A finishing schedule for your New Lenox walls that you can plan around, with every coat given the time it needs to dry. Rushed compound shrinks and cracks, so we build the drying into the dates.
Compound has to dry all the way through before it is sanded or coated again, or it shrinks, cracks and leaves the joint low. That is why taping and finishing takes several visits instead of one long day. We put the tape coat on, come back for the fill coat, come back again for the finish coat, and sand between each. When the schedule needs it, a setting-type compound on the first coat can shorten the wait, and we tell you when that makes sense.
New Lenox is on our regular route, off I-80 and Route 30, with Cedar Road and Laraway Road getting us around town and the Old Plank Road Trail cutting through. Drying time depends on the house as much as the compound: a cool basement, a humid summer week or a room with the windows shut all slow it down. If your New Lenox basement is getting finished in the fall, running the furnace and a dehumidifier helps the coats dry on schedule, and we tell you what to set before we start. The estimate lists our visit days so you can plan the rest of the project around them.
Each coat scheduled on its own day, with drying time between.
Tape bedded tight in a thin first coat.
A second coat to fill the joint and build it to level.
A final wide, thin coat that sands smooth.
A faster-curing first coat when the schedule calls for it.
Temperature and humidity checked so the coats dry the way they should.
We look at the job in person and leave a free written estimate with the scope and the visit dates. If the work changes, like a wall that turns out to need a skim coat, we write up the change and its price before doing it. We keep to the days we said, and if humidity slows the drying, we tell you before the visit instead of showing up to wet compound. On the last visit, we walk the walls with you so you see the finished surface before paint.
Call or text (815) 585-1750. We look at the walls and give you the scope and the visit dates in writing.
Call or text (815) 585-1750
Email matt@onitcc.com