Drywall Installation in Katy, TX
Full walls and full ceilings, never patches. Water that stands for days inside the Addicks and Barker pools wicks straight up the gypsum core, so the lower band comes out to framing. Crews of two to three, one to four days.
- Full wall and ceiling replacement
- Flood-cut above the wet line
- Level 3, 4 and 5 finishes
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Quick Overview
Katy Drywall, Fast Facts
- Scope: Full wall and ceiling replacement only, no small patch jobs
- Installed rate: $2-$6 per sq ft hung, taped and finished
- Texture: $0.80-$2.00 per sq ft; skim coat toward Level 5 at $1.00-$1.30
- Minimum: Work starts at a $500 project minimum
- Permit question: Non-fire-rated gypsum is finish work and triggers nothing; a fixture change pulls a permit through that trade
- Booking: 512-290-5153 gets you measured this week
Direct Answers
Answers Without the Runaround
New board runs $2 to $6 per square foot hung, taped and finished, with texture and skim coat quoted separately by the square foot.
Reservoir-pool water stands for days rather than hours, so the gypsum core and the bottom plate behind it never dry and mold risk follows.
No, our crews replace full wall and ceiling planes at a $500 project minimum, so a single hole belongs with a patch-focused contractor.
Why Katy Is Different
Why Katy Board Comes Out Instead of Getting Patched
Three causes account for almost every wall and ceiling we replace in this city. Each one has a tell you can check yourself in about a minute. Knowing which you have decides the scope, the schedule and the number.
Standing water rather than splash damage
Short version first. Addicks and Barker store floodwater only during events, and roughly 14,000 homes sit inside the two pools. Near-zero slope means the water spreads wide, stays shallow and does not leave for days. Gypsum cannot survive that. It wicks moisture up the core, the paper face delaminates, and the bottom plate behind it stays saturated long after the yard dries. Forty-eight hours wet is the practical line. Past it, the board comes off to framing and the affected wall plane gets replaced. We flood-cut above the wet line and keep moving.
Lissie clay cracks it from below
Second cause, different clock. The Katy soil series sits on the Lissie Formation, with its clay horizon 18 to 30 inches down. That clay contracts when trees pull it dry through August and heaves several inches when rain returns, so slab edges rise and fall through the year. Walls keep the record: diagonal cracks off door and window corners, crown miters pulling open, baseboard gaps. Under an eighth of an inch is cosmetic. Wider than that and radiating from a corner is movement, and you hear it from us before a number is written.
Formosan carton nests behind the board
Third thing we find, and it changes the schedule the same day. Formosan termites build carton nests inside wall cavities across this part of the metro, packing chewed cellulose and soil between studs where nothing shows on the surface. You get a hollow sound, or you find the nest when the board comes off. Treatment belongs to a pest trade, so we stop, show you what is there, and let them work before new gypsum goes up. Same rule on long-wet board: remediation is separate, and we sequence rather than bury it.
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Typical Drywall Installation Scopes in Katy
Most Katy work lands at $2-$6 per square foot hung, taped and finished. Texture adds $0.80-$2.00 and a skim coat runs $1.00-$1.30. Ceiling height, finish level, access and how much demolition the wet line forces decide where you sit.
Flood-Cut Wall Replacement
Lower wall band out to framing after a pool event
Board cut above the wet line across a ground floor, framing and bottom plates left open to dry and verified with a meter, then new gypsum hung, taped and finished to Level 4 with the existing texture matched.
| Rooms | Living, dining, hall and two bedrooms |
| Duration | 5 to 7 days |
| Lead time | 1 to 2 weeks out |
| Products | USG Sheetrock, paper tape, joint compound, corner bead, orange peel texture |
Full Room Wall Replacement
Diagonal cracking past an eighth of an inch at every door corner
Seasonal Lissie clay movement opens diagonal cracks and pulls crown miters apart. Wall board comes off to framing, corner bead is re-set, the plane is finished to Level 4 and trim is rehung square.
