Drywall Repair
Holes, cracks, nail pops and water-damaged sections in walls and ceilings. Cut back to sound board, backed, taped, three coats and a texture match. From $150.
Drywall Contractor in Johnson City, TN
Repairs, installation and commercial drywall across Johnson City and the Tri-Cities. We answer the phone, quote on site, and leave a wall you cannot find the patch on. Repairs start at $150. Free estimates in all eight towns we cover.
What We Do
Drywall Installation
New construction, room additions, garages, basements and ceilings. A single room hung and finished runs $1,200 to $2,500, larger jobs $1.50 to $3.00 a square foot.
Commercial Drywall
Tenant build-outs, office renovations and new commercial construction, including fire-rated and soundproof assemblies where code requires them.
Why Drywall Fails in Johnson City
Johnson City takes about 44 inches of rain a year, across roughly 135 days. That is well above the national average, and it is the single biggest thing working against drywall here. Gypsum board is a paper-faced product with a mineral core, and it responds to moisture in the air whether or not anything has leaked. Board and framing swell through a humid Appalachian summer and shrink through a dry heated winter. Run that cycle a few years and it pops fastener heads through the paint, opens hairline cracks along taped seams and lifts corner bead at the angles.
It is not a reason to worry about your walls. It is a reason to use the right board and enough dry time between coats, because a patch rushed through a humid week is a patch you will be looking at again next year.
The Rest of the Drywall Work We Handle
Repair, installation and commercial work are the three we get called for most, but they are not the whole list. New construction and whole-home drywall runs as its own scope, priced off square footage rather than by the room. Drywall hanging is available on its own for builders who only need the board on the wall, and finishing and taping on its own for walls somebody else hung, at whichever finish level the space calls for. Texture matching and popcorn ceiling work covers both scraping a ceiling flat and matching what is already there.
Garage and basement drywall each come with a material requirement rather than a different method: fire-rated board on a garage wall shared with living space, moisture-resistant board in a basement that runs humid even when it is dry. Both run as part of a standard installation or on their own. Nail pops, cracks, small holes and water-damaged sections each have their own page with the pricing and the method on it.
What Happens When You Call
You get someone who can give you a realistic price range on the phone and book a visit to confirm it. On site we measure the space, walk you through the board options where the job involves a choice — standard, fire-rated, moisture-resistant or soundproof — and put a written quote in your hand before anything starts. No line items appear later that were not on that quote.
How Long a Project Takes
A single-room installation usually runs 2 to 3 days. A larger patch takes 3 to 4 days from start to finish, and most of that is compound drying rather than anyone working. Joint compound wants 8 to 24 hours between each of three coats, which is why drywall is never a one-visit job once the finish has to disappear. Commercial timelines depend on square footage, how many walls and partitions are involved, and whether the work has to fit around your business hours or another trade's schedule.
Why We Are Not a General Contractor
Plenty of general contractors sub drywall out to whoever is free that week. We only do drywall, so the crew on your job has hung, taped and finished thousands of square feet rather than a handful of rooms between other trades. It shows up in one place above all: the kind of side-lighting that makes a rushed taping job obvious a year later.
What It Costs
| Job | Price | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Small Patch | $150 to $250 | One or two small holes or a room of nail pops, including the return visit to finish |
| Standard Repair | $250 to $450 | Several patches, a medium hole needing backing board, or a run of cracks |
| Large Section or Ceiling | $450 to $1,200 | Backing board, a cut patch panel and a full three-coat finish |
| Water Damage Repair | $400 to $1,200 | Once the leak is fixed and the cavity is dry. Excludes extraction and remediation |
| Single Room Hung & Finished | $1,200 to $2,500 | Room size, ceiling height and the board it needs |
| Installation, by the sq ft | $1.50 to $3.00 | Whole-house and multi-room work, priced off square footage |
| Commercial, by the sq ft | $1.50 to $3.50 | Tenant build-outs and office fit-outs. Fire-rated and soundproof assemblies run higher |
| Popcorn Ceiling Removal | $1.50 to $3.50 | Per square foot. A 500 sq ft ceiling lands at $750 to $1,750 |
Our minimum callout is $150, and that is the honest number: a patch needs one visit to cut and fill it and a second to finish it once the compound has dried, so nobody in this trade turns out for less. Scope drives the price from there, and access drives it further. High ceilings, stairwells and anything needing scaffolding add labor to the same square footage.
Why Choose Johnson City Drywall
- Many years of experience. Hundreds of jobs worth of walls, ceilings and textures, and a crew that has seen whatever is behind yours before.
- Repairs you cannot find afterward. Feathered compound and a matched texture, so the patch disappears under paint instead of showing as a flat spot.
- A clean job site. Contained work area, covered floors, vacuum sanding, and the dust gone when we are.
- Straight answers on bigger problems. If a crack pattern points past cosmetic, you hear it before we patch over it, not after.
- Free on-site estimates. A real number and a real timeline before anything gets cut.
Towns We Serve Across the Tri-Cities
Drywall Questions We Get Asked
How much does drywall repair cost in Johnson City?
A small patch runs $150 to $250, which is our minimum callout and covers the return visit to finish it. Several patches or a medium hole runs $250 to $450. Large sections and ceilings run $450 to $1,200.
How long does a drywall repair take?
Two hours of actual work spread across three to four days for a medium repair. Compound needs 8 to 24 hours to dry between each of three coats, so drywall is never a one-visit job.
Do you charge extra for towns outside Johnson City?
No. Kingsport, Bristol, Elizabethton, Jonesborough, Gray, Erwin, Piney Flats and Boones Creek are all priced identically to a Johnson City job of the same size and scope.
Can you match my existing wall texture?
Yes. Smooth, orange peel, knockdown and skip-trowel all get matched. Texture matching is part of every repair rather than an extra.
Do you handle commercial drywall?
Yes, including tenant build-outs and office renovations, from $1.50 a square foot. Fire-rated and soundproof assemblies are priced to the code the space requires.
Get Your Drywall Project Started
Repairs start at $150 and a single room hung and finished lands between $1,200 and $2,500, and you have the number in writing before anything gets cut. Free estimates on site, a contained work area, and the same pricing in all eight towns we cover. Call Johnson City Drywall and tell us what you are looking at, or send the details below.
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