We at Texora Painting & Drywall do drywall repair in Ladner, BC: holes, cracks, water damage and old plaster in the homes around Ladner Village and River Road. Every repair is taped, mudded, sanded and primed, and we can paint it in the same visit. 5.0 on Google from 50 reviews, with a 1, 2 or 3-year workmanship warranty.
Character homes near Ladner Village and riverfront houses along River Road bring settlement cracks, moisture from the Fraser River delta and plaster-era finishes that need careful matching.
We at Texora Painting & Drywall are based in Delta, and Ladner is one of our main service areas for painting and drywall work. Our painters in Ladner page lists the rest of what we do in town.
Every drywall repair we complete is finished to paint-ready standard: taped, mudded, sanded smooth, and primed. We can also paint the repaired area to match or complete a full room repaint as part of the same visit.
Ladner Village, the older core of town, still has heritage houses from the 1930s, many built before drywall was the standard wall material here. A crack that looks like drywall damage can turn out to be lath and plaster, which is harder, cracks in long branching lines and often shows ordinary drywall compound through the paint, so we check what's behind the wall before quoting.
If the plaster around the damage is sound, a bonding plaster or fibered joint compound goes straight onto the lath, feathered wide; if it has separated from the lath over a wider area, we cut back to solid framing, install new drywall and tape the seam into the surrounding plaster.
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We assess the damage and explain exactly what needs to be done and why.
Damaged material is cut out cleanly. Any moisture or structural issues are addressed first.
New drywall is installed, taped, mudded in coats, and sanded to a smooth finish.
We prime the repaired area and can paint to match, or complete the full room.
Health Canada says homes built before 1960 probably contain lead-based paint and homes from 1960 to 1990 may still have it, and some homes around Ladner Village date to the 1930s. When a wall in an older home is opened for a repair, the old paint isn't sanded, heat-gunned or blowlamped; the work area gets plastic over doorways and vents instead.
Ask what a "patch and paint" quote includes: how many coats of compound, whether the patch is primed so it doesn't show a different sheen, and whether texture matching is in if the wall has knockdown or orange-peel (see our texture matching page). If the damage came from a leak, ask whether the moisture source gets checked first; our water damage drywall repair page covers that.
A few issues come up again and again in homes with original plaster or early drywall:
Joint compound has to dry all the way through, and most repairs need two to three coats, each feathered wider than the last, with drying time between them. Sanding a coat that's still soft underneath is a common reason a patch shows through paint months later.
Not every drywall issue in an older Ladner home is a repair job. A wall damaged beyond patching is drywall installation, covered below, and a larger wall or ceiling that needs the finish redone is on our drywall taping and finishing page. On the Fraser River delta, below-grade and ground-floor rooms in older Ladner homes pick up humidity, so basements, bathrooms and laundry rooms get moisture-resistant (green board) or mould-resistant (purple board) drywall. For heritage properties near Ladner Village, see our heritage home restoration page.
Our workmanship warranty applies to repairs too: if a patch we installed fails because of our own workmanship, such as tape or a patch coming loose, call us before anyone else touches it and we'll fix it under the terms of your estimate.
| Damage | What's behind it | Repair |
|---|---|---|
| Cracks in lath and plaster | The 1930s houses around Ladner Village were built before drywall was standard; plaster cracks in long branching lines and shows ordinary drywall compound through the paint | If the plaster is sound, bonding plaster or fibered joint compound goes straight onto the lath, feathered wide; if it has separated from the lath, we cut back to solid framing, install new drywall and tape the seam into the surrounding plaster |
| Hairline cracks from door and window corners | Ordinary seasonal movement rather than a structural problem | We check what's behind the wall before quoting; two to three coats of compound, each feathered wider than the last, with drying time between them |
| Nail or screw pops | A fastener works its way slightly proud of the surface in the early drywall of older Ladner homes and shows through paint as a small round bump | Finished to paint-ready standard: taped, mudded, sanded smooth and primed |
| Damp and water damage | Damp from the Fraser River delta, most of all in crawl spaces, basements and north-facing rooms; leaks | The moisture source gets checked first; basements, bathrooms and laundry rooms get moisture-resistant (green board) or mould-resistant (purple board) drywall |
| A wall damaged beyond patching | Not every drywall issue in an older Ladner home is a repair job | Drywall installation rather than repair; a larger wall or ceiling that needs the finish redone is taping and finishing |
We're based on 56th Street in Tsawwassen, and Ladner is one of our main service areas.
Most drywall repairs need painting afterward, and we do both the repair and the painting.
Ladner's older homes have plaster and period finishes, and repairs get matched to them.
Small holes, doorknob damage, and general patching, repaired and finished to match.
From $150Remove, treat, and replace water-damaged drywall. Finished to paint-ready standard.
From $350Settlement cracks, tape bubbling, and joint failures, repaired and blended to match.
From $180New drywall for renovations, room additions, and basement finishing projects.
From $800/roomComplete drywall installation for basement development, from framing-ready to paint-ready.
Custom quotePremium smooth finish for walls being painted with sheens that show imperfections.
Custom quoteWalls, ceilings, trim and doors inside your Ladner home, including the room around a repair.
Interior painting in Ladner →Siding, trim and fascia on Ladner homes, prepped for the river-delta damp.
Exterior painting in Ladner →New drywall for basements, additions and walls past patching in Ladner homes.
Drywall installation in Ladner →Our Work
Before and after photos from Texora jobs.
For a small patch in Ladner, expect $150–$350. Bigger jobs, such as water damage or several holes in one wall, range from $400–$900+, and new drywall for a full room starts from $800. Every quote is free, written and comes with no obligation.
Lath-and-plaster walls in the 1930s houses around Ladner Village can run close to an inch thick, while drywall is five-eighths or half an inch. A patch of ordinary drywall compound on that plaster can telegraph through the paint within a year.
Drying time decides most of it: each coat of compound has to dry through before sanding, and most repairs need two to three coats. The written estimate for your Ladner repair gives the schedule.
Yes. We can paint the repaired area to match your existing Ladner walls, or repaint the whole room as part of the same project.
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