
Drywall Repair
In the first wave of houses here, the drywall was nailed to the studs, and those nails work their way back out as the house moves, so the most common call we get is a line of small round bulges running up a single stud. We reset or replace each fastener with a drywall screw instead of filling over the head, then tape the repair and apply three coats of joint compound, feathering each coat wider so it blends into the wall.
Dented corner bead and door-handle holes are the other two repairs we see regularly. If a crack returns in the same place after a proper patch, the structure is still moving and another patch will not hold. We tell you when a structural or foundation engineer needs to look at that movement instead of selling you the same repair twice.









