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Drywalling Toronto
Drywall work looks simple until you see bad drywall work – and in Toronto, you see a lot of it. Visible seams under paint. Corners that aren’t square. Patches that telegraph themselves through every coat. At The HandyForce, we take drywall to a paint-ready finish: taped, mudded, sanded, and primed so that whatever colour goes on top looks exactly the way it should. We also work in the material most Toronto drywall contractors want nothing to do with – lath and plaster.
New Drywall Installation
For new construction, additions, or rooms being opened up as part of a renovation, we hang, tape, finish, and prime. Moisture-resistant board goes wherever moisture is a factor – bathrooms, kitchens, laundry areas. For home theatre rooms or bedrooms where sound isolation matters, we use soundproofing solutions including SONOpan panels, resilient channels, and Green Glue compound – whatever the application calls for. Curved walls and arched openings are something we do regularly, including a memorable curved home theatre installation in a North York basement.
We deliver a paint-ready surface – which in practice means we prime the finished drywall before handing it over. The reason: priming reveals tiny imperfections that are invisible before. We prime, we look, we fix. Then the wall is genuinely ready for paint – not almost ready.
Drywall Repair and Patching
Drywall repair is actually our most common drywall service. Holes from door handles. Anchor points that got ripped out. Water damage from a leak upstairs. A wall that got opened up for an electrical run and never properly closed. We patch drywall constantly, and we take the finish seriously – a patched wall should be indistinguishable from the surrounding surface once it’s painted. That means feathering the compound properly, multiple coats, and proper sanding rather than a single skim and call it done.
Lath and Plaster - A Toronto Specialty
A very large portion of Toronto’s housing stock was built before drywall existed. These homes have lath and plaster walls and ceilings – a layered system of wood strips and multiple coats of plaster applied by hand, which is genuinely beautiful when it’s intact but presents unique challenges when it’s damaged.
We repair bubbling plaster, cracks, water damage, and impact holes. We work with plaster moulding – the decorative ceiling and wall profiles that are common in pre-war Toronto homes – repairing and replicating profiles where sections have been lost.
Real project:
Before
A client in a Leaside bungalow had a roof leak that damaged their living room ceiling around the fireplace. The plaster was so severely damaged it was beyond repair in the affected area – but they didn’t have the budget to replace the entire ceiling. The challenge: plaster and drywall are not the same thickness. Blending the two seamlessly so the transition is invisible once painted is extremely difficult work that most plasterers and drywallers simply won’t attempt. We did it – cutting back to a clean edge, building out the drywall to match the plaster depth, and finishing the seam so the repair is completely invisible.
After
We also do full plaster removal and conversion to drywall – a more involved project because original framing in older homes is rarely level, meaning studs and joists often need to be sistered before new drywall can be hung flat.
Moisture-Resistant and Specialty Drywall
- Moisture-resistant board – bathrooms, kitchens, laundry
- Cement board and tile backer – anywhere tile is being installed over drywall
- Fire-rated drywall – utility rooms, garage walls, rental suite separation
- Soundproofing assemblies – SONOpan, resilient channels, Green Glue
- Curved and radius drywall – arches, curved walls, barrel ceilings
What's Included
- Hole patching – all sizes, paint-ready finish
- Drywall repair and patching – water damage, impact holes, anchor pull-outs
- Taping, mudding, and sanding – multiple coats to flat finish
- Priming to paint-ready standard
- Lath and plaster repair – cracks, bubbling, water damage, impact holes
- Plaster moulding repair
- Lath and plaster removal and drywall conversion
- Drywall supply, cutting, and hanging
- Corner bead installation – metal or paper, square or rounded
- Moisture-resistant and fire-rated board installation
- Soundproofing installation
- Curved and radius drywall
Drywalling is included as part of our full renovation services. See our basement renovation, bathroom renovation, and kitchen renovation pages. For smaller drywall repairs, our handyman services team can help.
Frequently Asked Questions
A patch fills a hole or damaged area – it’s local, targeted repair. A skim coat is a thin layer of joint compound applied over an entire wall surface to create a uniformly smooth finish, typically used when a wall has been damaged across a large area, has an uneven texture from old wallpaper removal, or needs a fresh base before painting. We do both.
We repair it wherever we can – and in a Toronto home, that’s usually the right answer, because intact plaster is often better soundproofing than drywall and has a quality of finish that’s hard to replicate. When the damage is localised, we repair and blend. When it’s too far gone across an area, we remove and replace with drywall, building out the framing to match the original plaster depth.
For smooth or skim-coated walls, yes. For heavy textures like orange peel or knockdown, matching is possible but requires testing to get the application right. We assess and advise honestly before committing to a match. In older Toronto homes with hand-applied plaster, exact texture matching isn’t achievable with drywall compound – but a good skim finish is often actually an improvement.
Yes. We install SONOpan panels, resilient (isolation) channels, and Green Glue noise-damping compound. These can be applied between shared walls in a duplex, between a home theatre and adjacent rooms, or between floors where sound transfer is an issue. The right combination depends on your specific situation and budget – we’ll advise on what will make a noticeable difference.
Paint-ready, by default – which includes priming. We prime so we can see any remaining imperfections under the paint sheen and fix them before you pick up a roller. If you specifically want to stop at tape and mud so you can finish it yourself, we can do that too – just tell us at the quote stage.
It can, certainly, though it isn’t the norm. Before removal an asbestos test is always best to be absolutely certain with what we are dealing and how extensive the care and precautions need to be around abatement. The City of Toronto has further information about asbestos on their website.
Small patches – a hole from a door handle, a pulled anchor, a minor crack — are typically a handyman-scale job and can often be booked through our handyman services team without a full project quote. Larger repairs involving water damage, lath and plaster, or multiple areas are quoted based on the extent of the damage, the material involved, and the finish level required. We assess honestly – if a small patch is all that’s needed, that’s what we’ll tell you. Contact us and we’ll let you know what your specific situation calls for before any work is committed to.
Drywalling Toronto: The Neighbourhoods We Serve
We serve East York, North York, Leaside, the Beaches, Leslieville, Cabbagetown, and surrounding Toronto neighbourhoods. Office at 1352C Woodbine Ave, East York.
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