Drywall, Plaster & Stucco in Boston, MA

Brownstones, row houses and triple-deckers across the city

Each Boston neighborhood has its own kind of house. The South End, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are known for brick and brownstone row houses from the 1800s. Charlestown and East Boston have tight rows of wood-frame homes, Jamaica Plain has many Victorians, and Dorchester, South Boston and Roslindale are full of two-families and triple-deckers.

Brownstones and row houses often have tall ceilings with ornamental cornices and medallions that owners want to keep. Triple-deckers bring cracked plaster ceilings, worn stairwells and damage from leaks between units. Condo conversions add another layer, with every unit expected to have smooth, finished walls.

We restore ornamental plaster, skim walls that have been patched for decades and hang drywall where renovations open up walls. Jobs in dense neighborhoods like the North End or Beacon Hill also mean careful planning for parking, deliveries and cleanup.

Many Boston condo associations set rules for when contractors can work, where they can park and how materials move through shared halls. Send us the association's rules with your request and we'll plan the job around them. In brownstones, tall ceilings mean scaffolding or rolling platforms for most ceiling work, so we plan that setup before the first day. In triple-deckers that need work on every floor, doing the stairwell last keeps it clean while the units are finished.