- San Diego based
- Answering 24/7
- Over 20 years experience
- Licensed & insured
- CSLB #761040
- BBB A+ rated
What Del Mar does to drywall
Del Mar is remodel country. Mid-century beach houses are being opened up, re-glazed and finished smooth, which puts every joint under daylight that rakes along the wall for most of the afternoon — the single hardest condition a drywall finish faces.
That is why so much of our work here is Level 5 rather than Level 4. Where budget matters, we will tell you which walls genuinely need the skim coat and which will never show the difference.
What we are called for here
- 01 Level 5 skim coats for glass-heavy renovations
- 02 Water intrusion repairs at ceiling and window perimeters
- 03 New board and texture blending on additions
What a Level 5 finish includes in Del Mar
A skim coat is a whole-surface job, not a joint job. The entire plane gets coated so compound and paper face take paint identically — which is the only way a wall stays flat under raking light.
Substrate first
Joints taped and filled, fasteners spotted, beads set true. The skim is only ever as flat as what sits under it.
Skim the whole plane
A thin coat pulled edge to edge across the surface, not just over the seams.
Cut and read
Sanded flat, then checked under a raking light from the angle the room will actually be lit.
Level 4 where it fits
Level 4 specified where lighting and sheen do not demand a full skim — we will say so rather than sell the upgrade.
Full detail on method, materials and timelines is on the skim coating and Level 5 page.
Drywall Installation
Hanging is the quick part.
Service in Del MarMetal Stud Framing
Light-gauge steel partitions, soffits and ceiling grid, framed to the drawings and coordinated with the trades that follow.
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“Great same-day service, great repair!”
“This is the third time we’ve used this company to do plaster fixes in our house, and I would use them again.”
“Had a good sized hole in my drywall, Daniel came out same day and had it fixed within an hour.”