Ceiling Repair
We repair cracked and water-stained drywall ceilings in St. Petersburg homes and condos. New board goes in where needed, and the texture and paint are matched to the rest of the ceiling.
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Popcorn ceiling removal takes a rough, shadowed ceiling back to a flat one. The texture holds dust, it yellows over the years, and one small water stain spreads across it. Scraping the texture down is the quick part. What the ceiling looks like afterward comes from the finish work.
Flow Home Services is a veteran-owned handyman and remodeling company based in St. Petersburg. We take on one room or every ceiling in the house, in homes and condos across Pinellas County. Ceiling work comes up all the time inside our handyman services and inside a remodel. Estimates are free, so text a photo of your ceiling to (727) 404-7164.
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Prep is most of a clean ceiling job. The ceiling is cleared and the room is masked before we start, floor to wall and into the doorways. Furniture goes out or gets wrapped, and we go over anything else that has to come down first. Scraping is a wet job, and the work is in keeping the mess inside that one room.
Two things decide how we remove a popcorn ceiling. The first is whether the texture was ever painted. Unpainted texture softens under a light mist of water and pulls down with a wide blade. Painted texture takes on far less water, so it fights the scraper and comes off in chips.
The second is what sits under the texture. Some ceilings scrape clean and need a light skim, and some need a full skim coat across the whole surface. When scraping is the wrong call, new drywall goes up over the old ceiling and gets taped and finished flat. Cracked seams and sagging board are ceiling repair, and that part happens before any finish coat.
The middle of St. Petersburg is block ranch houses from the 1950s through the 1970s. Disston Heights, Meadowlawn, Lakewood Estates, Jungle Terrace and Azalea are built out of them. Sprayed texture is still overhead in a lot of those rooms, and in older condos around the city. It is one of the ceiling jobs we hear about most in Pinellas County.
Age matters for one reason. Texture from that era can contain asbestos. The Consumer Product Safety Commission lists textured paints and ceiling patching compounds among the products that carried it. Their use was banned in 1977, and the agency warns that scraping those surfaces may release asbestos.
A ceiling from that era gets a sample tested before anyone scrapes it. A professional takes the sample and a laboratory reads it. Testing is not work the company does, and neither is removal of that material. Florida regulates that as a separate trade, and we do not scrape, sand or cover a ceiling that tests positive.
A scraped ceiling is flat but not finished. Old tape lines, nail pops and patch marks show up once the texture is gone. We fix what shows, then skim coat the ceiling in thin coats and sand it out.
Then you pick the finish. A smooth ceiling is the most common ask. It is also the least forgiving, because light crosses it all day and every ripple reads. A knockdown or orange peel finish hides more, and it can match the texture already on your walls.
Order matters on a ceiling job. Ceilings get done before new floors go down and before the walls are painted. Once the skim coat is sanded, fresh paint on the ceiling evens the color out and finishes the room.
Free, no-obligation estimates across St. Petersburg and Pinellas County.
(727) 404-7164From the first call or text to the final walk-through, here is how it goes.
Reach us at (727) 404-7164 or fill out the form. Tell us what needs work and send photos if you have them.
We come out and look at the work, or we start from the photos you sent. We talk through materials and options.
You get the scope and the price in writing before anything starts. Estimates are free. Ask questions and we adjust the plan.
We set a start date and do the work. Tile, drywall, paint, trim, doors and hardware all run through one company.
We clean up the work area when the job wraps. Then we go through the finished work with you and handle anything left.
Common questions about popcorn ceiling removal across St. Petersburg and Pinellas County. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We repair cracked and water-stained drywall ceilings in St. Petersburg homes and condos. New board goes in where needed, and the texture and paint are matched to the rest of the ceiling.
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We patch holes, close cracks and replace water damaged drywall in St. Petersburg homes and condos. The texture gets matched to the wall around it, so the repair sands out paint ready.
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We paint rooms, ceilings, trim, doors and cabinets in St. Petersburg homes and condos. Walls get patched, sanded and primed first, so the finish lays flat.
Learn MoreWe take the repair list around the house and the full bathroom or kitchen remodel. One number covers the small jobs and the big ones.
Text photos of the job to (727) 404-7164 and we can start the estimate from the pictures. Estimates are free, by photo or in person.
Flow Home Services is a disabled veteran-owned company based in St. Petersburg. We work in houses and condos across Pinellas County.
All six reviews on Google are five stars. Customers wrote about rooms painted for a real estate agent's clients. Another wrote about a new back door.
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Christian has been helping my seller clients prepare their home for resale and for my buyer clients to get the upgrades they desire in an excellent timeframe. I highly recommend Christian and his team and look forward to working with them on future projects. (Before and after photos of rooms Flow Home Services painted for my clients).
Christian and his team did an incredible job at building our backyard shed. This was an involved job that other handymen would not touch. The project consisted of framing, siding, roofing, painting, securing into concrete, etc. his skill and attention to detail was impressive. Christian was very reliable and showed up on time everyday ready to work. In addition, Christian updated us numerous times throughout the day with progress pictures and videos as we were traveling during the holidays. The team cleaned up and we can home to a fully built 10x14 ‘ shed/garage. If you are looking for a reliable, skilled handyman/builder, look no further. We will be using Flow Home Services again soon.
Christian helped me install a new back door and he did an amazing job! He was very professional and reliable. Highly recommend!
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