drywall repair services

I got a call last month from a guy in Old Town Eureka who wanted a “quick, cheap patch job” on a hole in his hallway wall. Reasonable request. Except when I pulled back the loose drywall around the hole, I found water staining, a soft spot the size of a dinner plate, and enough […]

I’ve been patching walls in Humboldt County long enough to know that “how do you fix a hole in drywall” is one of those questions people only Google at 9 p.m., standing in front of the damage, phone in one hand and a very guilty-looking doorknob-shaped dent in the other. So let’s talk about it […]

Let me tell you something about drywall that every homeowner eventually learns the hard way: it looks simple. It’s just a sheet of gypsum with paper on both sides, right? How hard can patching a hole possibly be? Famous last words. I’m Matt Jaques, the handyman behind Jaques of All Trades here in Eureka, California, […]

I get this question a lot. A homeowner calls me, sends me a photo, and says something like — “is this a big deal or can you just patch it?” And honestly, that’s exactly the right question to ask before anybody touches your wall. The answer depends on what caused the damage, how deep it […]