Ceiling stains from the winter leaks, cracked plaster on the west side, knob holes and move-out walls on the east side, patched and texture matched. Priced in writing on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair patches, finishes and texture matches walls and ceilings in Vancouver homes from the office on Park Plaza Drive: the brown ring on a bedroom ceiling after an ice dam backed water under the shingles in a January cold snap, the stain spreading from a window sill on the east wall, the bathroom ceiling that has gone soft above the shower fan, the plaster crack running across a Hough living room, the doorknob hole and the forty anchor holes in a Cascade Park rental. A wet wall is dried and metered before any new board goes in; then it is taped, three coats, textured to match and primed. The price is in writing on the call and most patches are finished in one visit. That adds up: since 2024, 268 repair visits on 106 Vancouver homes.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Vancouver walls take their damage from water more than anything else: seven months of rain, a gutter that overflows at the fascia in the first big storm, an ice dam in the cold snap, a bathroom that never had a fan that worked. The orange peel on the east-side tracts, the smooth plaster on the west-side craftsmans and the knockdown in the newer streets are all matched by our technicians on a test board first, and the moisture meter comes out before the mud does.
AFTERBEFORE
Hole & Crack Repair
Water Damage Repair
Ceiling Repair
Texture Matching
Big Patches & Full Sheets
Nail & Anchor Holes
Corner Bead & Cracks
Primed & Ready for PaintRain finds every weak spot in a Vancouver house and the drywall is where it shows first. A Kaminskiy-certified technician prices the patch on the call, in writing, from the office on Park Plaza Drive, and a wet wall is scheduled for when it reads dry.
Priced and on the calendar during the first call.
A written quote you approve before anyone drives out.
One crew, truck stocked, warranty in writing.
A one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, on every Vancouver drywall repair.
Water first, movement second. Forty inches of rain between October and May, an east wind off the Gorge that drives it under the siding and into the window sills, and the occasional cold snap that freezes the gutters and backs water up under the shingles until it drips through the bedroom ceiling. Then the ordinary movement: a 1990s tract house drying out, the trusses lifting the ceiling tape in August, a 1920s plaster wall shifting on its lath. We tell you which one you have before we open the wall.
The craftsmans and bungalows in Hough, Arnada, Carter Park and Shumway are lath and plaster behind the paint, and plaster is patched with a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into the lath, never a drywall patch screwed into it. The mid-century streets around Bagley Downs and Rose Village are the first drywall, sprayed or lightly textured; the east-side tracts of the 1980s to 2000s run orange peel, and the newer streets knockdown or smooth. Our technicians match each on a test board against the wall before the repair is textured.
A wet wall patched wet fails inside a month, and in Vancouver most walls we see in winter are wet. The leak is fixed first, by the roofer, the gutter crew or the plumber, then the board is opened, the cavity dried with air moving through it, and the framing read with a moisture meter until it says dry. Only then does new drywall go in. A small dry spot of discoloration we cut out; a dark patch bigger than a dinner plate is a licensed mold remediation company's job first, and we say so.
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. Water-softened or sagging, or anything larger: a full sheet screwed to the studs with every seam taped. Three coats, sanding, texture and primer are the same on all four, and the ceiling over eight feet in a newer great room is priced on the call after a look.
Craftsman and bungalow houses from the 1900s to the 1930s with lath and plaster walls, wood-sash windows that let the rain in at the sill, and the downtown condos stacked over the shops. Plaster cracks along the lath and goes hollow where it has lost its keys; the sill stains come from the window, not the wall. We patch plaster as plaster, dry the sill wall before the new board, and repair a condo ceiling on your side after the unit above is fixed.
Wartime and mid-century houses with the first drywall, sprayed ceilings that get tested before anyone sands them, aluminum windows that sweat onto the sill every winter, and bathrooms without a fan that worked. The damage is the sill stain, the soft bathroom ceiling and seventy years of patches to match. We dry it, replace the board and match the light texture.
Tracts from the 1980s to the 2000s with orange peel and knockdown, trusses that lift the ceiling tape in late summer, an upstairs bath over the family room, and the east wind driving rain into the window on the weather face. Add the rental turnovers: knob holes, anchor holes by the room, a dented corner. Matched texture, primer, the HOA scheme untouched.
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.
The City of Vancouver asks for a residential permit for construction, alteration and repair, and leaves finish work alone: painting, carpeting, cabinets and countertops on its own list, and the state residential code underneath adds that ordinary repairs need no application. A drywall patch, a new sheet in an existing wall or a ceiling repair is finish work; adding or removing a wall is on the city's permit list, and we say so before the job, not after. The Permit Center answers questions in a free half-hour appointment.
Washington's insurance commissioner puts it plainly: home policies are meant for sudden disasters, a sudden leak is usually covered if it is reported quickly and the leak is fixed, and a slow leak that ran for months is treated as a maintenance problem. 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. We do not fix the leak; the board is dried and metered, then replaced.
Downtown and along the waterfront the leak upstairs and the ceiling downstairs belong to different people. A Vancouver condominium created between 1990 and mid-2018 is under the Washington Condominium Act today, a newer one under the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act, and both move to the newer act at the start of 2028; the declaration and the association's insurance decide who pays. Tell the association in writing the day the ring appears. We repair the ceiling on your side after the source is fixed and write the scope so the adjusters can read it.
Can't find your answer? Call 360-347-2002 and ask us anything.
Call 360-347-2002The office is on Park Plaza Drive, so usually within days. The price is in writing on the call, and most patches are finished in one visit; a full sheet or a ceiling may need a short second visit for the final coat. A wet wall is scheduled for when it reads dry.
Yes. Plaster is patched with a bonding agent and a setting compound keyed into the lath, then finished to the skim around it. A drywall patch screwed into plaster is the repair that fails, and we do not do that one. Tell us the age of the house on the call and we bring the right trade.
The roofer clears the dam and fixes the flashing or the gutter, the ceiling dries and reads dry on the meter, then we cut out the stained section, check the joists, hang new board, tape, three coats, texture and prime. Painted over wet, the ring is back by the next cold snap.
Both, and the smooth and sprayed finishes of the older streets. Our technicians spray a test on a scrap board, hold it against your wall in raking light, then texture the repair and feather it past the edge so there is no line.
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.
Four things: the size against your hand, whether water was involved and the wall still has to dry, the texture or plaster to match, and the ceiling height. Tell us those on the call, or text a photo, and the price comes back in writing in under ten minutes.
Not for a patch, a replaced sheet or a ceiling repair in an existing wall: the city leaves finish work alone and the state code treats ordinary repairs the same way. Adding or removing a wall is on the city's permit list, and we tell you that first.
All of Vancouver from Park Plaza Drive, Esther Short, Hough, Arnada, Carter Park, Bagley Downs, Ogden, Cascade Park and Fisher's Landing, plus Hazel Dell, Salmon Creek, Felida, Orchards, Camas and Washougal. Call 360-347-2002 to confirm your address.
Describe the wall or ceiling, or text a photo, and we call back with a written price and a time. Calling is still faster: 360-347-2002.
Priced in writing before we start, matched to the wall, warranted in writing.
We answer Monday to Friday, 8 to 4:30.No price games. You get a clear written quote before any work begins, backed by our workmanship warranty.
