Conroe Drywall Co. is a drywall contractor with over 15 years of experience repairing, hanging and finishing walls and ceilings across Montgomery, TX. We serve Conroe, Montgomery County and the surrounding communities. Drywall repair is the service homeowners call us for most, whether that means fixing one damaged section or restoring an entire room after a leak, followed by new drywall installation, finishing and texturing, and commercial drywall work. We also repair and install ceilings, remove popcorn texture, rebuild drywall after water damage, and handle plaster repair. For projects that need more than board and finish work, we frame walls, install insulation, build soffits, fit fire-rated and moisture-resistant board, and add soundproofing between rooms.
Montgomery was the county's first town, incorporated in 1848, and new streets of houses are still being built along its edges today. In older homes, the wall surface is often plaster applied over wood lath rather than the gypsum board used later, so we match the texture where the two materials meet. On newer drywall, we follow ASTM C840, the standard for fastening and jointing gypsum board, and finish to the GA-214 levels, the trade scale for how smooth the completed wall should be. Level 4 is suited to a standard painted wall, while Level 5 adds a skim coat across the entire surface where strong side light would reveal every variation.
We are insured, and an estimate on your own walls costs nothing. Much of our work here is residential drywall. Call (346) 706-5743 or use our quote form for a clear price on your project.
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Before we quote a repair in Montgomery, we first identify what the wall is actually made of. In the newer parts of town, it is gypsum board, and that takes only a moment to confirm. In the old core, it may be plaster, which changes how the repair needs to be handled. A crew that assumes board and starts cutting is learning at the expense of your wall.
Conroe Drywall Co. works on both kinds of wall, and what that means for your job comes down to a few straightforward points:
If you want a price for your own walls, call us at (346) 706-5743 or send the details through our quote form. We also serve homes at Walden on Lake Conroe.
Our Services
Montgomery gives one drywall contractor two very different types of buildings to work on: the old core and the newer edges of the city. The list below starts with repairs owners call about after something goes wrong, then moves into the installation and finishing work used to close in a new or reworked room, followed by the specialist assemblies needed for wet rooms, noisy spaces, and walls next to a garage. Our drywallers work on both kinds of building, and which one you own determines where the job starts, not whether we take it on.
Holes, popped nail heads, damaged corners and hairline cracks are common repairs on both sides of town. In the old core, we check the wall itself first, because repairing plaster with joint compound and drywall tape is different from repairing gypsum board.
We hang new board wherever a room did not have it before, including an enclosed porch, a garage converted into a bedroom, or a room rebuilt after damage. In Montgomery, that usually means tying new 1/2-inch gypsum board into existing walls that are already standing and rarely square.
Finishing is the taping, filling and sanding that turns hung board into a paint-ready surface. We specify the finish level instead of leaving it to the crew, and in Montgomery that usually means Level 4 with a knockdown texture over new board.
Shops and small offices along Montgomery's restored downtown streets need wall and ceiling repairs completed without shutting down the business. We handle commercial jobs in phases, using commercial gypsum board and suspended ceiling grid. After-hours phased scheduling allows us to finish sections while the business continues using other areas.
A repaired area absorbs paint differently from the surrounding wall, which leaves the patch looking duller or shinier when the room's light hits it. We seal the repair with PVA primer to even out absorption, then carry the paint across the entire surface for a consistent finish.
Ceilings sag, stain and crack before walls do because gravity is constantly pulling on them. In Montgomery's older houses, the ceiling is often plaster over lath rather than board, and the condition of the joists above determines how much material has to come down.
Popcorn is the bumpy sprayed texture used on ceilings from the 1950s onward, and plenty of Montgomery County houses still have it. The age of the texture determines where the job starts, and anything from that era gets lab testing before a scraper touches it.
Storm water and long humid spells leave drywall soft and swollen. We cut the damaged panel back to sound material, take a moisture reading to confirm the framing behind it is dry, and only then fit replacement panels into the opening.
A suspended grid is a lightweight metal framework hung below the structure to hold removable acoustic ceiling tiles. Leased offices and small commercial units around Montgomery use these systems, and we replace stained or broken tiles, straighten bent grid, and reset the perimeter trim.
Arches, wall niches and coffered ceilings, where the ceiling is divided into recessed panels, are most common in Montgomery's newer sections. Radius board and archway bead form the curves, and including these features while the room is being built costs far less than adding them afterward.
Light-gauge steel studs are the standard framing for commercial fit-outs in Montgomery because steel stays straight and does not feed a fire. We set the floor and ceiling track, space the studs to match the wall layout, and hang board on the completed frame.
An open wall is the least expensive time to insulate it. While the stud cavity is exposed, we install fiberglass batts, which is worth doing in a Montgomery summer whether the wall is open for a repair or being built new.
Montgomery needs this work more than most towns. Where a wall is lime plaster pressed onto wood lath rather than gypsum board, we repair the plaster and restore its grip on the lath instead of tearing out the wall and replacing it with board.
Rooms in Montgomery's older houses have often been wallpapered several times, with each new layer applied over the one before it. We steam off the paper and adhesive back to the wall surface, then decide whether a skim coat is needed based on what the wall looks like underneath.
In the sections still adding new lots along the edge of the city, we hang the board, tape and fill the seams, and texture entire houses to the finish level the builder specifies and the schedule the next trade needs us to meet.
A partition is a new interior wall built to divide an existing room, whether you are splitting a bedroom in a Montgomery house or creating an office inside a leased unit. We frame the wall, account for the door opening, hang the wall board, and finish the entire assembly as one job.
