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Drywall & Ceilings

Ceiling Repair in Toronto & the GTA

Ceiling damage announces itself: a brown ring after a bathroom overflow upstairs, a crack running the length of the living room, or a hole left behind after a plumber or electrician opened things up. Because you see a ceiling in raking light from every angle, sloppy repairs show badly — every ridge and hollow casts a shadow. A ceiling patch has to be flatter and better feathered than the same repair on a wall.

Done properly, a ceiling hole repair starts with cutting the opening back to solid, dry board — ideally to the nearest joists so the new piece has real support. The patch gets screwed to backing, taped on all seams, and coated two or three times with compound feathered well past the edges. Water stains need a shellac or oil-based stain blocker before any paint; regular primer lets the stain bleed straight through, sometimes weeks later. And if the ceiling has stipple or popcorn texture, that texture has to be rebuilt over the patch or the repair will always catch your eye.

To quote a ceiling patch we need a photo of the damage, a rough size, the ceiling height, and — for stains — confirmation that the leak above has actually been fixed. If you know what caused it (tub overflow, old roof leak, pipe repair), tell us. We won't seal a stain over an active leak.

What this covers

  • Water stain ceiling repair with proper stain-blocking primer
  • Ceiling hole repair after plumbing, potlight or electrical access cuts
  • Ceiling crack repair with taped, feathered joints
  • Sagging or loose drywall re-secured to joists
  • Popcorn and stipple texture patching to match the existing finish
  • Nail pop and screw pop repair across ceiling fields
  • Peeling tape joint repair at ceiling seams and wall lines
  • Full-ceiling repainting after repairs so sheen stays uniform
  • Drop-sheet protection and dust control for furniture and floors

What affects the price

  • Whether the leak is fixed — stains get sealed only after the source is dealt with, otherwise the repair fails and has to be done twice
  • Ceiling height — standard bedroom ceilings are straightforward; stairwells and two-storey foyers need scaffolding or planked ladders
  • Texture type — smooth ceilings blend easiest; popcorn and heavy stipple need matching material and a practised hand, and old popcorn may need testing before disturbing it
  • Size of the opening — a potlight-sized hole is a simple backed patch, while a large section may need new board fastened to joists
  • Paint condition — ceiling paint yellows over time, so a patch painted with fresh white often means repainting the whole ceiling for an even result
  • Furniture and flooring below — an empty room is fastest; working over a furnished living room adds protection and setup time

Every home is different, so we don’t publish flat prices — the quote is free and based on your actual job.

Ceiling Repair near you

We take quote requests across Toronto and the GTA. Local pages:

TorontoMississaugaBramptonCaledonVaughanMarkhamRichmond HillAuroraNewmarketGeorginaWhitchurch-StouffvilleKingOakvilleBurlingtonMiltonHalton HillsOshawaWhitbyAjaxPickeringClarington

Common questions

There's a brown water stain on my ceiling. Can you just paint over it?
Not with ordinary paint — water stains bleed through standard latex primer and paint, sometimes reappearing weeks later. The right sequence is: confirm the leak above is fixed, check the board is dry and sound, seal the stain with a shellac or oil-based stain blocker, then paint. If the drywall has sagged or gone soft, that section gets cut out and replaced instead.
My ceiling has that bumpy popcorn texture. Can a patch actually match it?
Yes, with the right patching texture and some care in application — we build the texture up over the repaired area and blend the edges into the surrounding field. A perfect match on aged popcorn is genuinely difficult because the original has decades of paint on it, so on prominent ceilings we'll talk through options, including texturing and repainting a wider area so everything reads the same. Note that popcorn ceilings in homes built before the 1990s can contain asbestos, so we don't scrape or sand old texture without it being tested first.
Why is there a straight crack running across my ceiling?
Long straight cracks almost always follow a drywall seam where the tape has let go, often from truss uplift or seasonal movement in the framing above. The fix is to remove the loose tape, re-tape the seam with fresh compound, and feather it out wide. Simply filling the crack line leaves the failed tape in place and the crack returns.
A contractor cut a hole in my ceiling to fix a pipe. Can you close it up?
That's one of our most common ceiling jobs. Access holes are usually clean rectangles, which makes for a tidy repair: backing strips, a new piece of board, tape, three coats and paint. Leave the cut-out piece nearby if you still have it — matching the existing board thickness saves a step.
Will you repaint the whole ceiling or just the patch?
It depends on the age of the existing paint. Fresh ceiling white over an aged ceiling shows as a bright rectangle, so on ceilings more than a few years old we usually recommend rolling the entire ceiling corner to corner. On recently painted ceilings a blended spot-paint can disappear completely. We'll give you both options in the quote so you can decide.

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