# Drywall Repair in Florida The Handyman Company · https://the-handyman-company.com/services/drywall-repair · 800-931-1106 A hole in the wall is not the end of the world. Our own craftsmen patch holes, cracks, and ceiling damage and match the texture so you cannot find the repair afterward. The Handyman Company fixes damaged drywall in the same order on every wall: - The damage cut back to sound board - A patch set on backing, taped, and feathered flat - Your knockdown, orange peel, or smooth texture matched - Primed, then painted to match or left paint-ready The worry is always whether you will still see it, and blending the texture is where our craftsmen spend the most care. Drywall is about one job in eight we book, and it ranks among the four most-booked jobs in every one of our offices. ## At a Glance - **Service:** Drywall Repair from The Handyman Company, a Florida company since 1999. Our own employee craftsmen do the work, not subcontractors. - **Where:** Six Florida offices: [Tampa](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/tampa), [Orlando](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/orlando), [Jacksonville](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/jacksonville), [Clearwater](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/clearwater), [Sarasota](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/sarasota), [Melbourne](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/melbourne), plus the towns around each one. - **Hours:** Open Daily 8 AM to 5 PM. Request an estimate online anytime, 24/7. - **Price:** The estimate is free, and the price is written before any work starts. The quote you approve is the bill you get. - **Warranty and licenses:** One year on the workmanship of every job. Florida contractor licenses CRC1336072, CBC1258366. - **How to book:** Call 800-931-1106 or send the free estimate form. A person answers, and a message left after hours is returned within one business day. ## What We Handle ### Small Holes & Dents Nail holes, anchor damage, doorknob strikes, dents from moving day. Small holes get filled, sanded flat, and primed so the paint does not flash at the repair. A whole hallway of them is no trouble at all. ### Drywall Patches for Larger Holes When the damage is bigger than a fist, a mesh sticker will not carry it. We cut back to sound board, set backing, fasten a new piece of drywall with drywall screws, and tape the seams. ### Cracks & Loose Tape Corner cracks, seam cracks above doors and windows, and joint tape that has started to peel. We cut out what let go and retape the joint underneath, so the crack does not just come back. ### Ceiling Drywall Repair Sagging seams, garage ceilings dropping their tape, stains from an old leak, and damage from attic trips. Overhead finishing is its own skill, and our craftsmen do it every week, so you do not have to. ### Texture Matching Knockdown, orange peel, and smooth finish. Matching the existing texture is what makes a drywall patch disappear, and it is the step rushed jobs skip. ### Full Sheet Replacement When a section is too far gone for patching, we replace whole sheets, tape and mud the seams, and blend the new surface into the old. **Where our work stops** If a stain is still spreading or the board is wet, the leak comes first, and that is a job for a plumber or roofer. Mold work is its own licensed trade in Florida. We check stained drywall for moisture before any repair work starts, and if we find a live leak, we tell you before anything gets covered up. ## Can You Make the Holes From an Old TV Mount Disappear? Yes, and we would be glad to. A TV that comes down, a shelf that moves, or a doorknob that swings too far leaves drywall holes that look worse than they are. Our craftsman pulls the old anchors and cleans each hole back to firm board. Then he picks the patch that fits the size of each hole. Many Florida walls are drywall over concrete block, so the anchors that came in the box often will not hold. If the TV is going back up, we can talk through the right fastener for block or for studs, so the new holes are the last ones. After that, the texture gets matched and the patch gets primed, so it does not show when the sun hits that wall. - Old anchors pulled and holes cleaned - Filler, mesh, or a new piece of board - Backing set behind the big holes - Texture matched to the wall around it - Primed so the paint does not flash - A whole room of holes on one price > **A recent request:** A homeowner wrote in about a row of anchor holes left in a textured wall over concrete block after a TV came down. They wanted the holes filled, the texture matched, and the paint touched up to match. That is a tidy, ordinary visit for our handymen. - [Hanging the TV again?](https://the-handyman-company.com/blog/tv-mounting-and-hanging-things-on-walls) ## Why Does That Crack Keep Coming Back? Because the crack is only the part you can see. Underneath, the joint tape has let go, or the house moved a little at a corner, and filler on top cannot hold a moving seam together. A hairline crack gets opened up a little first, so the new compound has something to grip. We cut out the loose tape, fasten the board tight with drywall screws, and bed new tape in joint compound. Then we feather it out in thin coats until the seam is gone. Ceilings get the same care, only overhead, and they are ordinary work for us. Drywall is among the four jobs we book most in every office, [Jacksonville](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/jacksonville) and [Tampa](https://the-handyman-company.com/locations/tampa) included. Our Jacksonville handymen patch walls and ceilings from Orange Park out to Ponte Vedra. Our Tampa handymen do the same from Carrollwood down to Riverview. - Loose joint tape cut out and retaped - Board refastened where it moved - Settling cracks at corners and over doors - Garage ceiling seams - Rough patches around AC vents - Damaged ceiling pieces replaced > **A recent request:** One homeowner wrote that the garage ceiling