Calgary Drywall Doctor is a drywall contractor working in Falconridge, NE Calgary. We take down and replace stipple ceilings, patch the holes a Poly-B repipe leaves behind, develop basements into legal suites, and fix the cracks and dents that come with a house that has been lived in for forty years. Falconridge was built mostly in the late 1970s and 1980s, and the homes have the drywall issues you would expect from that era. Call 587-417-5252 for a free written quote. We cover every community in the quadrant, listed on our NE Calgary drywall contractor page.
What We Tend to Find in Falconridge Homes
Falconridge is mostly bungalows, bi-levels and modest two-storeys built from the late 1970s through the 1980s, with townhouse rows mixed in. The original drywall is 1/2-inch board on the walls, a sprayed stipple or popcorn ceiling in almost every room, and plenty of hand-textured patches from past repairs. These houses are solid, but they are at the age where the first owners' finishes are coming due.
Ceilings come up first in most conversations. Popcorn and stipple ceilings were standard in Calgary homes through the 1980s, and a texture applied before about 1990 may contain asbestos. Our rule is simple: a pre-1990 textured ceiling gets lab-tested before anyone scrapes it. If the test comes back positive, a licensed abatement contractor removes it before we touch the room. If it is clean, we scrape, skim and either leave it smooth or apply a new knockdown texture.
Poly-B plumbing is the second one. Grey Poly-B pipe was used in Calgary homes from roughly 1978 to 1995, which covers most of Falconridge. When a plumber replaces it, the crew cuts access holes in walls and ceilings all over the house, often a dozen or more. A plumber does the repipe; we come in after to patch, tape, texture and match every hole so you cannot find them.
Beyond that, we see the usual 1980s list: nail pops along stud lines, cracked corner bead, truss uplift at the top-floor ceiling joints every winter, and older basements with a bit of efflorescence on the foundation walls. Many Falconridge basements are being converted to legal secondary suites now, which means a City of Calgary permit and fire-rated drywall between the suite and the main floor.
One more Falconridge pattern: attached garages from this era were often left bare, or boarded with 1/2-inch board on the house wall where 5/8-inch Type X belongs. If you are finishing the garage, we board the whole thing and bring the shared wall and ceiling up to the fire-rated standard at the same time.
Drywall Services in Falconridge
These are the services Falconridge homeowners book most often, with links to the detail pages.
- Ceiling Repair — cracked and sagging ceilings, truss uplift, and old patches that never matched. For getting rid of the texture, see Popcorn Ceiling Removal, which covers the testing step.
- Drywall Repair — everyday holes and cracks, and the big one for this community, Poly-B Drywall Repair, where we close up every access hole after the plumber is done.
- Basement Drywall — boarding and finishing an older basement after a moisture check. For a rental or family suite, Legal Suite Drywall explains the fire-separation rules.
- Drywall Installation — new walls and ceilings for a kitchen opening, a bedroom split, or a garage.
- Drywall Finishing — taping, mudding and sanding to a Level 4 or 5 finish, and Texture Matching for blending old and new.
How a Falconridge Drywall Job Goes
We come out and look first. On a ceiling job in a Falconridge home, that means asking when the house was built and whether the texture has ever been tested. If it has not, we will tell you to get a sample tested at a lab before we quote the removal. On a basement, we run a moisture meter over the foundation walls and slab. Then you get a free, written, itemized quote that spells out every step.
Most jobs are booked within 2 to 3 days. Dust control goes up before any sanding: plastic sheeting on the floors, a zip wall across the doorway, and a HEPA vacuum on the sanders. For Poly-B patching, we go room by room, backing each hole, setting the patch, taping and mudding in three coats, and spraying texture to match. For a ceiling, we scrape, skim coat, sand, and either finish smooth or spray a fresh knockdown.
We inspect the finished work under raking light before we leave. That low, sideways light shows every ridge and hollow, and we fix them before the painter arrives. Then we clean up and walk the job with you.
For a basement suite, the order is the same but the board changes. The ceiling and any wall shared with the main floor get 5/8-inch Type X, the bathroom gets moisture-resistant board, and the joints along the fire-rated line are taped and sealed so they pass inspection. We leave it ready for the City of Calgary inspector and point out where the rated line runs.
Why Falconridge Homeowners Call Calgary Drywall Doctor
Calgary Drywall Doctor has been working in homes like these since 2004, with 20+ years of experience and 500+ projects completed. We are licensed, WCB-covered and insured, and every job comes with a written workmanship warranty. Our quotes are written and itemized, and we stick to them.
Falconridge homeowners want someone who knows the 1980s playbook: test the ceiling, respect the Poly-B holes, check the basement for moisture before boarding. That is our day-to-day. We do the same work next door in Martindale, Temple and Whitehorn, so we are in the area most weeks. Call 587-417-5252 to set up a visit.
Falconridge is one of the communities we serve as a drywall contractor in NE Calgary. See that page for every northeast neighbourhood we cover.