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2Hands Maintenance & Repair Services
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Plaster - Repair

Serving Dasher, GA and surrounding areas

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Emergency services offered

Small jobs welcome

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At 2 Hands Handyman Services, you work directly with a dedicated owner-operator who takes pride in every job. I provide reliable, quality residential and commercial building maintenance, along with HVAC maintenance services. You can expect clear communication, honest expectations, and dependable service from start to finish. I focus on doing the job right the first time, with careful attention to detail and respect for your home or business. If you’re looking for a trustworthy, professional handyman to keep your property in great shape, I’d be glad to help.

Professional Drywall Service, LLC
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Plaster - RepairPlaster - Repair - For Business

Serving Dasher, GA and surrounding areas

In business since 1992

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"Called when he said he would. Showed up on time. Went straight to work. No temper tantrums, no showing up drunk. It was delightful to work with someone who conducted himself in a professional manner. I have had nightmare experiences working with contractors, but this guy was great."
Response time5 hrs
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Plaster Repair questions, answered by experts

Smaller is better when patching holes with spackle. Any holes wider than four to six inches in diameter tend to be too wide to repair with spackle alone. You'll likely want to patch bigger holes with a drywall panel. 

Even holes measuring up to 6 inches may be challenging to fill with spackle alone. For best results, purchase a wall repair patch made from wire mesh. Cut the patch to fit over the hole, then use the spackle to hold it in place. Apply the spackle over the patch as you would for a smaller hole.

Plaster repair costs range from $4 to $10 per square foot for refinishing, while skim coating can be less expensive, usually between $2 and $5 per square foot. The price you pay for plaster repairs will depend on the extent of the damage, the type of plaster you have on your walls, and the accessibility of the damage. Plaster repair on the exterior of your home tends to be more expensive, as there’s a higher chance that ladders or scaffolding will be necessary to carry out the repair.

It’s not a good idea to plaster over broken plaster (unless by broken you’re referring to cracked, in which case that’s perfectly fine). However, broken plaster can be a sign of a larger underlying issue like foundation damage or severe damage to the lath holding up the plaster, so it’s worth investigating before you simply plaster on top of the damage.

Although they have similar applications, spackle and joint compound are not the same. Their primary differences lie in their composition, consistency, and ideal use cases.

Spackle is composed of gypsum and binding agents, making it thicker than joint compound. It dries quickly and is easy to sand, which makes it ideal for small wall repair projects like filling nail holes or patching minor damage.

Joint compound, also known as drywall mud, consists of limestone and gypsum. It is primarily used for large-scale projects, such as taping and finishing the seams on newly installed drywall. It tends to shrink more than spackle and can be more difficult to spread.

While both products can be used to fill small depressions and cracks, spackle cannot replace joint compound for taping and mudding new drywall. Conversely, you can often use joint compound for small patching jobs typically done with spackle.

There are several warning signs that a ceiling crack is connected to a larger issue. For starters, if the crack is wider than 1/8 inch or longer than 12 inches, you might have a more serious problem. The same applies if you have multiple smaller cracks or cracks going across the ceiling and down the wall. In any of these situations, you should ask a professional to assess the damage.

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