Drywall Contractor in Woodbridge, NJ
Edison Drywall hangs and finishes drywall across Woodbridge Township, NJ, the township bordering Edison that includes Iselin, Fords, Colonia, and Avenel.
Postwar houses, and plaster in the oldest
Most Woodbridge houses went up between the 1940s and the 1970s, with a smaller share of prewar homes that still have their original plaster. Most calls here are the problems of aging board, and they look much the same from Avenel to Fords. Colonia, Iselin, and Fords have notes of their own on this site.
Nail pops in postwar board
Board hung in the 1950s and 1960s was often nailed, and as the lumber shrinks the heads push through the paint as small round bumps, usually in a line along a joist or stud. Each pop gets a drywall screw driven beside it, the nail reset, and three thin coats sanded flat. Treating a whole ceiling in one visit beats chasing pops one at a time.
Plaster in the prewar houses
Homes from before 1940 frequently keep their original plaster. A patch there is built up to match the thicker plaster plane, and the seam is taped and feathered out wide so it vanishes under paint.
Ceilings that dip between joists
Thin board spanning wide framing can bow under the weight of attic insulation over several decades. Screwing it back up rarely holds for long; replacing the section with a heavier ceiling board does.
Low streets near the water
Parts of Woodbridge sit low beside tidal water, including Keasbey on the Raritan and Sewaren and Port Reading on the Arthur Kill, and Hurricane Sandy flooded homes in the township in 2012. In those areas a good share of wall repair is water work.
Rebuilding a wall after water
Wet board and insulation come out to one level cut line above the high-water mark. The framing is dried and checked with a moisture meter until the readings fall, then the wall is closed with moisture-resistant board that stops a little short of the slab, and the seams are taped and finished like any other wall.
Checking an earlier storm repair
If you bought a house that was rebuilt after a flood, look low on the walls. A damp odor in one closet, joint tape lifting in the bottom foot or so, trim that no longer sits tight, or board resting right on the concrete can all point to a rushed job. A small inspection opening and a meter reading settle the question.
Garage separation and finished basements
Code treats the boundary between an attached garage and the living space as a fire separation. New Jersey's residential code wants gypsum board no thinner than 1/2 inch facing the garage, and if bedrooms or other habitable space are built over the garage, that separation needs a one-hour rating for fire resistance under the state amendment; builders usually reach it with 5/8-inch Type X board. Below grade, perimeter walls are hung with moisture-resistant board stopped short of the floor, with access panels left where shutoffs and cleanouts need to stay reachable.
Blending new work into a sixty-year-old room
After six decades of repainting, a Woodbridge wall is rarely the smooth sheet it started as, and a patch is judged by whether anyone can find it afterward. Roller texture builds up coat by coat, corners lose their crisp edge, and plenty of ceilings from that era wear a sand swirl or knockdown pattern. Fresh compound is carried a generous distance beyond the repair, sanded under a work light held low against the wall, and textured to match the surrounding surface before primer. A spot primer over the patch alone often flashes through the finish coat, so the whole wall is usually painted corner to corner.
Edison Drywall handles drywall repair in Woodbridge, plus nearby Edison and Sayreville.
- Written quote after we see the work
- Existing texture matched before paint
- Dust contained, debris hauled out
What customers say
Highly recommend! Ralph did a great job in my basement. Great quality work!
Ralph and his assistant were outstanding. Punctual, neat, professional. They rebuilt badly cracked plaster, I would hire them again.
Ralph is punctual, responsible, and works very well. Drywall repair plus painting, highly recommend Mega Fame.
Towns we work in
Based in Edison and working roughly 25 miles out.