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Drywall Repair Services in Oklahoma City
Shekinah Renovations LLC repairs drywall across the Oklahoma City metro: doorknob holes, foot-through-the-wall accidents, settlement cracks, nail pops, water stained ceilings, and the wall damage left behind after plumbing or electrical work. The measure of a good drywall repair is that you cannot find it afterward, which means the texture has to match as well as the surface has to be flat. Free estimates. Call or text (405) 532-3348.
Holes, Dents and Doorknob Damage
Small holes get backed and filled. Anything larger than a few inches gets a proper patch: the damaged area cut back to a clean square, backing added behind it so the patch is supported, a new piece of board cut to fit tight, then taped, floated in progressively wider coats and sanded. The wide float is what makes a patch invisible, because a patch floated only to the edge of the cut leaves a visible hump under raking light. After that comes texture matching and paint. Where a doorknob keeps punching the same spot, a stop or a wall protector prevents the repeat visit.
Settlement Cracks and Nail Pops
Cracks that run from the corners of doors and windows and seams that open at wall and ceiling joints are typical in metro houses sitting on expansive clay. The repair has to accept that the wall will keep moving. We cut out the crack, tape across it so the joint has something flexible carrying the movement, float wide, then texture and paint. Nail pops get the fastener re-driven or replaced with a screw set slightly below the surface, the dimple filled in two or three coats, then sanded, textured and painted. Filling a pop with a single thick coat is why so many of them come back.
Water Damage and Stained Ceilings
A brown ring on a ceiling means water got somewhere it should not, and the first job is finding out whether it is still active. Fixing the drywall before the leak is stopped guarantees a second repair. Once the source is handled, damaged board is removed rather than dried in place if it has lost structure, insulation that got wet is replaced, the cavity is dried, and new material goes in. A stain blocking primer goes on before paint, because water stains ghost through ordinary wall paint no matter how many coats you apply. Ceiling texture is matched, and on ceilings that means matching pattern and density carefully since ceilings show everything.
Matching the Existing Texture
Most homes in the metro have knockdown, orange peel, splatter or a hand-troweled texture, and older houses often have popcorn on the ceilings. Every one of those has variables: mud consistency, spray pressure, nozzle size, how long you wait before knocking it down, how heavy the operator applies it. We test on scrap board next to the wall until the pattern reads the same, then apply. If the texture is unusual or the surrounding paint has aged so far that a spot repaint will not blend, we will tell you honestly that the wall reads better painted corner to corner and let you decide.
Free Drywall Repair Estimates
Most repairs can be scoped from photos, so text a few pictures to (405) 532-3348 and we can usually give you a range before scheduling a free in-person estimate. Small repairs are often combined with other work in the house so you are not paying a trip charge twice. Related pages: [drywall and texture](/services/drywall-and-texture), [popcorn ceiling removal](/services/popcorn-ceiling-removal). Serving [Oklahoma City](/locations/oklahoma-city), [Del City](/locations/del-city), [Midwest City](/locations/midwest-city), [Bethany](/locations/bethany) and [Warr Acres](/locations/warr-acres).
Why you can usually spot a drywall patch
The most common complaint about drywall work in this market is that the repair sticks out like a sore thumb. Almost always that is texture, light, and compound, in that order.
The texture gets matched to your wall
Knockdown, orange peel, skip trowel, and hand texture all read differently once daylight rakes across them. Matching means looking at the existing wall and reproducing it, not spraying whatever is quickest and hoping paint hides the difference.
Compound chosen for the job
Lightweight premix is fine for a skim coat and wrong for a deep fill. Heavier fills get a setting compound that hardens chemically instead of by drying, so the patch does not shrink back and telegraph a ring through the paint six months later.
Settling cracks get treated as movement, not as holes
A crack that came from the house shifting will come back if it is only filled. Those get taped so the joint can hold, because filler alone in a moving joint is a repair with an expiration date.
Feathered wide and checked under light
Joints get feathered out far enough that the transition disappears, then checked with a light held flat against the wall before primer. That is the step that separates a patch you cannot find from one you can.
Part of Our Drywall and Texture in Oklahoma City Services
Drywall Repair Services in Oklahoma City is one of the services included under our broader Drywall and Texture Services in Oklahoma City offering.
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It is a fair thing to be careful about, and we would rather answer it straight than talk around it. Shekinah Renovations is a newer company name. Jimmy is not new to the trade. He started at fourteen, learned it from his stepdad, and has been doing this work ever since.
- Every photo and video on this site is Jimmy's own work around the OKC metro. None of it is stock.
- We will put you in touch with people we have done work for. Ask on the walkthrough.
- Oklahoma does not issue a general contractor or remodeler license, so for most of what we do there is no state license to hold. Where a trade is licensed, we say so and bring in the right partner.
- The estimate is free and written down. You know the number, and the scope, before anything starts.
- The person who quotes your job is the person who shows up to do it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Any size. Small holes get backed and filled. Larger damage gets cut back to a clean square, backed, patched with new board, taped, floated in progressively wider coats, sanded, textured and painted so the repair disappears.
Because they were filled with a single thick coat. The fastener has to be re-driven or replaced with a screw set slightly below the surface, then the dimple filled in two or three coats, sanded, textured and painted.
Yes, once the leak is confirmed stopped. Fixing the drywall before the source is handled guarantees a second repair. After that, damaged board is replaced, texture is matched and a stain blocking primer goes on before paint.
The goal is that you cannot find it. That takes a wide float so there is no hump under raking light plus a matched texture. Where surrounding paint has aged too far to blend, we will tell you honestly that the wall reads better painted corner to corner.
Fair question, and it is the one we would ask too. Shekinah Renovations is a newer company, but Jimmy is not new to the trade. He started at fourteen, learned it from his stepdad, and has been doing this work ever since. Every photo and video on this site is his own work around the metro, not stock, and we are glad to put you in touch with people we have worked for. He is also the one who shows up for the estimate and the one on site while the work happens.
Oklahoma does not issue a general contractor or remodeler license, so for most of what we do there is no state license to hold. For the trades the Construction Industries Board does license, Jimmy has applications in progress and we will tell you that plainly rather than imply otherwise. Where a job requires a licensed plumber, electrician, or registered roofer, we bring in the right trade partner for that portion. Ask about your specific job and you will get a straight answer.
Usually the same day. Call or text (405) 532-3348 and it reaches Jimmy directly. If he is on a job site with his hands full he will get back to you as soon as he is off it. Most people call two or three contractors and hire whoever actually answers, so we try to be that one.
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