Cracks that open where the wall meets the ceiling in your Elmhurst home get a repair built for the movement, not a coat of paint over it.
We repair cracks, holes, popped fasteners, damaged corners and leak-stained ceilings in drywall. Damaged board gets cut back to firm material, patched, taped and finished in three coats sanded smooth, then primed and painted. Where the surface has a texture, we match it before paint. Before any work, you get a written estimate that lists each repair.
We work in Elmhurst every week, coming in by I-290, I-294, York Road, North Avenue and St. Charles Road, from downtown and the Metra station to the streets around Elmhurst University. It is a DuPage County city bordered by Villa Park, Oak Brook and Addison. If a crack opens along the top-floor ceiling line every winter and closes again in summer, the roof framing is likely lifting with the cold, and fresh tape over that corner will tear again. For that crack, we can refasten the ceiling edge so it moves with the framing, or run a trim piece fastened to the ceiling only, and we explain the choice at the estimate.
Cracks where the wall meets the ceiling get a repair matched to the cause, so they are not re-taped every winter.
Where the corner keeps moving, a molding fastened to the ceiling only can cover the joint without cracking.
Holes are cut to clean edges, backed and patched, then finished in three wide coats.
Joints that cracked or bubbled get the old tape cut out and new tape bedded in compound.
Once the leak is fixed, stains get a stain-blocking primer, or the soft board is replaced.
Repairs are primed and painted to match, or the whole wall is painted when a patch would show.
We look at the cracks at a free visit, tell you what we think is causing them and write the repair and price into the estimate. If the wall or ceiling shows something worse once it is open, you get a written price before we go further. Visits are set around drying time between coats, with plastic up and floors covered. When the work is done, we walk the rooms with you.
Text a photo to (815) 585-1750, tell us when the crack shows up, and we will tell you what we would do.
Call or text (815) 585-1750
Email matt@onitcc.com