Cracked plaster in the old houses, the ceiling under a mossy gutter, the condo ceiling after the neighbor's leak and the ordinary knob hole, patched and matched. Priced in writing on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair repairs walls and ceilings in Seattle homes, where the wall might be 1910 plaster in a Ballard bungalow, 1960s drywall in a Wedgwood rambler or a smooth skim in a 1990s Belltown condo. A hundred and fifty-six rain days a year put the water where it shows first: the ceiling under a gutter full of moss and needles, the wall below a wood-sash window on the weather side, the bathroom ceiling in a house whose fan was an afterthought, the condo ceiling that started two floors up. Plaster is patched as plaster, drywall as drywall, a wet wall is dried and read with a meter before new board, and the finish is matched and primed. 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.
Seattle walls are older than most: plaster on lath behind the paint in the houses built before the war, the first drywall in the post-war streets, and a paint film that may carry lead in both. Our technicians bring the plaster trade and the drywall trade, have a licensed contractor test an older ceiling before sanding it, handle a pre-1978 surface lead-safe as a certified firm, and let the moisture meter decide when a rain-soaked wall is ready for board.
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 the age of the house if you know it and the size against your hand, and a Kaminskiy-certified technician gives the price in writing on the call.
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.
Rain, moss and age. More wet days than almost any big city, gutters that fill with needles and moss and overflow onto the fascia and under the roof edge, wood-sash windows that let the rain in at the sill, and bathrooms built before anyone fitted a fan. The stain on the ceiling along the outside wall and the soft drywall below a window are the two calls we get most. Both wait for the gutter, the roof edge or the window to be fixed, and for the wall to read dry on the meter, before the board is replaced.
The craftsmans, bungalows and Tudors from the 1900s to the 1940s are lath and plaster behind the paint: a crack follows the lath, the keys break and a section goes hollow, a corner crumbles. Plaster is patched with a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into the lath, then finished to the skim or sand finish around it; a drywall patch screwed into plaster is the repair that fails. The post-war streets carry the first drywall and sprayed ceilings that are tested by a licensed contractor before anyone sands them. We tell you which wall you have on the first look.
From Belltown to Ballard the 1990s and 2000s condo buildings are stacked five and six high, and a shower pan or a supply line on an upper floor shows up as a ring two floors below. The association and the declaration sort out who pays; we repair the ceiling on your side after the source is fixed and the board reads dry, match the smooth or light orange peel finish, and write the scope as its own line. Dark growth bigger than 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 and smaller than a laptop: a paper patch. Poster-sized: a framed backer and a new section. Soft from water, or anything larger: a full sheet on the studs with every seam taped. On a plaster wall the same sizes are patched in plaster. Three coats, sanding, the finish matched and primer are the same on all of them, and a ceiling over eight feet in a loft or a remodeled attic is priced on the call after a look.
Craftsmans, bungalows and Tudors from the 1900s to the 1930s with lath and plaster walls, wood-sash windows and gutters under big trees, plus the post-war ramblers of Maple Leaf and Lake City on the first drywall. Plaster cracks and hollow sections patched as plaster, the sill wall dried before the new board, the sprayed ceiling tested by a licensed contractor first, a pre-1978 surface handled lead-safe by a certified firm.
Big older houses on steep lots with the weather on one side, remodeled attics with tall ceilings, and plaster that has been patched in three materials over a century. The stain under a mossy gutter, the crack along the lath, the smooth skim in a remodel that shows every edge of a careless patch. Tall work is priced after a look; a smooth wall gets the wider feather and the raking-light check.
1920s to 1940s houses with plaster and the first drywall, and the 1990s and 2000s condo buildings where the leak upstairs becomes the ceiling downstairs. In the houses: sill stains, bath ceilings, knob holes and move-out walls. In the condos: the ceiling on your side after the unit above is fixed, the smooth finish matched, the scope written for the association and the adjuster.
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.
Seattle leaves minor repairs and alterations under a set cost in any six-month period alone, and names painting, surface finishes over existing wall and ceiling systems, and limited in-kind repair of deteriorated parts as work that needs no permit. A plaster or drywall patch, a replaced sheet in an existing wall or a ceiling repair is that. Work on a load-bearing support, a change to the building envelope or anything that reduces fire resistance needs a permit at any size, so a moved wall or a new opening is a different job, and a repair on a fire-rated wall goes back with the same board. We say which yours is before anyone opens a wall.
Washington's insurance commissioner says home policies are meant for sudden disasters: a sudden leak reported quickly and fixed is usually covered; a gutter that has overflowed onto the ceiling for several winters, or a window that has leaked for years, is a maintenance problem in the adjuster's eyes, and delaying the repair can cost the coverage. Photograph the stain and the source the day you find them, report it, keep the roofer's or plumber's invoice, and we write the drywall scope as its own line after the wall is dried and metered.
A Seattle house built before 1978 may carry lead in its paint, and a firm disturbing it holds Washington's state lead-safe firm certification and works as a certified firm; a ceiling sprayed or a wall mudded before about 1980 may carry asbestos, and a licensed contractor tests first, with abatement by that trade before our patch. In a condo, the leak upstairs and the ceiling downstairs belong to different owners: a building created between 1990 and mid-2018 is under the Washington Condominium Act today, a newer one under the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act, both move to the newer act at the start of 2028, and the declaration and the association's insurance decide who pays. We repair your side and write the scope so both can read it.
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Call 206-759-7675Usually within days. The price is in writing on the call, and most drywall patches are finished in one visit; a plaster repair, a smooth-wall finish or a wall that had to dry first may need a short second visit for the final coat.
If the house is from before about 1945 and the wall sounds dense and solid 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.
No, and nobody should patch the ceiling before it is cleared. The gutter crew or the roofer clears the moss and fixes the roof edge, the ceiling dries and reads dry on the meter, then we cut out the stained section, replace it, tape, three coats, texture and prime. Patched wet, the ring is back by the next storm.
We repair the ceiling on your side once the unit above is fixed and the board reads dry. Who pays is the declaration's and the association's insurance question under Washington's condominium acts, and we write the scope as its own line so the association and the adjusters can read it.
In a house built before 1978 the painted surface is handled lead-safe by a certified firm holding Washington's state certification. A ceiling sprayed before about 1980 is tested by a licensed contractor before anyone sands it, and abatement, if it is needed, is that trade's work before our repair. Both steps go into the plan on the call.
Yes. One knob hole, one crack, one patch is a welcome call, and a room of nail and anchor holes after a lease is a menu item of its own, every hole filled flush and the room primed for the turnover paint.
Size against your hand, water and whether the wall still has to dry, the material and the finish to match, and the ceiling height. Say which on the call, or text a photo, and the price is in writing in under ten minutes.
All of Seattle, Ballard, Green Lake, Wallingford, Ravenna, Queen Anne, Magnolia, Capitol Hill, Beacon Hill, Columbia City and West Seattle, plus Shoreline. Call 206-759-7675 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: 206-759-7675.
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.
