Drywall & Plaster Repair in St. Charles, MO
We’ve been repairing walls and ceilings in St. Charles since 2007, and it’s a town with a split personality. Down in Frenchtown and along Historic Main Street the homes are pre-1940s — real lath-and-plaster, not drywall. Out in New Town and the subdivisions north of Highway 94, it’s modern drywall on wood studs. They crack for different reasons and they’re repaired completely differently, and a lot of drywall crews won’t touch the plaster. We do both.
We’re based ten minutes east in St. Peters, so a job anywhere in St. Charles — Old Town, New Town, the Heritage area, or up by the riverfront — is a quick trip.
Free estimates in St. Charles. Mon–Fri 8 AM – 6 PM.
The two kinds of walls we see in St. Charles
| Type | Where you’ll find it | How we repair it |
|---|---|---|
| Lath-and-plaster | Frenchtown, Historic Main Street, most pre-1940s homes | Re-secure the plaster to the lath (plaster buttons/washers), fill and skim, match the original surface so the patch doesn’t telegraph |
| Rock-lath / button board plaster | 1940s–1960s bungalows and ranches | Skim-coat repair, or cut in a drywall section and build the thickness up flush |
| Conventional drywall | New Town, the Heritage area, subdivisions north of Hwy 94 | Standard cut, patch, tape, three mud coats, texture-match — sand swirl is the usual ceiling here |
Why plaster and drywall crack — and why the fix is different
An old plaster wall in Old Town cracks because the plaster has pulled away from the wood lath behind it — a hundred-plus years of the house breathing through Missouri’s wet-then-dry seasons. You can’t just mud over that; if the plaster is loose, the crack comes right back. We re-anchor the plaster to the lath first (small plaster buttons), then fill, skim, and match the texture so the repair disappears into the wall.
New drywall out in New Town or north of 94 cracks for a simpler reason: clay soil. It swells in spring, shrinks in an August drought, and the house flexes a hair every season — opening seams above doors and along the ceiling line. There the fix is to pull the failed tape, re-tape, float three thin mud coats, sand, and re-texture. Same goal, two completely different repairs — and knowing which you’ve got is half the job.
How we work
Free written estimate on-site, no pressure. Most jobs go on the calendar within two weeks; water damage we’ll usually reach inside 48 hours. We plastic the floors, seal the doorways so dust stays put, do the repair, match your texture, then vacuum and haul out the debris — you shouldn’t be able to tell we were there except for the wall that’s fixed.
Who you’re hiring
A two-man shop — Richard Nation, who started it in 2007, and Joe Perkins, on the truck since 2012. When you call you get one of us, and the same hands that quote the job do the work. More about us →
St. Charles drywall & plaster questions
Do you actually repair plaster, or just drywall?
Both. A lot of crews in the area only do drywall and will tell you a plaster wall needs to be torn out. Usually it doesn’t — if we re-anchor the loose plaster to the lath and skim it, your original walls stay original. That matters in an Old Town or Frenchtown home.
Can you match the texture on my old St. Charles ceiling?
Yes. Older homes here have everything from smooth hand-troweled plaster to mid-century textures, and the newer side of town is almost all sand swirl. Matching the existing texture is what makes a repair invisible — it’s the part we focus on.
How much does drywall repair cost in St. Charles?
A single crack or patch is usually a few hundred dollars; plaster restoration or a water-damaged ceiling runs higher. You get a written number before any work starts.
Are you insured?
Fully insured — certificate of insurance available on request.
St. Charles areas we cover
- Historic Main Street & Old Town
- Frenchtown
- New Town at St. Charles
- The Heritage area & subdivisions north of Hwy 94
- Plus next-door St. Peters (our shop), O’Fallon, Cottleville & Dardenne Prairie
Need drywall or plaster repair in St. Charles?
We're ten minutes away in St. Peters. Free estimates, written up front. Most jobs scheduled within two weeks — emergency water damage inside 48 hours.
Drywall repair near St. Charles
We cover the whole St. Louis metro. Nearby areas we also serve:
- Drywall repair in St. Peters, MO
- Drywall repair in O'Fallon, MO
- Drywall repair in West St. Louis County
- Drywall repair in St. Louis, MO
See all our drywall services, or read our step-by-step repair guide.