Drywall Repair in South Salt Lake, Utah

South Salt Lake packs an unusual range of construction into a few square miles. Streets west of State Street are lined with 1920s and 1940s bungalows built with plaster over wood lath, while the corridor along the S-Line streetcar has filled in with townhomes and apartment blocks finished in modern lightweight drywall. A repair that suits one is wrong for the other, and we carry the materials and the technique for both.

The older housing stock here usually needs the plaster stabilized before anything else. Keyed plaster loses its grip on the lath over the decades, and patching over a loose section just moves the crack a few inches. We re-secure the sound plaster around the damage first, then build the patch up to the original thickness and match the hand-troweled texture. In the newer buildings the common calls are seam cracks and nail pops in the first few years, plus ceiling damage from upstairs plumbing in stacked units.

South Salt Lake also has a high proportion of rental housing, and we do steady turnover work for owners and property managers — doorknob holes, crushed corner bead, anchor damage, and walls that need to be finished and painted before the next tenant moves in. Every repair is completed in one visit with texture matching and paint included, and we're about 25 minutes up I-15 from our Lehi base.