, anchor holes by the room and a dented corner bead, patched, textured and primed before the next lease.
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.
Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement permits and inspects for the City of Charlotte, and its rule follows the state's: a repair in a single-family home under a set cost may need no permit unless it involves the addition, repair or replacement of a load-bearing structure, a change in plumbing, HVAC or electrical design, or new roofing. A drywall patch, a replaced sheet in an existing wall or a ceiling repair is that kind of repair. A removed wall, a new opening or framing is load-bearing work and needs a permit no matter the cost, and we check with the county before a bigger job.
The state insurance department's homeowner guide lists sudden discharge from a plumbing system and a frozen pipe among the covered perils on standard forms and says the policy is not a maintenance policy; crawlspace seepage that wicked into a ranch wall for years is usually the other kind. Photograph the stain and the source before anyone opens the wall, keep the plumber's invoice, and let the adjuster see it before extensive repairs. The source is fixed first, the board is dried and metered, then we replace the drywall and write our scope as its own line.
In a stacked condo uptown or in SouthPark the state's Condominium Act puts the common elements on the association and each unit on its owner, and leaves water that crossed from the unit above to the declaration and the two policies; we repair the ceiling on your side and write the scope so the adjusters can read it. In a bungalow built before 1978 the painted surface may carry lead, and North Carolina runs its own certification for paid work that disturbs it, so painted surfaces are handled lead-safe by a certified firm; a ceiling sprayed before 1980 is sampled by a licensed lab first.
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Call 704-703-9760We answer in under three rings, price the repair on the call in writing, and schedule within days. Most patches are finished in one visit; a plaster repair, a full sheet or a smooth-wall finish may need a short second visit for the final coat.
Yes, as plaster: a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into the lath and finished to the sand or smooth coat around it. A drywall patch screwed into plaster is the repair that fails. In a house that old the painted surface is handled lead-safe by a certified firm.
We repair the ceiling on your side once the source upstairs is fixed and the board reads dry. Who pays is a question for the declaration and the two policies, with the Condominium Act as the default; we write the scope as its own line so the association and the adjusters can read it.
Not until the crawlspace has a reason to stop. A tide line along the baseboard is water from below, and a patch over it is back by the next August. The damp under the house is dealt with, the wall dries and reads dry on the meter, then the stained board comes out and new board goes in.
Yes. Knockdown is sprayed like orange peel and knocked flat with a wide knife after the right number of minutes, and the width of the knife and the wait decide the look. Our technicians match it on a scrap board held against your ceiling before they touch the repair.
Yes, by the room. Up to fifteen nail, screw and anchor holes in a room is one menu item: anchors pulled, every hole filled flush, textured and primed for the turnover paint. Knob holes and dented corners are priced by size on the same call.
Size, water, material and finish: hand-sized, poster-sized or a whole sheet; dry or water-damaged; drywall or plaster; orange peel, knockdown or smooth; eight feet or a two-story foyer. Say which on the call and the price is in writing in under ten minutes.
All of Charlotte: Dilworth, Myers Park, Elizabeth, Plaza Midwood, Wilmore, NoDa, SouthPark, Cotswold, Ballantyne, Steele Creek, University City and Highland Creek, plus Matthews, Mint Hill and Huntersville. Call 704-703-9760 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: 704-703-9760.
Priced in writing before we start. Kaminskiy-certified technicians. A one-year workmanship warranty on every job.
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