NR Building Solutions

Interior

Drywall and texture

Hang, finish and texture to match what is already there — so a repair does not announce itself from the doorway.

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How it is priced
Per room, or per square foot on a whole-home conversion
Timeline
Set in your written estimate, after the walk-through
Who performs it
NRBS crews, self-performed

What the price covers

In the scope

  • Framing reality: Studs at 16" or 24" on centre, often with less depth than site-built
  • Standard board: 1/2" for walls, moisture-resistant in wet areas
  • Finish level: Level 4 for a rental turn; Level 5 only where a wall takes raking light
  • Texture: Matched to the existing home — knockdown, orange peel, or smooth

Not in the scope

  • Anything not written in the scope. Extra work found on site is raised as a written change order before it is done.

Hanging to manufactured-home framing

Drywall in a manufactured home is not the same job as drywall in a house, and treating it as the same job is the most common reason a conversion looks wrong within a year.

The framing is lighter. Wall cavities are often shallower. Most importantly, the home moves: it was built on a chassis, transported down a highway, and set on piers rather than a continuous foundation. Seasonal movement and settlement are normal rather than exceptional.

That changes the details. Fastener spacing and type matter more. Joint treatment at inside corners needs to accommodate movement rather than resist it. A crew that hangs board in a manufactured home exactly the way they would in a subdivision produces a wall that pops fasteners and cracks corners by the second season.

Finish levels, and where the money goes

Level 3Texture over taped joints. Adequate only where heavy texture hides everything.
Level 4The rental standard. Joints and fasteners coated and sanded, ready for texture and paint.
Level 5Skim coat over the entire surface. Only worth it on walls taking raking light.
Wet areasMoisture-resistant board behind tub surrounds and at laundry

Level 4 is right for essentially every rental turn. The exception is a wall that catches strong light across its face — a long wall opposite a window, or one lit by a fixture close to the surface. Under raking light every joint and fastener reads, and Level 5 on that one wall is worth more than Level 5 everywhere.

Matching what is already there

Most of our drywall work is not a new wall. It is a repair or a conversion inside a home that already has a finish, which means the job is only successful if the new surface disappears.

Knockdown and orange peel both match reliably. Smooth walls match easily. A hand-troweled or period-specific pattern is harder, and we will say so before the work starts rather than after — because "tidy but visible" and "invisible" are different outcomes and you should know which one you are buying.

Where a home is being converted from VOG panels, the texture decision is open: there is no existing drywall texture to match, so the choice is what the rest of the community uses.

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How the job runs

  1. Walk-through

    We walk the job with you in person and look at what is actually there.

  2. Written scope

    A written scope and price before any work starts, priced as shown above.

  3. The work

    Our own crews do it, to the written scope. Anything extra is a written change order first.

  4. Final walk-through

    We walk it again with you and close out anything on the punch list.

Step one is a walk-through.

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Common questions

The framing is lighter and the wall cavities are shallower than in site-built construction, and the home moves — it was transported, and it sits on piers rather than a continuous foundation. Fasteners and joint treatment that are fine in a house will pop in a manufactured home if the installer treats the two as the same substrate.

Level 4 is right for almost every rental turn. Level 5 — a skim coat over the entire surface — is worth it only on a wall that takes strong raking light from a window or a fixture, where every joint would otherwise read. Paying for Level 5 throughout a rental is money that does not come back.

Usually. Knockdown and orange peel both match well. A hand-troweled or unusual pattern from a specific era is harder, and on those we will tell you before the work starts whether the repair will be invisible or merely tidy.

Joint compound needs to be dry through, not dry on the surface, and texture adds another cycle; the timeline is set in your written estimate. Painting over compound that is still holding moisture is how you get flashing and adhesion failure a month later.

W-9, written safety programme and certificates of insurance (GL and workers’ comp): being prepared. What is published so far is on vendor credentials.

Usually specified alongside

Where we perform drywall & texture

Self-performed crews based in Houston. Each city page carries local housing context.

Houston-area city pages