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Drywall & Sanding

Drywall Repair and Dust-Free Sanding

Get perfectly smooth surfaces with professional drywall repair, seam taping and dust-free sanding before paint application. A wall is only as good as the coat underneath — and paint will show every ridge you did not deal with first.

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Newly installed drywall with taped seams across the walls and ceiling of a room under construction
Since 2003 Smooth surfaces
What's included

Flat, smooth and ready for paint

Most callbacks on a paint job trace back to the drywall stage. Getting the substrate genuinely flat is what makes the finish coat look right.

Hole & Damage Repair

Everything from doorknob dents to full sheet replacement, patched so the repair disappears.

Water-Damaged Drywall

Failed, stained or soft board cut out and replaced, with the cause flagged before we close it up.

Crack Repair

Settlement and stress cracks cut back, taped properly and feathered so they do not simply reopen.

Seam Taping & Bedding

Tape, bed and finish coats built up in stages so joints sit flat instead of telegraphing through.

Dust-Free Sanding

Vacuum-assisted sanding that keeps the fine dust out of the rest of your house.

Skim Coating

Full skim over damaged or heavily patched walls to bring the whole surface back to level.

Texture Matching

Knockdown, orange peel and hand textures matched so a patch does not stand out under light.

Primed & Paint-Ready

Repairs primed so the new work does not flash through the finish coat.

Interior room with newly hung drywall ready for taping and finishing
Built for the Lowcountry

Moisture and movement are what crack Charleston walls

Humidity gets into drywall and stays there. Combined with the seasonal movement you get in coastal framing, it opens seams, pops fasteners and reopens the same cracks people have already patched twice.

We deal with the cause before the cosmetics. Fasteners reset, joints cut back and re-taped properly, and moisture-resistant board specified where the room justifies it — so the repair is still flat in two years.

Moisture-resistant board in wet rooms
Fasteners reset, not just filled
Joints cut back and re-taped
Cause identified before closing up
On the job

What drywall work looks like with our crew

Drywall finisher taping and bedding a ceiling joint with a broad knife

Taping & Finishing

Joints bedded and built up in stages, then feathered wide so nothing telegraphs through the paint.

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Technician sanding a finished drywall surface smooth before priming

Dust-Free Sanding

Vacuum-assisted sanding that keeps the fine white dust out of the rest of the house.

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Drywall specialist applying a smoothing compound coat to an interior wall

Patching & Skim Coats

Holes, dents and failed old repairs cut back, refilled and skimmed until the wall reads flat.

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Finish levels

Not every wall needs the same finish level

Drywall is graded by finish level. Paying for a level 5 finish in a garage is waste; accepting a level 3 behind a gloss paint in raking light is a problem.

Level 3 Tape and one coat. Fine behind heavy texture or in utility spaces.
Level 4 Tape and two to three coats. The normal standard for most painted residential walls.
Level 5 Full skim over the whole surface. What you want under gloss paint or strong raking light.
Texture Match Existing knockdown or orange peel replicated so a repair blends into the original wall.
Interior space with drywall hung and seams taped, ready for the finishing coats
Prestige Home Experts crew member working on ceiling drywall from a ladder
Why Prestige

A crew that shows up, and a number that answers

We have been finishing Charleston walls since 2003. We tell you the finish level you are getting, we contain the dust, and we prime the work so you can see what you paid for.

Licensed and insured
BBB accredited, A+ rating
Fixed written pricing
Tidy site, every single day
Mon–Sat, 7am to 5pm
Serving greater Charleston
FAQs

Drywall questions we get asked

Yes. Anything from a doorknob dent to a settlement crack. Small patches are usually same-day, though the compound needs drying time between coats before sanding.
We cut out the failed board and replace it. We also flag what caused the water — patching over an unresolved leak just means doing it again in six months.
That is the aim. We match knockdown, orange peel and hand textures, then prime the repair so it does not flash through the finish coat.
Vacuum-assisted, so the overwhelming majority is captured at the tool. We still seal the work area — no sanding method is literally zero dust.
Yes, and it is the most common reason people book us. Repairs are finished, sanded and primed so the walls are genuinely paint-ready.
Charleston and the surrounding Lowcountry — including Charleston Downtown, Mount Pleasant, James Island, Johns Island and Seabrook Island.

Ready for walls worth painting?

Tell us what needs fixing and we'll get you a written estimate.

Call (843) 696-8691

Mon–Sat, 7am to 5pm · alex@prestigehomeexperts.com