Water-stained ceilings after the leak is fixed, cracked plaster in the old houses, doorknob holes, nail holes and full sheets, patched, textured and primed. Priced in writing on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair repairs walls and ceilings in Portland homes, where the wall may be 1910 lath and plaster in a Sellwood bungalow, 1962 drywall under a sprayed ceiling in a Hillsdale ranch, or a smooth-finish condo wall in the Pearl with the neighbor upstairs. The brown ring on the bathroom ceiling that grew all winter, the stain at the base of the north wall, the crack along the lath in an Irvington foursquare, the knob hole, the nail pops, the forty anchor holes after a move-out, the wall the plumber opened: each is repaired in the material it was built in, finished to match and primed. Water waits for the source to be fixed and the wall to read dry on the meter. The price is in writing on the call and most patches are finished in one visit. That adds up: since 2024, 1,112 repair visits on 430 Portland homes.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Eight months of rain work on a Portland wall from both sides: a gutter that overflows onto the sill, an ice dam in the January cold snap, a bathroom fan that never kept up, a crawlspace that stays damp until June. The stain is the last thing to show. We dry the wall and meter it before new board goes in, patch plaster as plaster in the pre-war houses, match the orange peel or the sprayed finish in the ranches and leave it primed, with the price in writing before anyone starts.
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 and drywall are different jobs and our technicians do both. Tell us what the wall is made of if you know, hold your hand over the damage and say which size it is, and a Kaminskiy-certified technician gives the price in writing on the call. Most Portland patches are finished in one visit.
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.
Water, mostly, and from more directions than anywhere we work. Rain from October to May finds a failed gutter, a window sill without a drip edge or an ice dam in the cold snap and soaks the wall from outside; a bathroom fan that cannot keep up and a damp crawlspace soak it from inside. Settling cracks follow: old-growth fir framing in the pre-war houses moves little, but a 1990s townhome on fill still does. We tell you which water you have, and the wall is dried and metered before any board goes in; patch it wet and the stain is back by spring.
The bungalows, foursquares and Craftsman houses of the 1900s through the 1940s are lath and plaster, patched with a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into the lath, never a drywall patch screwed into plaster. The 1950s through 1970s ranches carry the first drywall and sprayed ceilings that get tested before anyone disturbs them. The 1980s and later tracts, townhomes and remodels carry orange peel, knockdown or smooth. Matching the finish so the repair vanishes is most of the craft, and our technicians test it on a scrap board against your wall first.
An upstairs bath over the kitchen, a gutter overflowing onto a window head, a roof flashing lifted by an ice dam, a condo neighbor two floors up, groundwater against a basement wall. The roofer, the plumber or the association fixes the source; the board dries and reads dry on the meter; then the soft, stained section comes out, the framing and the vapor retarder behind it are checked, and new board goes up. A small dry spot of discoloration we cut out; dark growth beyond a dinner plate is a licensed mold remediation company's job first, and we say so on the call.
Smaller than your hand: a backed patch. Bigger than your hand, smaller than a laptop: a paper patch. Poster-sized: a framed backer and a new section. Anything water has softened, or a wall the plumber opened: a full sheet screwed to the studs with every seam taped. Three coats, sanding, texture and primer are the same on all four. Plaster gets its own method, and a sprayed ceiling from before 1980 is sampled by a licensed lab before anyone sands it.
Craftsman and bungalow houses from the 1900s to the 1940s with lath and plaster walls and ceilings, picture rail, and basements that take on water in a wet winter. The damage is a crack along the lath, a plaster ceiling going hollow where a roof or a bath leaked, a stain at the base of a basement wall, and a hundred years of patches in three materials. Plaster is patched as plaster, keyed into the lath and finished to the surrounding sand or smooth coat; painted surfaces from before 1978 are handled lead-safe by a certified renovator.
