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Drywall Art Sculpture- Taking my shark sculpture to another level
I've been creating drywall art sculptures of ocean scenes and 3D waves on the walls of homes, restaurants and doctors offices here in Brevard County, Florida for several years now. But, I had an idea of being able to take these drywall art sculptures from just walls and turn them into a framed, hand painted fine art sculpture that can be custom made and shipped to order anywhere in the US or around the world. These framed wall sculpture paintings can be hung on any wall without the sculpture artist having to be on site to create a custom wall sculpture. The drywall art sculpture and painting process Here's a few photos of the drywall art sculpture as it goes through it's transformation from just a sculpture to a framed and ready to hang piece of unique art. My completed hand painted and framed shark sculpture … [Read More...]
Vaulted Ceiling Tape Joint Repair-Knockdown Texture Sponge
In this video blog I'll be demonstrating how to apply an all purpose joint compound with my Knockdown Texture Sponge on a vaulted ceiling repair. The ceiling repair is the entire 36' paper tape joint right at the vault of the open plan ceiling. Over time a lot of homes vaulted tape joints end up separating due to a few different factors: 1) These type of ceilings are exposed to excessive heat because of how close the vaulted ceiling is to the actual roof. 2) Sometimes when the drywall was installed at the vaulted ceiling the drywall hangers leave to big of a gap at the vault. 3) Another common mistake during the construction phase of when the drywall ceiling was initially installed without using the correct amount of fasteners which lead to the ceiling sagging over time and popping the tape joint at the vaulted ceiling. 4) Other times there is no framing member to attach to … [Read More...]
Water damage drywall repair and orange peel texture match
This water damage drywall repair and texture matching project is in the Cloisters subdivision of Indialantic, Fl. We were contacted by a past customer to do a drywall repair on the already cut out and dried out the water damaged walls in two of the guest bedrooms of their home. Water had got the drywall wet on the one exterior wall in each of the two guest bedrooms of this four bedroom home here in Brevard County. Once we arrived the drywall had already been cutout up to the window sill around 20" in one bedroom and at 16" on the other bedrooms wall. The base board and carpet had been removed by the water restoration company when the plumbing leak had first occurred. So, all we had to do to get this drywall repair party started, was to prep the floors and cover personal items with plastic. Next, I used the paper masking machine to cover the window sills and bi-fold doors … [Read More...]
Melbourne Beach water damaged drywall and popcorn ceiling repair
On this water damaged drywall and popcorn ceiling repair project in Melbourne Beach. The homeowners were looking to put their beach home on the real estate market to sell. But before they could, they needed to do several home repairs. Doing just a few of the basics like ceiling repairs, drywall repairs, pressure washing, exterior painting and interior painting can make your home more appealing to potential buyers. But can also triple or even quadruple the home sellers ROI (return on investment) that was put into getting your home improvements done by a licensed contractor. First on the list after getting their roof repaired. Next they had contracted me to repair a portion of the living room's water damaged drywall ceiling that had fallen down and another larger section on the garage ceiling and a 4'x 6' section of the garage wall. The garage ceiling had really bad dark … [Read More...]
Springtime to Paint!
Spring fever is a term applied to several sets of physical and psychological symptoms associated with the arrival of spring. In general it refers to an increase in energy and vitality. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection, and regrowth. Spring = Rejuvenation Shouldn't your home's exterior be at the top of your list when thinking about Springtime and your rejuvenated motivation to get things in order around the house that you've been putting off for a while. Important things. Like probably one of your biggest investments, Your Home... Once the clock's are changed to Spring forward, you know that Spring is soon to follow. Spring is the perfect time of the year to paint your home Especially if you have any cracked or damaged stucco, faded paint, iron stains from your water sprinklers, or it might just be … [Read More...]
