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Drywall repair, texture and installation in Aurora, Colorado

No seams.No shadows.No callbacks.

The best drywall work is the kind nobody notices. No shadow under the window, no seam telegraphing through the paint, no ridge where the ceiling meets the wall — and no reason for us to be back in your house next spring.

A finished beamed ceiling on one of our Aurora jobs, taped and sanded flat.
15
Years on the Front Range
2,400+
Rooms finished
24 hr
Estimate turnaround
0
Dust left behind

See it under critical light

Critical lighting is the test drywall finishers are graded by — a lamp raked across the wall at a shallow angle, showing up every ridge and shadow. Drag any slider: on the left is the kind of condition we get called out to, on the right is the standard we hand back.

The same kitchen ceiling closed up, taped and finished smooth A kitchen ceiling with a long open slot exposing the joists and subfloor above Before After

Kitchen ceiling opened up

Real job, Aurora

The ceiling came open the full length of the room for new framing above. Closed back up, taped, and finished flat enough that the seam does not read under the can lights.

The same entry ceiling finished smooth with the beam reading as one clean line An entry ceiling with an open bay beside a wood beam above a staircase Before After

Entry beam closed in

Real job, Aurora

An open bay sat alongside the beam over the stairs. Boarded, taped and feathered so the beam reads as one clean line instead of a patch.

A finished basement with smooth painted walls and recessed lighting A dated basement with wood panel wainscoting Typical condition Finished work

Basement refresh

Level 4, orange peel

Wood paneling and a dropped soffit come out. New board, three coats, orange peel sprayed to match the floor above.

A finished basement rec room with painted walls and a wood ceiling An unfinished basement with exposed joists and block walls Typical condition Finished work

Unfinished to finished

Hang, tape, texture

Open joists and block walls get framed, insulated, hung and taped into a full lower level.

A smooth finished wall with clean panel detailing A cracked and peeling plaster wall in close-up Typical condition Finished work

Skim coat to Level 5

Full-surface skim

Cracked, patched plaster gets skimmed flat across the entire surface. Nothing shows under a raking lamp.

A finished modern living room with a wood accent wall A gutted room with peeling walls and exposed framing Typical condition Finished work

Full gut remodel

New board throughout

Down to the studs and back up. New board everywhere, square corners, consistent finish room to room.

Each slider pairs the kind of condition we get called out to with the standard we hand back. They are two different rooms, not one room photographed twice. Ask and we will send before and after photos of recent local jobs.


Not all drywall is finished to the same level

The industry grades finish work from 0 to 5 under ASTM C840. Most contractors quote Level 4 and leave it at that. We will tell you which level your room actually needs — and why paying for Level 5 in a hallway is a waste of your money.

0
Unfinished Board hung, nothing taped. Temporary construction only.
1
Tape embedded Joints taped. Above ceilings and in plenums nobody sees.
2
Thin coat A skim over the tape. Behind tile or in garages.
3
Standard Two coats. Under heavy texture only.
4
Most homes Three coats, sanded. The right call for flat paint and light texture.
5
Critical light Skim coat over the entire surface. Required for gloss paint, big windows and raking light.

What we do

Repair & patching

Holes, settlement cracks, water-stained ceilings and patches that failed. Most are finished in a single visit with the texture matched. No job too small.

Basement finishing

Framing through final texture, permit-ready and inspection-ready.

Popcorn ceiling removal

Scraped, skimmed and re-textured — with an asbestos test first on anything pre-1980.

Texture matching

Knockdown, orange peel, skip trowel and Santa Fe, matched to what you already have.

New construction & additions

Whole-house work for builders and general contractors, on schedule.

Garage & commercial

Fire-rated assemblies, Type X board and tenant finish work.

Ceiling replacement

Hail, ice dams and upstairs plumbing. We cut back to sound board instead of covering damage over.

Built for Front Range walls

Colorado does specific things to drywall. Knowing which one you are looking at is most of the job.

Expansive soil

Bentonite clay under the Front Range swells and shrinks with moisture, and houses move with it. That diagonal crack above your door frame is usually soil, not bad taping. Patching it without addressing the movement just means patching it again next spring.

Hail and water

Aurora sits in one of the most hail-struck metros in the country. When the roof goes, the ceiling follows. We cut back to dry, sound board rather than skimming over a stain that will bleed back through.

Popcorn and asbestos

Ceiling texture sprayed before about 1980 can contain asbestos. We do not scrape anything until a sample comes back clear from a lab. It is a cheap test and it is not optional.

Dry air, fast mud

At 5,400 feet with single-digit humidity, joint compound behaves differently than it does at sea level. Mixes and dry times get adjusted rather than fought.


One ceiling, start to finish

A kitchen ceiling in Aurora, opened the full length of the room so new framing could go in above. Same camera position most of the way through.

  1. A kitchen ceiling cut open along its length with joists and subfloor exposed

    Open

    Ceiling cut back the length of the room. Joists and subfloor above are exposed, plastic up, floors covered before anything else starts.

  2. New drywall board being fitted into the open ceiling

    Board

    New board cut to the opening and screwed to the framing, seams staggered away from the corners.

  3. The ceiling seam taped and coated with joint compound

    Tape

    Tape embedded and the first coats on. This is the stage that decides whether the seam ever shows.

  4. The ceiling sanded flat and smooth, ready for texture

    Sand

    Feathered wide and sanded flat. Under the can lights there is no ridge left to find.

  5. The finished kitchen with a smooth ceiling and the protection removed

    Done

    Textured, primed, plastic down, kitchen back in use. You cannot tell where the opening was.


What you get in writing

A fixed price, not a range

The estimate you sign is the number you pay unless you change the scope. Anything we find behind the wall gets priced and approved before we carry on.

A finish level, named

Your estimate says Level 4 or Level 5 and which texture, so there is no argument later about what "done" meant.

Clean-up included

Dust containment, floor protection and haul-away are in the price, not a line item added at the end.

A one-year workmanship warranty

If a seam cracks or a patch telegraphs within a year and it is our work, we come back and fix it.


Where we work

Based in Aurora, working across the east and south metro. If you are outside this list, call anyway — if we cannot get to you, we will tell you who can.

  • Southlands
  • Tallyn's Reach
  • Saddle Rock
  • Murphy Creek
  • Seven Hills
  • Hoffman Heights
  • Del Mar
  • Aurora Highlands
  • Heather Gardens
  • Mission Viejo
  • Dam East
  • Centretech
  • Sable Ridge
  • Cherry Creek
  • Green Valley Ranch
  • Centennial
  • Parker
  • Denver
  • Commerce City
  • Brighton
  • Littleton
  • Lone Tree
  • Thornton
  • Castle Rock

ZIP codes 80010–80019, 80040–80047, 80231, 80247 and nearby.

Get a free estimate

Call, or text a few photos of the room. You get a price range the same day, and we only drive out when it is worth your time and ours.

What helps to know up front:

  • Roughly how big the space is
  • What happened, or what you are building
  • When you would like it done
  • Your ZIP code
(720) 323-9172
Hours
Monday to Saturday, 7am to 6pm
Languages
English and Spanish

We answer the phone. If we are up a ladder, we call back the same day.