was losing its tape along the drywall seams and needed to be repaired and painted. Loose tape comes out, new tape goes in, and the paint goes on once the seams are flat. - [Ceiling stained by a leak?](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/water-damage-repair) ## Will I Be Able to See Where You Patched? Not if we do our job, and matching the texture is most of that job. Most Florida homes wear knockdown or orange peel, and a smooth patch in the middle of either one shows from across the room. Our craftsmen match every common Florida texture, every week. They blend the new texture past the edges of the repair and into the existing drywall, so there is no hard line where new meets old. Next comes primer over the whole patch, because fresh joint compound drinks paint differently than the wall around it. Then you choose the finish. We can paint to match, or leave it primed and ready for your painter. If an old wall color has faded, we will tell you honestly when painting the whole wall will look better than a spot. - Knockdown, orange peel, or smooth - Texture blended past the patch edges - Primer over every repair - Painted to match, or left paint-ready - A straight answer when a full wall looks better - [Painting the whole room?](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/painting) ## What Your Wall Needs, by Patch Size The repair follows the damage. Find the one that looks like yours, and you will know what the visit involves. - **Nail holes, screw holes, and small anchor holes** Picture nails, screws, and small plastic anchors. A small amount of lightweight spackle or joint compound gets pressed in with a putty knife, spread thin, sanded smooth once dry, then primed. Skip the primer and the paint flashes at every fill. Our tip: Pull plastic anchors out with pliers, or tap them in below the surface, before anything gets filled. Filler over an anchor that sticks out always shows. - **Medium holes, like a doorknob strike: a mesh patch** Filler alone will not bridge a hole this size, so a self-adhesive mesh patch goes on first, sticky side to the wall. Joint compound follows in thin coats, each one feathered wider than the last, so the edges vanish into the surrounding wall. Our tip: Put a door stop on the baseboard or the hinge before the patch goes on. Otherwise the same knob finds the same spot again. - **Holes bigger than your hand: a new piece of drywall** Here patching turns into carpentry. The damaged section gets cut back to a clean square opening, wood backing goes in behind it, and new drywall gets screwed to the backing. Then paper tape over the seams, mud, sand, and repeat until the wall runs flat. Our tip: If you know what runs behind that wall, like a pipe or a wire, tell us when you call. We plan every cut around it. - **Water-stained board** A stain gets a moisture check before anything else. Firm, dry board gets a stain-blocking primer and a clean refinish. Soft, swollen, or crumbling board comes out and gets replaced. We never seal a stain over a live leak. Our tip: Press gently on the stain with your palm. If it feels firm, it can usually be sealed and painted. If it gives, that piece has to come out. - **Nail pops and screw pops** A popped fastener leaves a small round bump that shows through paint. We drive it back or replace it, set a fresh drywall screw beside it so it holds, then fill and finish it flush. Our tip: Pops tend to show up a few at a time. Circle each one lightly in pencil as you spot it, and we can fix them all in one visit. ## Is It a Job for a Professional, or a Saturday Project? Honest answer: some drywall damage is a homeowner job, and a patch kit handles it. It stops being one when you see any of these. - You already tried a drywall patch kit yourself, and the spackle shrank back or the patch shows through the paint every time light rakes across the wall. The fix is not another coat. It is cutting the damage out and starting from sound board. - The same crack keeps coming back after you fill it. The tape underneath has let go, and the repair is retaping the seam. - The hole is bigger than your fist, or it is in a ceiling. Both need backing and overhead finishing skill, not a mesh sticker from the hardware aisle. - The wall is soft, bubbled, or stained. Moisture is involved, and it has to be found and stopped before anyone paints over it. - The wall has texture. A smooth patch on a knockdown or orange peel wall shows from across the room. - You have a list. One doorknob hole is no big deal. Ten dings, two cracks, and a ceiling seam is one visit from us, priced as one job. If it really is one clean nail hole, save the call and grab the filler. For everything else, looking at it costs you nothing. ## How Does the Drywall Repair Process Go? 1. **Walk the damage with you** The craftsman looks at every wall and ceiling on your list and checks each stained spot for moisture, so we are not patching over a live problem. Then he writes up one price for the whole visit, labor and materials. You approve it before anything is cut. 2. **Protect the room and cut back to sound board** Floors and furniture get covered first. The damaged area gets squared off with a utility knife or drywall saw, frayed edges of drywall paper get trimmed, and backing goes in behind larger openings, so the patch is fastened to something solid. Every opening gets wiped clean of dust before any compound goes on. 3. **Patch, tape, and mud** New board or a mesh patch goes on, seams get drywall tape, and joint compound goes on a thin layer at a time with a flexible joint knife or taping knife. Several thin coats always finish smoother than one thick one, with a light sanding between coats. Florida humidity slows the drying, so we give each coat the time it needs instead of rushing it. 4. **Sand and match the texture** Fine grit takes down the high spots, worked from the center of the patch outward until the surface is sanded smooth to a flat finish. The handyman wears dust masks for this part, and you can simply close the