Drywall repair in Arvada costs $25 to $130 for a small hole and averages $495 across the Denver metro for a full job, and we will tell you which of those two numbers applies to you before we book anything. We patch holes, cut out and replace water damaged ceilings, match knockdown and orange peel texture, scrape popcorn, and hang and finish new board for basements and additions across Arvada and northwest Jefferson County.
Half of Arvada's housing was built before 1980, and the peak decade was the 1970s. That is the popcorn ceiling and heavy texture era, so most of what we do here is putting fifty-year-old walls and ceilings back the way they were rather than building new ones.
Drywall Arvada is a small drywall outfit working Arvada and the northwest Denver metro, residential and commercial, since 2009. Two vans, three of us, and one of the vans has a dented rear bumper that Danny is not sorry about.
Our services include drywall repair and patching, drywall hole repair, sheetrock repair, drywall ceiling repair, ceiling water damage repair, wall and ceiling texture matching, knockdown texture, orange peel texture, skip trowel and hand-applied texture, popcorn ceiling removal and retexturing, drywall installation and hanging, drywall taping and mudding, drywall finishing to level 3, level 4 and level 5, skim coating, basement drywall finishing, garage drywall, soundproofing and acoustic drywall, mould-resistant and moisture-resistant board in wet areas, fire-rated Type X assemblies, corner bead repair and replacement, nail pop repair, crack repair and commercial drywall and tenant finish. If you are trying to work out which of those you need, see everything we handle.
We work across Arvada, Westminster, Wheat Ridge, Golden, Lakewood, Broomfield, Northglenn, Thornton, Federal Heights, Edgewater, northwest Denver, Superior and Louisville, plus Olde Town, Candelas, Leyden Rock, Five Parks, Club Crest, Lake Arbor, Meadowglen, Scenic Heights, Standley Lake, Berkeley and Sunnyside. If your area is not on that list, call and ask, we will tell you honestly whether we are the right people to drive to you.
2 hrsCallback window, 7am to 7pm
1979Median year an Arvada home was built
32 sq ftColorado's asbestos testing trigger
What pushes a job to the top of a range: a textured surface that has to be
matched, a ceiling rather than a wall, and whether the repair needs a second visit for the
next coat. What pulls it down: bundling several repairs into one visit, because the minimum
charge is only paid once.
Questions we get asked before anything else
Why does one small hole cost more than the materials suggest?
Because almost every drywall contractor has a minimum charge, and on a single small repair the minimum is the price. In Denver that runs $100 to $160 for the first hour, and some full drywall contractors set a minimum job fee of $350 or more. The expensive part is not the compound, it is two people, a van, the drive and usually a return visit for the second coat. The way around it is to bundle: fix four things on one visit and the minimum is charged once.
Is it better to repair drywall or replace it?
Repair, in most cases, and replacement is oversold. Board comes out when it is soft, sagging, delaminated at the paper face, or still reading wet after drying. A dry, hard, stable stain from a one-time overflow is a sealing and painting job. We meter it and show you the reading rather than asking you to take our word for it.
Can a handyperson fix a hole in the wall, or do I need a drywall contractor?
For a flat wall with no texture, a good handyperson is the right call and cheaper, about $60 an hour against $90 for a drywall contractor in this market. Where the difference earns its keep is texture, ceilings and anything that has to disappear. Most of the failed repairs we get called to redo in Wheat Ridge are texture matching attempts rather than bad patching.
How long does a drywall repair take?
Small holes take one to two hours, larger holes two to five, and extensive work runs one to three days. Almost every job that involves more than a fist-sized fill is two visits, because compound has to dry between coats. Anyone quoting a big ceiling repair as a single afternoon is either using a setting compound and will tell you so, or is rushing it.
What causes drywall to crack in Colorado homes?
Three things, and they produce different cracks. Expansive clay soil moving under the foundation, which shows as diagonals from door and window corners. Roof truss uplift, which shows as a clean line where the ceiling meets an interior wall and opens every winter. And dry air shrinking framing away from fasteners, which shows as clusters of small round pops. Telling them apart before you spend anything matters, because a seasonal crack filled with rigid compound reopens wider. A basement finish in Westminster last spring turned out to be all three at once, which was a first.
Do you need a permit to replace drywall?
Not for a patch or a re-texture. Yes for a basement finish, an interior remodel, a garage conversion or anything structural, all of which Arvada lists explicitly. Arvada and unincorporated Jefferson County both moved to the 2024 I-Codes on 1 July 2026, while Denver is still on its 2022 code based on the 2021 I-Codes, so contractors working across that line get it wrong regularly. Building Services will settle it in one call on 720-898-7620.
Drywall questions, answered straight
How much does drywall repair cost in Arvada?
The Denver metro average is $495, with most jobs landing between $276 and $750. A small hole under four inches is $25 to $130 of labour and material, but a single small repair will be charged at the minimum, which is $100 to $160 for the first hour in this market. Ceiling repair runs $235 to $1,380 and water damage $635 to $1,640. Prices do not change if you are in Golden rather than Arvada; the drive does not go on the bill.
Are you licensed and insured?
Insured, yes, and we will have the certificate sent to you by the insurer rather than forwarded as a PDF. On licensing: Colorado does not license drywall contractors at state level, so ask us which licence we hold and with which jurisdiction, and then verify it. Arvada Building Services is 720-898-7620.
Do you match existing texture?
Yes, and we test on a board before anything touches your wall. Orange peel matches well enough that you will not find it. Knockdown matches well on walls and variably on ceilings, because ceilings take raking light along their whole length. Hand-applied and skip trowel textures depend on the pattern, and we will tell you honestly at the quote if a whole wall is the better answer. Most of the failed matches we get called in to redo are on the older stock in Wheat Ridge.
Will you do a small job?
Yes, at the minimum charge, and we would rather you bundled several small things into one visit so you are paying it once. Walk the house before you call. The doorknob hole behind the door, the crack over the bathroom door, the corner bead the vacuum has chewed. A landlord in Northglenn had us do eleven separate patches across two units in an afternoon, which cost a fraction of eleven visits.
How quickly can you come out?
We answer or call back within two hours between 7am and 7pm. For an estimate visit in Westminster, usually within two or three working days, and Arvada is normally quicker than that. For an active leak the drywall is the last thing to worry about, so find the shutoff first and then call us.
Do you clean up?
Plastic goes up before anything comes down, registers get taped, and we wet-scrape rather than dry-sand wherever the job allows it. The thing homeowners complain about most in this trade is not a bad ceiling, it is white dust through the ductwork and into the carpet, furniture and bedding. It is avoidable, and the fact that so many jobs still produce it is a choice rather than an accident. A basement finish in Broomfield last year is the only one where we have ever had to come back with a carpet cleaner, and that was a shop vac filter I should have changed.