| Rooms | Den and the adjoining dining wall |
| Duration | 4 to 5 days |
| Lead time | 1 to 2 weeks out |
| Products | USG Sheetrock, corner bead, drywall screws, knockdown texture |
Ceiling Plane Replacement
Stain and sag under the attic air handler
A browning hallway ceiling fed by a condensate line in a two-storey tract build. The HVAC trade corrects the line first, then the affected ceiling plane comes out, new board goes up and the knockdown is matched.
| Rooms | Upstairs hall and game room ceiling |
| Duration | 3 days on site |
| Lead time | About 1 week out |
| Products | USG Sheetrock, joint compound, sanding screens, Festool drywall sander |
Site Conditions
What Comes Off the Wall in Katy
Trim off, board off, and the house tells on itself. Six conditions cover most of what we open up here, and each one points to a different scope.
| Condition | Where you see it in Katy | What it needs |
|---|---|---|
| Lower wall band saturated, paper face delaminating | Lower wall band on ground floors inside the two pools | Flood-cut above the wet line, framing dried and metered, then full plane replacement |
| Bottom plate still reading wet weeks later | Slab-on-grade builds across the two basins | Plate dried before any board; long-wet material routed to a remediation trade |
| Diagonal cracks over an eighth of an inch at openings | 1970s-80s slabs in Memorial Parkway and Williamsburg Colony | Wall replacement to framing, with the slab read before anything is hung |
| Crown and baseboard miters opening seasonally | 1990s-2000s tract stock in Cinco Ranch and Kelliwood | New board, fresh corner bead, trim re-set to where the house sits now |
| Carton nest packed between studs | Older wooded lots and any wall with ground-contact wood outside | Pest trade treats first; we hold the opening rather than close over it |
| Ceiling stain or sag below an attic air handler | Two-storey builds in Grand Lakes, Seven Meadows and Firethorne | Condensate line corrected by HVAC, then the full ceiling plane replaced |
Materials
On the Truck, Every Job
We hang USG Sheetrock and finish it with paper tape, joint compound, corner bead and drywall screws, then sand with screens or a dust-extracting Festool sander. A screw gun, taping knives, stilts and a Bosch laser keep long Katy ceiling runs flat. A moisture meter rides along on every flood scope.
| Product | Brand | Why it earns the spot |
|---|---|---|
| Bosch 360° laser level | Bosch | Used for alignment and ceiling/wall reference lines. |
| DeWalt 20V MAX Drywall Screwgun | DeWalt | Speeds drywall fastening and improves consistency. |
| FibaTape or paper drywall tape | FibaTape / USG | Paper tape for seams; mesh tape for specific conditions. |
| Grip-Rite drywall screws | Grip-Rite | Used to secure drywall to framing. |
| Marshalltown taping knife set | Marshalltown | Used for mud application and smoothing. |
| USG All Purpose Joint Compound | USG | Used for seams, corners, and final finish. |
| USG Sheetrock 1/2 in. drywall | USG | Standard interior wall and ceiling panels. |
| Festool drywall sander | Festool | Improves finish quality and dust control. |
Material grades are specified per substrate after the on-site walkthrough. Material prices are carried in the project scope.
Pricing
Katy Drywall Pricing
Square footage sets the number and finish level sets the spread. These are the ranges we quote across the metro, Katy included.
| Scope | Typical Katy range | What drives the spread |
|---|---|---|
| New board hung, taped and finished | $2-$6 per sq ft | Whether it is wall or ceiling work, finish level, access, board thickness |
| Texture, orange peel or knockdown | $0.80-$2.00 per sq ft | How tight the match must be and how far it has to blend |
| Skim coat for a Level 5 plane | $1.00-$1.30 per sq ft | Window light angle, paint sheen, and total wall area |
| Flood-cut demolition and haul-off | Quoted with the scope | How high the wet line reads, debris volume and whether plates need drying time |
| Project minimum | $500 | The smallest scope we take, since patch-only calls are not our work |
Minimum project size is $500. Every figure is confirmed on site before work starts.