Midcentury ranches and 1970s to 1990s homes on slopes under firs, with the first drywall, sprayed ceilings and a fine orange peel. The damage here is a stained ceiling under a roof that sheds a winter of needles into the gutter, a soft wall where the slope drains against the foundation, settling cracks at the window corners on the downhill side, and a sprayed ceiling that is sampled by a licensed lab before anyone scrapes it. Orange peel matched, primed, the vaulted rooms priced after a look.
Younger buildings with knockdown, orange peel or smooth walls, tall ceilings and a neighbor on the other side of the wall or above the ceiling. The damage is water from the unit above, a shared wall dented in a move-out, hairline cracks at the window corners of a townhome still settling, and a smooth condo wall that shows every edge of a careless patch. We repair your side, write the scope as its own line for the association, and finish smooth walls with the wider feather and the raking-light check.
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.
Portland's own list says no building permit to replace an interior wall, floor or ceiling covering such as wallboard, to put up a non-structural partition that does not enclose habitable space, or to paint; Oregon's residential code adds that an ordinary repair with like materials needs no application at all. A drywall or plaster patch, a new sheet in an existing wall or a ceiling repair is that kind of work. Moving, removing or adding a wall, cutting a new opening or converting a basement or garage to living space is a permit, and we say so before the job rather than after.
Oregon's insurance regulator says a sudden, accidental event, a burst pipe in a freeze or a leak from an ice dam, may be covered, and that groundwater seepage and water backing up through drains generally is not; a slow leak that ran all winter is usually argued about. Photograph the stain and the source the day you find them, call your agent before you file, and do not make the permanent repair until the adjuster has seen it. The roofer or plumber fixes the leak, the wall dries and meters dry, then we replace the board and write the drywall scope on its own line.
A house built before 1978 may carry lead in its paint, and a ceiling sprayed or a wall textured before 1980 may carry asbestos; Oregon asks for a survey by an accredited inspector before a renovation of an older home, so an older ceiling is sampled first, abatement if needed is a licensed contractor's job, and painted surfaces are handled lead-safe by a certified renovator. In a condo the Oregon Condominium Act and the declaration decide whether the leak upstairs and the ceiling below belong to the owner or the association; we repair your side. The wall to an attached garage is fire separation, and a full-sheet repair there goes back with the same board.
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Call 971-571-5787We answer in under three rings, price the repair on the call in writing, and usually schedule within days from our Hillsboro office. Most patches are finished in one visit; a full sheet, a plaster repair or a wall that has to dry first may need a short second visit for the final coat, scheduled before we leave.
If the house is from before about 1950 and the wall sounds dense when you knock, it is probably lath and plaster, and it matters: plaster is patched with a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into the lath, not a drywall patch screwed in. Our technicians repair both and tell you which you have on the first look.
The leak is found and fixed first, by the plumber or, if it is the roof or an ice dam, the roofer. The ceiling dries and reads dry on the meter, then the stained section comes out, the joists are 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, after an older ceiling is tested. A ceiling sprayed before 1980 may carry asbestos, so a licensed lab samples it first and abatement, if needed, is a licensed contractor's job before our patch. Then the texture is matched on a test board, sprayed to blend and feathered out so there is no edge.
It leaves textured, primed and paint-ready. Painting is our Portland painting crew's job and can be booked on the same call; if you are painting the room yourself the primer is already on.
Gladly. One knob hole, one crack, one stain is the call we are set up for, and up to fifteen nail and anchor holes in a room is a menu item of its own for a move-out.
Four things decide it: the size against your hand (hand-sized, poster-sized or a whole sheet), whether water is involved, plaster or drywall and which finish, and the ceiling height. Tell us those on the call and the price is in writing in under ten minutes.
All of Portland from our Hillsboro office, Sellwood, Woodstock, Hawthorne, Alberta, St. Johns, Irvington, Hillsdale and Multnomah Village, plus Beaverton, Hillsboro, Tigard, Tualatin, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Milwaukie and Clackamas. Call 971-571-5787 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: 971-571-5787.
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.
