Drywall repair Austin
Drywall patched to match the existing texture, painted two coats minimum, priced per room.
Drywall repair Austin homeowners call about is almost never just a hole. It's a hole that has to disappear into a wall that already has orange peel, knockdown or skip trowel on it. We match the texture before we match the paint.
What's sold and what it runs on
Drywall patch Austin jobs range from a single doorknob hole to a full room of water damage after a roof leak. Everything is priced per room, because the labor is mostly texture-matching and coat count, not square footage of board.
- Price basis
- Per room
- Texture match
- Orange peel, knockdown, skip trowel
- Paint minimum
- Two coats, primer counted separately
- Typical lead time
- 1 to 3 working days per room
What's in scope, what isn't
We say the refusals out loud before you sign anything, not after the deposit clears.
We take this on
- Hole and crack patching from doorknobs, nail pops, settling cracks and old anchor holes
- Water-damage cutouts and board replacement, once the leak itself is fixed
- Texture matching to orange peel, knockdown or skip trowel already on the wall
- Two-coat interior painting minimum, primer where bare board or a color change calls for it
- Ceiling patch and texture on popcorn or smooth ceilings alike
- Corner bead repair and re-taping where a wall corner has cracked loose
We don't take this on
- Mold remediation past a surface wipe-down. Anything past that goes to a licensed remediation contractor, named on the estimate, before we touch the wall
- Roof or plumbing leaks themselves. We patch the wall after the leak is fixed, not instead of fixing it
- Rewiring behind the wall. Any exposed wiring issue found mid-patch stops the job until an electrician has looked at it
- Lead paint abatement on pre-1978 homes. Testing and abatement go to a licensed contractor first
How texture matching actually works
This is the part that separates a patch you can see from one you can't.
Board, tape, texture, in that order
A patch starts with the board itself: cut back to the nearest studs, new drywall screwed in flush, joints taped with paper or mesh tape and two to three coats of mud feathered wide enough that the repair doesn't show as a hard edge under raking light. That feathering distance is usually 12 to 18 inches past the actual damage, wider than most people expect, because a tight patch is exactly what makes a bad repair visible.
Texture comes next and it's matched by hand, not sprayed from a can that approximates the pattern. Orange peel gets a hopper gun at low pressure. Knockdown gets the same hopper spray then a trowel knocked flat across the peaks while it's still wet. Skip trowel is applied by hand in irregular passes, which is the slowest of the three and the easiest to get wrong if it's rushed.
Paint goes on only after texture has fully cured, typically 24 hours. Primer seals the new mud so it doesn't flash a different sheen than the surrounding wall once topcoat goes on. Two coats of finish paint are the floor, not the ceiling, on every job — one coat over new mud almost always shows a shadow where the old and new surfaces meet.
Coat counts by job type
What actually gets applied, and how many passes each layer takes.
| Job type | Mud coats | Texture pass | Paint coats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small hole, under 6 in | 2 coats | 1 pass, blended into existing | 2 coats |
| Crack or seam repair | 2 to 3 coats with tape | 1 pass, feathered wide | 2 coats |
| Water-damage cutout | 3 coats over new board | 1 to 2 passes to match age of surrounding wall | 1 primer coat, 2 finish coats |
| Full room, ceiling included | 3 coats on all seams | Full texture pass, wall and ceiling | 1 primer coat, 2 finish coats |
Figures above describe method, not a quote. The per-room price moves with how many patches are in that room, the texture pattern already on the wall, and whether ceiling work is included. The written scope after your walk-through carries the real number.
The sequence, start to sign-off
Same order every time, whether it's one hole or a whole water-damaged room.
Walk-through and diagnosis
We look at every patch site, check for anything behind the wall that changes the job, and note the existing texture pattern.
Written scope
Room count, patch count, texture type, paint color and coat count go on paper before any mud is mixed.
Cut, patch and tape
Damaged board comes out, new board goes in flush, joints get taped and mudded through two to three coats.
Texture match
Orange peel, knockdown or skip trowel applied to match the surrounding wall, feathered wide enough to disappear.
Prime and paint
Primer seals the repair, then two finish coats go on the full wall so sheen and color read even, not patchy.
Sign-off
Walk the room under a work light, check for shadowing at the repair edge, and close out the written scope.
Straight answers before you call
The questions we actually get about drywall repair Austin jobs.
Will the patch be invisible?
Under normal room light, yes, on a properly feathered and textured patch. Under a raking light at a sharp angle, a careful eye can sometimes still find the edge. That's true of nearly every drywall repair, done by anyone.
Do you paint the whole room or just the patched wall?
We paint the full wall the patch is on, corner to corner, so the sheen reads consistently. Painting just the patch itself almost always leaves a visible rectangle once the light hits it.
What if you find mold or old wiring behind the wall?
Work stops on that section. Mold past a light surface amount goes to a licensed remediation contractor, and any wiring issue goes to a licensed electrician, both named on the estimate rather than handled by us.
Can you match a color without the original paint can?
Yes, we can color-match from a chip pulled off the existing wall. It's not always a perfect match on paint that's faded from years of sun, and we'll tell you that honestly before we mix anything.
Six people, eleven years, one shop bay
Ronevexa has been running out of Austin for eleven years. The crew patching and painting your wall is the same six-person team on every job type in this catalogue. We measure twice, cut once, and write it down before anyone touches drywall.
Get your walls looked at and priced.
Tell us the rooms and what's wrong with them. We'll walk the space, match the texture in person, and write the scope.