New ceilings are hung with sag-resistant ceiling board, which has a denser core that keeps it from drooping between supports. In Montgomery's older rooms, the joists overhead are rarely level, so we use furring strips to shim them and create a flat ceiling.
A soffit or bulkhead is a boxed enclosure built to hide a duct run, beam, or pipe. Montgomery's older houses were built before central air, so later ductwork and plumbing were routed wherever space allowed, often below the ceiling and in plain view.
Where a garage meets living space, or one commercial unit meets the next, the wall has to resist fire for a set period. The rating applies to the tested assembly as a whole, not to the fire-rated Type X board by itself, so a one-hour assembly is built exactly as the tested design specifies.
Bathrooms and laundries hold damp air long after the rest of a Montgomery house has dried out. We use moisture-resistant board as standard in those rooms because it is made for that environment. It is not the backer for a tiled shower or tub surround, which requires a board designed specifically for that use.
Sound travels through a wall by making it vibrate, so quieting the room means adding mass and breaking that path. Resilient channel separates the board from the framing, while an insulated cavity absorbs more of the sound that gets through, making the assembly a good fit for houses on Montgomery's highway side and shops that share a wall.
A wall that was never drywall has no manufactured replacement panel to match. Drywall comes in a known thickness, so a patch is cut from the same type of board to fit the opening, while plaster was built up wet and by hand on site. Much of Montgomery's older housing predates gypsum board, so the first step in residential drywall work here is identifying exactly what the wall is made of.
In Montgomery's oldest houses, the wall surface may be lime plaster over wood lath, the thin wood strips nailed across the framing, while later houses may use rock lath instead. We confirm what is behind the surface before choosing the repair rather than assuming from the age of the house.
A wall finished by hand a century before spray equipment existed has no catalog texture to match and no product you can simply order. The target is the room itself: the exact flatness, ripple, or trowel pattern already present on the surrounding wall. Texture matching means reproducing that pattern across the repaired area so the seam does not catch the eye. Because the finish was never standardized, we judge the match on site in the room's actual light rather than against a sample viewed somewhere else.
Where the finish is flat rather than textured, the remaining decision is which finish level the room needs. Level 4 suits most rooms, while Level 5 is used where a window or light fixture throws light across the wall at a shallow angle.
Two different things are called historic, and only one tells you what you can change in your own building. A designation recognizes that a property is significant, while a regulation sets local rules for what an owner may alter. Before assuming your project needs approval, find out which one applies to your address, because a marker on the wall and an ordinance in force have very different consequences for interior work.
Montgomery handles its own historic review rather than leaving that decision to the county or state. The city adopted a historic preservation ordinance and assigned approval to its Planning and Zoning Commission, a group of local appointees that reviews proposed changes before work begins. That review applies to exterior work and features visible from a public right-of-way, meaning anything a person standing on the street or sidewalk can see.
Interior walls and ceilings are not the focus of the ordinance. A Recorded Texas Historic Landmark is something different again: a state marker recognizing a building's historical significance, not a set of rules governing its interior. Because district boundaries and building lists change, confirm your own address with the city rather than relying on us.
Montgomery mailing addresses extend well beyond the city limits, so many properties that read Montgomery are actually in unincorporated Montgomery County, including much of the area toward the lake. Inside the city limits, permitting goes through the city's planning and development office. Outside them, it goes through the county, and the city's historic ordinance does not apply. The difference is in where you file and what that office requires, not in the wall itself: the same repair, the same board, and the same finish. If you are unsure which side of the line your property sits on, the city can confirm it from your address before you plan the work.
FAQ
Most repairs take one day, including texture. A single hole, cracked corner, or run of popped nail heads is patched, coated, and textured in one visit, while a larger repair takes longer. Water-damage rebuilds usually require 2 to 3 visits because the coats dry between visits.
No. Patching a bedroom wall or replacing a ceiling inside your own house does not go before the Planning and Zoning Commission. Where commission approval is required, it comes in addition to the regular building permit rather than replacing it. The city can confirm exactly what your address requires.
What you are looking at is almost certainly the plaster-and-lath wall used in Montgomery before gypsum board existed. Finding it behind a switch plate in an older house here is normal, not a sign that something is wrong. We repair both plaster and board, so you do not need two contractors for the same wall.
Yes, and the first step is testing rather than scraping. Texture installed before 1990 can contain asbestos, so we arrange lab testing before any scraping begins and remove only material the results clear as safe. If the results identify asbestos, removal becomes regulated abatement work for a licensed asbestos abatement contractor, so we hand that part of the job over instead of disturbing the ceiling ourselves. That sequence protects the air inside your home.
Yes, once a moisture meter confirms that the framing behind the surface is dry. A wall can look and feel dry while the studs behind it still hold water, and closing new board over wet framing traps that moisture, so the meter reading sets the timing rather than appearance alone. The moisture source has to be stopped and any active mold dealt with before the wall is closed. Once the framing is dry, we cut back to sound material and fit the replacement panels.
Yes, it is a different job from start to finish. On a new house, the finish level is set before the painter arrives, usually at Level 4, and the gypsum board goes up room by room in an empty house. In the old core, the same work has to be carried out around furniture, finished floors, and people living in the house while the job is underway.
A free on-site estimate from Conroe Drywall Co. means we come to your property, inspect the walls and ceilings you want us to work on, and price the job from what is actually there rather than from a description over the phone. Call (346) 706-5743, or fill in the quote form and we will arrange a time to come out and take a look.
