Cedar Mill Property Repair hangs, tapes and finishes new drywall on bare studs and joists: garages, unfinished basements, new partition walls and rooms opened up for a remodel. Serving Cedar Mill, Beaverton, Bethany and nearby. Around Portland, new-board jobs land between $1,029 and $3,380 including materials, about $2,204 in the middle (market data, Nov. 2026) . For a range, text a photo plus the room size and ceiling height.
Got a hole or a water stain in a wall that's already there? That's a different job, covered under drywall repair. Slava, who hangs and finishes the board himself, has 7 years of hands-on experience .
Which drywall jobs does Cedar Mill Property Repair handle?
The whole sequence on new board: sheets screwed to the framing, seams taped and mudded, metal corner bead on the outside corners, sanding, and walls left ready for primer. Typical jobs: a garage, an unfinished basement or bonus room, a closet or partition wall once the framing is built, a bath or kitchen stripped to the studs.
Sheetrock is just a brand name: drywall, wallboard and gypsum board are the same panel.
Big crews often skip a single garage. For us it's a normal size of job . Moving electrical boxes, HVAC ducts and scraping popcorn ceilings aren't part of it; popcorn removal sits on the what we don't do page .
What does new drywall cost around Portland?
| Job | From | Typical | Up to | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New drywall hung, taped and finished | $1,029 | $2,204 | $3,380 | per job, with materials |
These come from local market data gathered in November 2026; board, tape and mud account for about 25 % of the total . The number of sheets drives it most. Then ceilings (slower than walls), ceiling height, corners and openings, old board coming out first, and access, like a tight basement stair.
Swapping one damaged sheet in an existing wall is priced as a repair: $400 to $2,000, labour only, on the repair page .
Oregon wants residential work over $2,000 on paper, with the consumer notices attached, and a job that grows past it gets its contract within five days. Most drywall installs cross that mark. Scrap and offcuts we create leave with us .
Can I hang drywall myself, and where does it pay to hire a pro?
Hanging a wall is a fair weekend project for a careful homeowner. Ceilings are harder: a sheet overhead takes two people or a rented lift. Finishing is where amateur work shows. Three coats feathered wide look fine under a work light, then every ridge appears once paint goes on and low sun crosses the wall.
If you'd rather hang it yourself, we can come in for the tape and finish .
A cold, damp garage in an Oregon January slows joint compound down a lot. Heat and a dehumidifier between coats make more difference than most people expect .
Does drywalling a garage, basement or new wall need a permit?
Usually not when bare studs get covered in a garage that will keep parking cars, or when fresh wallboard replaces old on a wall already standing. Turning a garage or basement into a bedroom, office or family room does need one, and so does adding, moving or removing walls. The state list exempts a non-bearing partition such as a closet wall, except where it forms a habitable room (living, sleeping, cooking or eating) or a new bathroom. Skipping the permit doesn't mean skipping the code.
Washington County applies the state building code in unincorporated Cedar Mill, Bethany, Aloha and West Slope. Portland city neighborhoods such as Bridlemile or Forest Heights follow Portland's own list. Beaverton addresses go to the city's building department .
The wall and ceiling between an attached garage and the house get the board the code calls for .
What changes if the house is older than 2004?
For any home finished before 2004, Oregon DEQ wants an accredited inspector's asbestos survey done ahead of renovation or demolition, with the report kept at the house during the job. Wall and ceiling texture can contain asbestos, and nobody can tell by looking. If it tests positive, a abatement contractor removes it.
Pre-1978 homes bring a second rule: renovators there need lead training and certification and must follow set work practices. Our position is simple. Jobs that disturb old lead paint go to someone else, and so does asbestos or popcorn removal.
That's most of the west side: Cedar Hills tract houses date from the fifties and sixties, much of Cedar Mill from the following two decades, and even Bethany's 1990s streets fall before the 2004 cutoff. New board on bare framing is simple; tearing out old walls starts with the survey .
Which drywall goes where in a damp Oregon house?
Regular half-inch board covers most walls, usually in 4x8 sheets. Bathrooms, laundry rooms and basements get moisture- and mold-resistant board. Behind shower tile it's cement board, not drywall, and that belongs to tile work. Fire-rated board goes where the code asks for it . Longer sheets leave fewer seams on a long wall .
West-side winters are wet and basements beside a crawl space stay damp. Water coming in gets fixed before board goes up, never covered over; see crawlspace and basement water repairs .
How long does a drywall job take, and where do you start?
Ceiling first, then walls from the top row down, so the wall sheets help carry the ceiling edges. Seams get staggered; screws go into framing.
Market data puts a typical job near 24 labour hours, spread over several days because each coat dries before the next, then sanding and a final check . Sanding dust is fine, so we close the room off and cover floors .
Smooth or textured walls, and is painting included?
Most new board is finished smooth and left ready for primer. Where the other rooms carry a knockdown or orange peel finish, new walls can get a matching spray . Blending texture into a wall that's already there is repair work, $200 to $1,000, labour only .
Paint is a separate line. Interior painting for a single room runs $400 to $1,700 with materials in the local market . New board always needs a coat of primer first .