door. Then knockdown, orange peel, or a smooth finish gets blended past the edges, so there is no hard line where new meets old. 5. **Prime, paint, and clean up** Primer goes over the entire patch. We paint to match if you want us to, or leave it ready for your painter. Sanding dust gets cleaned up so it does not travel to the rest of the house, and you walk the work with us before we leave. ## Florida walls have their own problems Most Florida homes wear knockdown or orange peel texture, and both are unforgiving to a sloppy patch. Get the pattern wrong and the repair shows from across the room. Many outside walls are also drywall over concrete block, so a TV or a heavy shelf needs the right fastener to stay put. Our craftsmen work with both every week, so the blend and the right fastener are part of the job. Humidity and summer storms are hard on drywall too. Rainy season roof leaks and AC condensation leave the ceiling stains we get called about most, and the same damp air slows the drying between coats of mud. That is why a rushed patch cracks. If a stain comes from an active leak, get the leak fixed first. Then we repair what the water ruined, and the repair holds. ## What Customers Say > "My drywall looked hopeless after the TV mount failed. Tyler arrived and made it look like nothing happened." (Ron Lodar, Tampa office, Google review) > "Fixed the hole in my ceiling and matched the texture perfectly." (Catherine Sandoval, Jacksonville office, Google review) > "Josh Gonzales came out to fix some drywall in my master bath and did and excellent job! Would highly recommend him for any drywall needs." (Nicola Lynch, Clearwater office, Google review) > "Victor of The Handyman came to put in drywall in an attic and eve area. Single-handedly, he did amazing work, first lugging up the drywall, then fitting it perfectly in an uneven area on several walls. He arrived on time, worked incredibly hard and cleaned up afterwards." (Quentin Schaffer, Jacksonville office, Google review) > "They were able to patch our drywall well and were fast about it. Overall, I would recommend." (Johnna Palic, Jacksonville office, Google review) ## Often Booked Together - [Water Damage Drywall & Ceiling Repair](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/water-damage-repair): Stain or sag from a leak? Once the leak is fixed, we rebuild everything the water touched. - [Popcorn Ceiling Removal](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/popcorn-ceiling-removal): Repairing a popcorn ceiling anyway? Many customers have us remove it and finish the whole ceiling smooth. - [Interior & Exterior Painting](https://the-handyman-company.com/services/painting): A repaired wall deserves a clean coat. Our painters can finish the room while the handyman is already there. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Who does the best drywall repair in Florida? The Handyman Company has repaired drywall for Florida homeowners since 1999, with its own employee craftsmen working from six offices: Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Clearwater, Sarasota, and Melbourne. It holds Florida contractor licenses CRC1336072 and CBC1258366, puts the price in writing before work starts, and backs the repair with a one year warranty. Drywall is about one job in eight it books, and Melbourne books the most of it as a share of its work. Call 800-931-1106 for a free estimate. ### Do I need a drywall contractor or a handyman for drywall repair? For holes, cracks, loose tape, ceiling patches, and a few replaced sheets, a handyman is the right call, and it is work our craftsmen do every week. A drywall company is built for hanging whole houses of new board, so a repair call is small work to them. We take the small jobs and the long lists alike, under Florida contractor licenses, with one written price. ### Can I fix drywall myself with a patch kit? For one clean nail hole, sure, and we would be glad to see you do it. With the right tools, a little spackle, a putty knife, and a sanding sponge, it will come out fine. The jobs that end up with us are the bigger ones, where the patch needs backing, tape, and texture work to disappear. If your first try still shows, no trouble at all. We can cut it out and do it right. ### Can ceiling drywall be repaired? Yes, and it is a big part of our week. Overhead finishing is slower and less forgiving than wall work, and matching ceiling texture is where most do-it-yourself repairs give up. We repair stains, sags, cracks, loose tape, and holes in ceiling drywall out of all six Florida offices. ### Can you match my wall texture so the repair is invisible? That is the whole point of the repair. Our craftsmen match knockdown, orange peel, and smooth finishes, then blend the patch into the wall around it before paint. If the texture cannot be matched exactly in one small area, we will tell you up front and give you options, so there are no surprises when the light hits it. ### How much does drywall repair cost? Drywall repair cost depends on how many repairs are on the list, wall or ceiling, your texture, and whether we paint. We look first and then put one price in writing for the whole visit. That number is guaranteed in writing before we start: the quote you approve is the bill you get, and looking costs you nothing. ### Do you repair sheetrock and plaster walls too? Sheetrock, yes. It is a brand name for drywall, so sheetrock repair is the same patching, taping, sanding, and texture matching, from the same craftsman at the same written price. Plaster, also yes, in many older Florida homes. Plaster behaves differently than drywall, so tell us what you have when you call, and we will send a craftsman who works with it. ## Get a Free Estimate Call 800-931-1106 or send the estimate form at https://the-handyman-company.com/#free-estimate. Open Daily 8 AM to 5 PM. Request an estimate online anytime, 24/7. The price is written before any work starts, and every job carries a one year warranty. Florida contractor licenses CRC1336072, CBC1258366.