Drywall & Painting Contractor
in Lakewood, CO.

Mid-Century Stock Means Matching, Not Just Finishing

Lakewood built out largely between the 1950s and the 1970s, and that housing stock defines the work. Ranches and split-levels being remodeled, kitchens opened up, basements finished, second stories added, and infill around Belmar and the older commercial corridors. New-construction drywall in Lakewood is the exception; matching existing drywall is the rule.

That reframes the scope entirely. On a new house, the finish only has to be good. On a Lakewood remodel, the finish has to be invisible — a new wall meeting a fifty-year-old ceiling has to disappear into it, and any line where new meets old is the one thing the homeowner will point at for years.

What that takes:

• Identifying the original texture — relief height, plateau size, spacing, and how hard the original applicator knocked it down, all of which varied by era and by crew
• Sample boards before the wall, sprayed and knocked down at different timings, held against the existing surface in that room's own light
• Feathering the transition well past the joint, because texture that stops at the seam draws a line exactly where you were hiding one
• Accounting for paint build-up, since decades of coating soften original relief — fresh texture often has to go on slightly lighter to visually match

Working in Houses People Live In

Most Lakewood remodels happen around a family that has not moved out. Drywall is the dustiest trade in the building, and sanding and texture spraying put far more in the air than homeowners anticipate. Containment is part of the finish quality, not an add-on:

• Poly containment with zippered access, and negative air where the scope warrants it
• Floor, stair, and finished-surface protection along the entire path in
• Daily cleanup rather than a single push at the end
• Realistic communication about which days are loud and which rooms are unusable

General contractors send us occupied-home work because a bad experience with dust and access costs them the referral no matter how good the walls turned out.

Additions, Pop-Tops, and Basement Finishes

Structural additions bring their own drywall problem: new framing dries and moves against old framing that finished moving decades ago. Where the two meet, the joint wants to crack. Control joints, correct fastening at the transition, and — where it makes sense — light gauge steel framing for dimensional stability all help keep that seam intact through the first winter.

Basement finishes below grade are the other place steel earns its keep: no rot or mold substrate against a foundation wall that may see occasional moisture, and a consistently flat plane on long furred runs.