After the electrician
Electricians cut openings to run wire and set fixtures, and they leave the drywall open. We close those openings, finish them, match the surrounding texture, and paint.
Wiring, fixtures, panels, and inspections are the electrician's work and are outside this service. We start once the electrical work is complete and any required inspection has passed.
The number and size of the openings, whether they are in a wall or a ceiling, the existing texture, the age of the paint, and how far the repaint has to extend to read evenly.
Completed work
One ceiling shown with the fixture openings cut, then closed, finished, and painted.
The ceiling with openings cut and prepared for the recessed fixtures.
The same ceiling closed, finished, and painted around the fixtures.
One kitchen ceiling, shown with the patches set in and then finished and painted.
Drywall patches set into the ceiling around the fixture openings.
The same ceiling after the drywall was repaired, finished, and painted.
Three separate ceiling repairs in three different homes.
A ceiling opening cut for a fixture, with the room masked off first.
An access cut opened in a ceiling next to an existing fixture.
A repair being skim coated to blend into the surrounding ceiling texture.
Drywall closing FAQs
For ceiling cracks and patches unrelated to fixture work, see ceiling repair in Reston. For holes and cracks on walls, see drywall repair.
Openings left in Reston