Indialantic Ceiling Repair and Skip Trowel Texture Match
This Project Blog is about a drywall ceiling repair on a home in the Rio Villa sub division Indialantic, FL. We were contracted to repair a section of the formal dining room ceiling that had water damage from a roof leak. First task was to cover and protect the flooring and anything else in the room. Then we removed and replaced a 4' x 12' section of the drywall ceiling that had a skip trowel texture. After the new drywall was installed, three coats of a setting type joint compound was applied so the drywall finishing and skip trowel texture could be completed in one day. Next, we Installed a skip trowel texture at the repaired area feathering into the existing skip trowel texture. Then lastly, spot primed the repair and applied two coats of Richards- Rich Wall Premium Acrylic Paint (flat white-L4 white tint). Here’s a few Before and After photos of this drywall … [Read More...]
How to spray popcorn ceiling texture on a drywall ceiling repair
On this popcorn ceiling repair project, I'll demonstrate how to spray and blend popcorn ceiling texture on an actual ceiling repair that had water damage from a roof leak in Merritt Island, Florida. I'll be using my GoPro while shooting the video. This will give you a unique perspective of how I spray and feather and match popcorn ceiling texture with a hopper and compressor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF2_Lxw649E Prep- After I moved a few things out of the work zone, I covered the floor with 2 mil plastic and in order to contain all of the dust from the ceiling repair and the popcorn ceiling spray texture, I created a plastic bubble going from the ceiling to to the floor by using .31 mil plastic. Next, I scraped back the area of the ceiling where the popcorn texture had the water damage from a roof leak that had occurred while these homeowners were getting a new roof … [Read More...]
Popcorn Removal in Palm Bay, Fl | Skip Trowel Texture
The Job: On this popcorn removal project. We removed the dated popcorn texture from the living room, kitchen, dining room and foyer ceilings of a home in Palm Bay/Melbourne, Florida. First task is to cover and protect everything in these rooms with plastic. Including the walls. Next,we removed all of the outdated and yellowed popcorn ceiling texture. Once the popcorn texture is removed, we repaired several failing and cracked tape joints and filled any holes on the now exposed drywall ceiling. After the repairs were competed, we applied a skip trowel hand texture to ceilings. Next, we primed newly skip troweled ceilings with an oil base stain blocking primer to insure good adheshion and beautiful bright white ceilings after the finsh coat of paint has been applied. Lastly we painted the skip troweled ceilings with two coats of Sherwin Williams Pro-Mar 200 semi-gloss … [Read More...]
Roof leak caused major water damage to this ceiling in Suntree, Fl
With all of the rain we've been getting here in Brevard County this Summer, it's no doubt that there are many homes that have had a roof leak. Which leads to potential water damage on ceilings and walls. What's worse is if the roof leak continues, all of the moisture can lead to wood rot and is the perfect food source termites in any wood framing, furring strips, roof trusses and roof decking. Even if you have a block home, wood is most likely part of your roofing system and possibly in your wall framing in order to be able to attach the drywall to a block wall when your home was built. Roof Leak? The best piece of advice I can give you is when looking for a contractor to repair your roof, ceiling or drywall be sure to hire a licensed contractor to get the best results! This blog post is about a water damaged pool patio ceiling caused by a roof leak in the suntree … [Read More...]
Pool Deck Repair and Painting in Indialantic, Fl
After pressure washing this Indialantic beach homes entire pool deck and the lanai's textured concrete floors, we acid etched the concrete where the pool deck repairs were going to be done. Next we repaired all of the pool deck cracks and floated out the areas where there had been previous pool deck repairs and also skim coated the spots where the textured finish was chipping off in several areas with a thin coat of Kool deck. Then, we applied the new surface texture to all of the repaired pool deck areas to match the existing pool deck texture. Finally we spot primed with an epoxy floor primer and painted two coats of Richards Paint- Deck Guard pool deck and patio paint. Here's a short before and after video clip of this Indialantic pool deck and lanai before it was repaired and painted and then the after video of the amazing transformation of this … [Read More...]
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