Maryland
Drywall and paint in Frederick County, MD
Frederick is two kinds of work. Downtown and the streets off Market Street are 1800s brick with plaster walls, high ceilings and trim that has been painted thirty times. Urbana, Brunswick and the subdivisions south of town are new builds from the last twenty years with settling cracks and nail pops right on schedule.
Or call or text (443) 998-2738. Hours 8 to 6, Monday through Saturday.
Downtown plaster and Urbana drywall
The crew drives up from Clarksville on Route 97 or I-270, so Frederick jobs get grouped by day. A plaster ceiling crack downtown in the morning and a townhouse repaint in Urbana after lunch is a normal Tuesday.
Downtown Frederick plaster ceilings sag before they crack. If you can see a belly in the ceiling, that is plaster pulling off the lath, and it gets plaster washers and screws before any compound. We check with a light at an angle before we quote.
What we do in Frederick
- Drywall repairHoles, cracks, nail pops and water stains. Patched, taped, floated, sanded and painted to match.
- Popcorn ceiling removalScraped, skim coated, sanded and painted flat. Asbestos checked first on anything built before 1990.
- Interior paintingRooms, ceilings, trim and doors. Two coats, cut lines you can check with a straightedge.
- Exterior paintingSiding, trim, doors, shutters and porches. Washed, scraped, primed, two coats.
- Cabinet paintingDoors and drawers off, degreased, sanded, primed and sprayed. Boxes brushed in place.
- Deck stainingWashed, brightened, sanded where it needs it, stained and sealed. Loose boards fixed first.
- Wallpaper removalStripped, glue washed off, walls skimmed where the paper took the face, primed and painted.
- Water damage drywall rebuildWet board cut out, cavity dried and checked, new board hung, finished and painted.
Every job is done by a contractor licensed with the Maryland Home Improvement Commission (MHIC). The license number is on your estimate.
Frederick County towns the crew covers
- Frederick
- Urbana
- New Market
- Brunswick
- Walkersville
- Mount Airy
- Middletown
- Thurmont
ZIP codes 21701, 21702, 21703, 21704, 21754, 21716, 21793, 21771, 21769, 21788.
Frederick County questions
- Do you work on historic district houses downtown?
- Yes. Interior plaster, trim and paint need no historic review. Exterior paint on a street facing wall in the historic district can, and we tell you when a color change needs the city sign off.
- My new house in Urbana has nail pops everywhere. Is that normal?
- Yes, in the first few years as the framing dries. We set each pop with a new screw next to it, fill both, sand and touch up. Most houses get them done in one visit with the builder paint matched.
- Is there a trip charge for Thurmont or Brunswick?
- No trip charge inside Frederick County. We group the far jobs by day so the drive is covered, and the estimate is the whole price.