Drywall Hole Repair & Patching in Huntington, WV | Patches That Disappear
A hole in drywall is the most common repair call we get in Huntington, and the one most often done badly. Doorknob punches, moving-day gouges, picture-hanger strips, a foot through the wall on the stairs, the square a plumber cut to reach a valve. Drywall Repair Huntington patches all of them so the wall reads as one surface, not a lighter square with a ridge around it.
A service call for small holes typically starts around $150 in the Huntington area and usually covers several in one visit. Large holes are quoted in writing after we see them. Either way the patch is backed, taped, coated three times, sanded, primed, textured if the wall has texture, and painted to a natural break.
Small holes, nail holes, and anchor holes
Anything under about two inches, nail holes, drywall-anchor holes, TV-mount lag holes, gets filled, sanded flush, primed, and touched up. The trick on small holes is not the filler, it is stopping the primer and paint from flashing, which means priming the spot and painting a full section rather than dabbing. This is the bread-and-butter of our rental turnover work near Marshall.
Medium holes: doorknobs, corners, and the four-to-twelve-inch range
This is the doorknob hole, the chair-back hole, the busted corner. We square the opening, add a wood or metal backing strip behind the drywall so the patch cannot flex, screw in a new piece of matching-thickness board, tape all four seams, and feather three coats out 12 inches or more. A peel-and-stick repair square on its own, the kind sold in the hardware aisle on Route 60, telegraphs through paint in raking light every time.
Large holes and full-section replacement
Above roughly a square foot, or wherever the paper face is torn across a wide area, we cut back to the studs on both sides and replace the section stud-to-stud. That gives the new board solid screw purchase along every edge. If the damage is at a ceiling or wall corner we replace the corner bead as well. Large repairs in textured rooms include texture matching so the section blends.
Older Huntington walls: when the hole is in plaster
In Southside, Highlawn, and Guyandotte, what looks like drywall is often plaster over lath with a skim coat. A hole in plaster needs the loose material cut back to sound keys, the lath checked, and either a plaster patch or a drywall insert shimmed flush. We handle both; see plaster repair for how we decide which.
Questions about Drywall Hole Repair & Patching
How much does it cost to patch a hole in drywall?
Several small holes or one doorknob-size hole: a service call that typically starts around $150. Medium patches between 4 and 12 inches: roughly $200 to $400 including texture and paint. Large sections up to a full sheet: roughly $350 to $750. Those are 2026 survey figures for our area; you get one written number before we start.
Can you fix a hole in drywall the same day?
Small patches yes, in a single visit. Larger patches need drying time between coats, so we typically make two short visits or one long one with a fast-setting compound.
Do you repair holes in sheetrock?
Yes. Sheetrock is a brand of drywall; the repair is the same.
Other repairs we handle
Drywall Hole Repair & Patching sits alongside our drywall repair, our drywall crack repair service, professional ceiling drywall repair and water damaged drywall repair services — call and we'll tell you which one your job needs.
Where we work
We take drywall hole repair & patching jobs across the Tri-State, including drywall repair in Barboursville, Milton drywall repair calls, serving Ona, drywall repair for Hurricane property owners, Drywall Repair Near Ceredo, drywall repair in Kenova, Ashland drywall repair calls, serving Ironton, drywall repair for Proctorville property owners, Chesapeake, OH Drywall Repair and drywall repair in South Point, and the surrounding communities.
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