Drywall Contractor in Temple, Calgary, AB — Poly-B Patches, Ceilings and Suites

Calgary Drywall Doctor is a drywall contractor serving Temple, NE Calgary. We close up the holes a Poly-B repipe leaves behind, remove and replace stipple ceilings, repair cracks and water damage, and board basements and legal suites. Temple was built mostly in the late 1970s and 1980s, and most of what we do here comes down to keeping a solid forty-year-old house looking the way it should. Call 587-417-5252 for a free written quote. We cover every community in the quadrant, all listed on our NE Calgary drywall contractor page.

What We Tend to Find in Temple Homes

Temple is mostly bungalows, bi-levels and two-storeys from the late 1970s through the 1980s, with townhouse and fourplex rows along the busier streets. The original work was typical for the time: 1/2-inch board, stipple or popcorn ceilings throughout, and a hand-textured look on some walls. These houses have good bones. The drywall just needs the right kind of attention.

Poly-B is the big one in Temple. Grey Poly-B plumbing was installed in Calgary homes from roughly 1978 to 1995, and that window covers almost every house in the community. Insurers have been pushing owners to replace it. A repipe is plumber's work, and when the plumber is done there are access holes in the walls and ceilings of nearly every room. We come in after and patch, tape, texture and match each one. On a typical Temple bi-level, that is ten to twenty holes.

Ceilings come next. Popcorn and stipple were standard through the 1980s, and a texture applied before about 1990 may contain asbestos. We require a lab test on a sample before any scraping. If it is positive, a licensed abatement contractor removes it before we start. If it is clean, we scrape, skim and either leave the ceiling smooth or spray a new knockdown. A lot of Temple owners choose a fresh knockdown because it hides the small waves in older ceiling framing.

We also see cracked corner bead and nail pops from decades of Chinook humidity swings, truss uplift cracks at the top-floor ceiling line every winter, and hail-related ceiling stains after bad summer storms. Basements in Temple are often half-finished from the 1980s, with panelling or thin board that has to come out before the space can become a proper family room or a legal secondary suite under a City of Calgary permit.

Drywall Services in Temple

These are the services booked most often in Temple, with links to the detail pages.

• Drywall Repair — everyday cracks and holes, and the Temple specialty, Poly-B Drywall Repair, where we close every access hole after the plumber leaves.
• Ceiling Repair — truss uplift, sagging seams and stained board. Popcorn Ceiling Removal covers the testing and scraping, and Ceiling Texture Application covers the new knockdown or orange-peel that goes on after.
• Basement Drywall — taking out old panelling or thin board and boarding the basement properly after a moisture check. Legal Suite Drywall explains the fire-separation rules for a suite.
• Drywall Installation — new walls when you open a kitchen, split a bedroom, or finish a garage.
• Drywall Finishing — taping, mudding and sanding to a smooth Level 4 or 5 finish on walls that are getting new lighting or dark paint.

How a Temple Drywall Job Goes

We come out and look first. For a Poly-B job, we like to see the house after the plumber is done so we can count the holes and check for any that need a backer or a full sheet. For a ceiling, we ask about the build year and whether the texture has been tested. For a basement, we meter the foundation walls and slab. You then get a free, written, itemized quote with every step listed.

Most Temple jobs are booked within 2 to 3 days. We set up dust control before any sanding: plastic sheeting on the floors, a zip wall across the work area, and a HEPA vacuum on the sanders. Poly-B patches are done room by room, with a backer behind each hole, the patch screwed in, three coats of mud, and texture sprayed to match. Ceilings are scraped, skimmed, sanded and retextured. Basements get full boarding, with 5/8-inch Type X where a suite needs fire separation and moisture-resistant board in the bathroom.

Before we finish, we inspect every surface under raking light. That low, sideways light shows ridges and hollows that normal room light hides. We fix them, clean up, and walk the job with you.

For a legal suite, the ceiling and any wall shared with the main floor get 5/8-inch Type X, taped and sealed along the fire-rated line, and we leave the assembly ready for the City of Calgary inspector. We tell you up front which walls need the rated board so the quote is not a surprise.

Why Temple Homeowners Call Calgary Drywall Doctor

Calgary Drywall Doctor has been working in the city since 2004, with 20+ years of experience and 500+ projects completed, a good many of them in 1980s homes just like the ones in Temple. We are licensed, WCB-covered and insured, and every job comes with a written workmanship warranty. Our quotes are written and itemized, so you know the scope before we start.

Temple homeowners usually find us through a Poly-B repipe, then call again for the ceilings or the basement. We know the era, we know the textures, and we know to test before we scrape. If a texture match is in doubt, we spray a test patch in a closet or behind a door before we touch the main wall. We are in the neighbouring communities of Whitehorn, Falconridge and Marlborough most weeks. Call 587-417-5252 to book a visit.