VANCOUVER BC’S PREMIER RESIDENTIAL PAINTING COMPANY
VANCOUVER BC’S PREMIER RESIDENTIAL PAINTING COMPANY
High-end construction projects demand trades that work to the same standard the rest of the build does. When seams telegraph through paint or a popcorn ceiling removal leaves a patchy surface behind, it reflects on every contractor involved. At Dunbar Painting, we built our drywall services around the precision and reliability that serious builders expect, and we cover the full range of what a project actually needs: boarding on new construction, patch and repair work in occupied homes, and popcorn ceiling removal on renovations where the original texture no longer fits the finish a homeowner wants. From the first sheet to the final coat, we bring the same attention to detail to our drywall work that has made us one of Vancouver’s most trusted residential painting companies. Get in touch with our team today to talk through the specifics of your project.
A paint job is only as good as the surface underneath it, and every experienced contractor on a jobsite knows it. That’s why our drywall team approaches each project with finish quality in mind starting from the first sheet. We hang board tight and level, apply mud with a feathered hand, and tape every joint so seams disappear once paint goes on. Two coats fill and smooth the seam, and a third, where the wall calls for it, brings the surface level enough that raking light won’t find a flaw. Corners never get cut to hold a schedule. When our drywall work is done, the surface is ready for paint without a patch list trailing behind it.
Popcorn ceilings are one of the most common requests we get on renovation and high-end remodel projects across Vancouver and removing them cleanly takes patience more than anything else. In character and heritage homes built before the material fell out of use, we confirm the ceiling texture is clear before any scraping starts, rather than assuming. Once we’re clear to proceed, our crew wets, scores, and removes the texture in sections, then primes and skims the ceiling so it’s ready for a smooth, professional finish. We coordinate directly with our own painting crews for this step, so the handoff from drywall work to final coat happens on our schedule, not one we’re waiting on a subcontractor to hit.
Reputation on a jobsite is built one project at a time, and the trades a contractor brings onto it are a direct reflection of their standards. We show up when we say we will, and we don’t create problems for the trades coming in behind us. Every painter and drywall installer on our crew is our own employee, with no subcontractors in the mix, and that consistency matters on the first job as much as the fiftieth. If a general contractor needs a trade partner who treats their schedule like it’s our own, that’s the standard we hold ourselves to.
We’ve built lasting relationships with contractors across Vancouver by being the kind of company that makes their jobs easier, not harder. We understand the pace of high-end residential construction, and we work within a project’s schedule rather than around it. Whether it’s a custom new build or a full-floor renovation, our goal is to give a contractor one less thing to worry about. Get the drywall done right, and everything that follows it, from primer to final coat, goes smoother.
Drywall finishing before painting happens in three stages:
Each stage has to be fully dry and sanded before the next begins, which is why rushing drywall to hit a painting deadline almost always shows up in the final coat.
Walls headed for dark colours, low-sheen finishes, or an accent wall under raking light need the extra step of a smooth, uniform skim coat rather than a standard tape job. Without it, every seam and screw dimple reads through the paint once the light hits it. That’s the difference between a wall that looks fine from across the room and one that holds up under close inspection.
From boarding and taping on custom new builds to popcorn ceiling removal on high-end renovations, our work speaks for itself. Browse the gallery below for more examples of our completed drywall projects across Vancouver.
Both. A good share of our drywall calls come from occupied homes that need patch and repair work done properly before a repaint, not just new builds. We handle everything from small patch jobs left behind by an electrician or plumber to full popcorn ceiling removal, and we prep and finish it the same way we would a new construction wall.
It depends on the size of the room and the condition of the ceiling underneath, but most single rooms take about a day for removal and another day or two for skimming, sanding, and priming before paint. Rooms with a lot of light fixtures, crown moulding, or damage to the board underneath the texture take longer.
In character and heritage homes built before the material changed, yes, we confirm the ceiling texture is clear before we start any scraping. We would rather take that step upfront than find out partway through a job.
Not if the finishing is done right. Seams and screw dimples read through paint when mudding was rushed or under-coated, especially under raking light or with darker colours. We tape and feather every joint across multiple coats and add a full skim where the wall calls for it, so what’s left after painting is a flat, even surface, not a map of where the sheets meet.
Regularly. Our crews are our own employees, not subcontractors, which means the schedule we give a contractor is one we control directly. We coordinate the handoff from boarding through to the final coat so painting starts the moment the wall is ready, not whenever it happens to work out.
Yes, that’s one of the more common jobs we get on partial renovations. Matching an old wall’s texture and finish level to a new section takes a careful eye more than anything else, and it’s where the feathering and sanding steps matter most so the seam between old and new work disappears.
