Drywall Taping & Finishing in Roselle

Finishing where new drywall meets old in Roselle

A lot of new drywall goes up right next to walls that were already there: a wall taken out between kitchen and dining room, a doorway closed, a strip of ceiling replaced. When new board meets old, the transition is the hard part. We tape that joint, then feather compound well out onto the existing wall so the eye cannot find where one stops. Where the old surface has texture or a slightly different thickness, we build up or skim the new side until the two sit in one plane.

Roselle is on our regular route by Lake Street, Roselle Road and Irving Park Road. The town sits on both sides of the DuPage and Cook county line, but the permit comes from the village either way, so we check with Roselle directly when the work calls for one. If your Roselle remodel opens up a floor plan, the ceiling strip where the wall used to stand is the spot everyone looks at, because light from the new opening crosses it. We give that strip a wide finish and check it from both rooms.

Taping and blending work in Roselle

How we run a blending job

The estimate is written after we see both the new board and the walls it has to match, and it spells out which surfaces we will blend into. If the old wall turns out to have loose paint or failing tape at the edge we are feathering onto, we show you and price the fix before touching it. We schedule the coats with drying time between them and keep you posted on which days we are coming. At the end we look at the transitions with you from every doorway that faces them.

• Written estimate after we see the walls
• Transitions feathered onto old surfaces
• Ceiling strips finished wide
• Texture matched where it exists
• Extra work approved before we do it
• Dust kept to the work area