Process
How a Katy Install Runs
- 1Phone first, five minutes. Rooms, ceiling height, and what the cracks or the wet line look like. One call to 512-290-5153 tells us if the scope clears $500.
- 2Measure and meter. Square footage goes on the sheet, cracks get read against the eighth-inch threshold, and anything in a flood pool gets metered at the baseboard.
- 3Cover, cut, haul. Floors and openings get sealed, trim comes off clean, and old board goes straight to the trailer. Long-wet material is bagged separately.
- 4Let the framing dry. Open plates and studs get airflow and a second reading. New board over a wet plate wastes your money and our labour.
- 5Hang and screw off. USG Sheetrock goes up against a laser reference so planes stay true, with every fastener set to depth without breaking the paper.
- 6Tape, texture, walk out. Three compound coats, corner bead on every outside angle, texture matched to the adjoining rooms, then a walk under a work light before we load up.
Coverage
Katy Neighborhoods We Hang Board In
Crews run I-10 and the Grand Parkway daily, across all three counties a Katy address can land in. These are the streets we are on most weeks.
Our Services
Specialized Services in Katy
Board is rarely the only thing a stripped room needs. Same metro, same calendar, same crews on site.
Painting Services
Fresh board wants primer and finish while the room is already masked and empty. Doing both in one window keeps the texture match from standing out under afternoon light.
Flooring Installation
If the wall band was wet, the slab under the floor drank too. Moisture and flatness get measured before any new floor goes down over it.
Tile Installation
Grout splitting in long straight lines points at the same Lissie clay movement showing up in your walls. We re-set the field over an uncoupling membrane.
Handyman Services
Doors that bind, trim pulling away, hardware out of line: all the same soil movement, smaller items. We clear those as a scoped multi-item visit.
Fence Installation
The clay that lifts your slab heaves fence posts too, and pool water stands against the bottom of the run for days. Posts go below the active zone.
Common Questions
Katy Drywall Questions
Will you patch one hole in my hallway?
No. Our scope is full wall and ceiling replacement at a $500 project minimum, so a single hole or doorknob ding is better work for a patch-focused crew.
What does new board cost per square foot?
Katy installs run $2-$6 per square foot hung, taped and finished. Texture adds $0.80-$2.00 per square foot, and a skim coat toward Level 5 runs $1.00-$1.30.
How high do you cut after a reservoir pool event?
Above the wet line the meter finds. Because the pool stands for days, that line often sits higher than people expect and the plate needs drying time.
Do I need a permit for drywall work in Katy?
Non-fire-rated gypsum is finish work, so it triggers nothing on its own. Permits key to what you touch, and a fixture change pulls one through that trade.
Why do my cracks keep reopening in the same spot?
The Lissie clay horizon 18 to 30 inches down cycles every year, lifting and dropping slab edges. New board over live movement reopens on the same diagonal unless the cause is addressed.
Can you match my knockdown texture?
Yes, orange peel and knockdown both. We sample on a scrap board first and match it to the adjoining rooms so the finished plane reads as original.
What if you find termites in the wall?
We stop and show you. Formosan carton nests sit inside wall cavities here, and a pest trade has to treat before new gypsum closes the opening back up.
Which drywall finish level do I need?
Level 3 for heavy texture, Level 4 for most painted walls, Level 5 for gloss paint or raking window light. We recommend one at the measure.
How We Work
Meter before quote
Inside the two basins the wet line decides the scope, so we read it rather than guess at it. You see the number the meter gives.
Whole planes replaced
We replace whole wall and ceiling planes to framing. That is what makes a repair disappear instead of telegraphing a rectangle under paint.
Dust contained, floors covered
Openings get sealed and sanding runs through screens and a dust-extracting sander. The crew sweeps and hauls debris at the end of every day.
Texture matched, then walked
Orange peel and knockdown are sampled against your existing rooms. A raking work light goes across the finished plane before the crew loads out.
Get Katy Walls Back Fast
Board out, board up, texture matched, most rooms back before the next Rice Harvest weekend. Dial 512-290-5153 and we measure this week, meter in hand.
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