Drywall Taping & Finishing in Westmont

Drywall taping in Westmont, down to the butt joints

Drywall sheets come with tapered long edges so the tape sits low, but the short ends are full thickness. Where two ends meet, the butt joint has nowhere to hide the tape, so a narrow finish leaves a hump you can see from across the room. We feather those joints much wider than a tapered seam, often two feet or more, so the build-up spreads out and disappears. The rest of the board gets paper tape, corner bead, three sanded coats and a coat of primer.

We work in Westmont every week, in DuPage County along Ogden Avenue, Route 83, Cass Avenue and 55th Street. If your Westmont remodel adds recessed lights, they throw light across the ceiling right where the joints are. When we hang the board too, we lay it out so butt joints land away from the fixtures where we can, and we clean up every cutout so the trim rings sit flat. That is the difference between a ceiling that looks finished at night and one that shows every pass of the knife.

What taping and finishing covers in Westmont

How a Westmont taping job runs

You get a free written estimate after we see the board, and it lists the rooms, the ceilings and the finish level we plan for each. If we find a joint that will not finish well, like a butt joint landing on a crooked joist, we explain it, price the fix in writing and wait for you to approve it. Each coat dries before the next, so the work spreads over several visits, and we book around the days we said. At the walkthrough we turn on the new lights and look at the ceiling with you.

• Free written estimate per room
• Butt joints feathered wide
• Cutouts cleaned up for trim rings
• Ceilings checked with the lights on
• Floors covered and dust held in
• Primed and ready for paint