A patch that still shows in Manchester, NH
Somebody already tried
Quite a lot of our work is the second attempt. Somebody — a previous owner, a handyman, occasionally the homeowner on a determined Saturday — filled the damage, painted it, and now there is a rectangle you can see from the doorway whenever the light is right. The frustrating part is that the underlying repair is often perfectly sound. What failed was everything after it.
The four ways a patch gives itself away
It sits proud, because the compound was applied thickly in one go instead of built up gradually. It stops abruptly, because the edges were never carried far enough out to fade into the wall. It is smooth on a textured wall, because whoever did it had no way to reproduce the texture. Or it is a slightly different sheen, because fresh compound drinks paint at a different rate than the aged painted surface around it and nobody primed first.
Fixing somebody else's repair
Usually the sound patch stays. The area gets skimmed wider and feathered properly so there is no edge to catch the light, the texture is sprayed to match the surrounding wall and knocked back to the same profile, the whole area is primed so it absorbs evenly, and the wall is painted out to a corner rather than spotted in. Occasionally the original work is bad enough to remove, but that is rarer than you might think.
Check it before the painter leaves
Hold a work lamp close to the wall and let the light run along the surface rather than pointing at it. Anything proud, hollow or scratched shows immediately and can be corrected in ten minutes while the tools are still out. The same inspection a fortnight later means a return visit. This is the test we apply to our own work before we pack up, and you are welcome to hold the lamp.
Often turns up alongside
People dealing with A patch that still shows usually also ask about our a hole in the wall service, professional cracks over doors and windows and a brown stain on the ceiling services — call and we'll tell you which one your job needs.
Towns we cover
We take this work across the Merrimack Valley, including drywall repair in Bedford, Goffstown drywall repair calls, serving Hooksett, drywall repair for Londonderry property owners, Derry, drywall repair in Auburn, Candia drywall repair calls, serving Merrimack, drywall repair for Litchfield property owners, Bow, drywall repair in Concord and Nashua drywall repair calls, and the surrounding communities.
Send a photo of it
A photo of the damage is usually enough for a number the same day.
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