Scroll down to find recent projects we have completed in Amherst, Williamsville, and Snyder, with before‑and‑after photos. These case studies range from house painting and drywall repair to ceiling repair and traditional plaster restoration. Projects are organized in chronological order. Carrigan Painting was founded in Amherst NY in 2010 and now based in Akron. Still using the same local Amherst number for over 65 years: (716) 632-7151 (calls only). A third-generation commitment to quality.
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Painting Large Vaulted Ceiling After Minor Water Damage
When the roof leaked this winter, the homeowners knew we’d take care of it the right way, no matter how small the issue was. Even though the water damage was minor, the insurance company approved repainting the entire vaulted ceiling to keep everything uniform. Painting over even minor water damage without proper repairs will result…
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Modernizing Wood Paneling in Williamsville – Interior Painting
Today we began an interior painting project in the Dan Troy neighborhood of Williamsville NY. What began as a simple ceiling repair, ended with us painting the 1960’s wood paneling and greatly improving the ambience of the space. We began with repairing the water damage to the drywall ceiling, and then priming the walls with…
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Getzville NY: Ceiling Restoration and Painting
This week we are back to do some ceiling repairs and painting, while on site we are also doing some warranty work on a bedroom ceiling we worked on a year ago (2025). We are also painting the bedroom, refinishing a bathroom ceiling, and repairing a crack in the living room ceiling. First is the…
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Interior Painting and Drywall Repair in Amherst NY
Amherst, NY; — A nice project over the holidays- doing some interior painting at a local dentist office in Snyder. They’re closed between Christmas and New Years which is the perfect time to get some painting done at the office! Today, I started with two patient rooms. Removed the chair-rail and the wallpaper border, some…
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Williamsville Interior Painting and Skim Coating
Williamsville NY. – We are back at this beautiful Village of Williamsville home to refinish the walls in the dining room. The walls were a textured mess when they moved in 10 years ago. It appears as though they were wallpapered at some point, and instead of fully removing the glue, the previous owner just…
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Plaster Ceiling Replacement in Snyder NY
Amherst, NY:— What began as a ceiling repair, turned into a ceiling replacement in Snyder NY. Plaster bulges that are showing worsening cracks, crumbling, and large deflections like seen in the photos below is an evolving situation that requires immediate attention to minimize damage to both the structure and your belongings. The pillowing effect is…
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East Amherst Interior Painting and Drywall Repair
East Amherst NY:— This week we are working in this beautiful home in Roxbury Park, East Amherst NY. The kitchen and bathroom was the most deceiving. The living room and first floor half bath both had minor water damage. After making the repairs, we will paint the kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom.. In the…
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Bathroom Ceiling Repair in Williamsville
Williamsville, NY:— We repair a lot of bathroom ceilings. Usually the damage is moisture related. Hot humid steam + ceilings usually doesn’t end well for the ceiling. In this case moisture wasn’t the primary reason. Instead left over construction debris was and non code compliant drywall was at fault. Moisture resistant drywall costs $5.00 more…
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🛠️ Plaster Ceiling Replacement: Installing a New Ceiling in Williamsville – Part II
Williamsville, NY:— This is Part II of our Emergency Ceiling Replacement Project in Williamsville NY 14221. After removing the dangerously unstable plaster ceilings, we returned to install a new, and safer drywall ceiling. We also repaired some minor wall damage and painted the ceiling and walls we repaired while we were there. Why We Used Furring…
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Emergency Ceiling Replacement in Williamsville – Part I
Williamsville, NY:— We specialize in the repair of both plaster and drywall. Depending on which substrate we are dealing with, will dictate how we approach the situation. Substantial plaster repairs can sometimes scare off other drywall repairmen and painters. While we can repair most ceilings, sometimes they are beyond repair and are actually a danger…
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Small Commercial Drywall Repair – Amherst NY
Getzville, NY:— We don’t normally take on commercial work, but every once in a while, a change of pace is in order. Prior to this project we had only completed two commercial projects, ever. At Carrigan Painting, we’re a residential-only painting company. When Local Edge, formerly known as the Talking Phone Book, decided to downsize…
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Exterior House Painting in Willliamsville NY.
Williamsville, NY:— Back outside again. It is summer after all. 🙂 🌴 Today we started a small exterior painting project in Williamsville NY, we are painting the soffits only. Repainting the body of the home is not in the budget right now. We pressure washed the exterior the day before, as we had another pressure…
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Two Coats of Perfection: Exterior Painting in Snyder NY.
Yay! We finally made it outside (half-way through June) now that it has stopped raining. For the next two weeks we will be hand painting this home in Snyder. We pressure washed on Monday, to remove dust and dirt, and then began with scraping the loose paint off windows and trim. Due to the intense…
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Interior Painting and Patching in Willow Ridge Estates Amherst NY
Today we are back at Willow Ridge Estates in Amherst, This time for some interior painting. We are re-painting the ceilings, walls, trim, risers ect. including 11 interior doors in the foyer/front hall, stairwell, and upstairs hall. We pole sanded the walls and ceilings then repaired the ceiling quickly so that it can dry –…
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Beehive Removal and Painting in the Foxberry Condominiums, Amherst NY 🐝
Mother nature often likes to take up residence in our homes, sometimes causing property damage. In this case, it was bees in a wall. This is the second such project. We removed a beehive a couple of years ago for a client in Clarence Center. Bees and wasps often make their home inside of human…
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Why We Always Do Two Coats: A Fresh Repaint in Willow Ridge Estates, Amherst NY
At Carrigan Painting, we just wrapped up a full interior repaint for one of our repeat clients in Willow Ridge Estates, Amherst NY. We originally completed a smaller job for them a while back, and this time, they invited us back for a much larger project. We were happy to deliver the same high-quality results…
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Water Damage Repair from a Roof Leak
We were called to repair some water damage to a living room plaster ceiling in Amherst NY. The water came through the ceiling at a previously repaired crack, and then pealed off the ceiling paint. It looks much worse than it is. We removed the pealing ceiling paint, and opened up the previously repaired cracks…
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Forever Ceiling Repair and Painting in East Amherst
At Carrigan Painting we specialize in ceiling repairs. We do the whole job from the removal and repair of the ceiling, to the painting. Because we paint the majority of our repairs, we see the finished results which has given us the unique opportunity to refine our methods to be able to provide the most…
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The Curse of the Plaster Bulge Strikes Again!
This home located in the Village of Williamsville, has the plaster bulge curse. This room being the worst, we started here. Due to the heavy paint texture on the ceiling and the multiple previous repairs, we skim coated the ceiling to make it smooth and flat. When it comes to a plaster bulge, its hard…
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Williamsville Towers Condominiums: Ceiling Repair and Painting
We were recently called to Williamsville Towers, an 8-story condominium in Williamsville NY (14221), to repair a bathroom ceiling damaged by a plumbing leak. A resident had a leak above their shower, and Ed Young’s Plumbing took care of the plumbing work, then referred Carrigan Painting to repair the ceiling. The damage left a hole…
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Small Plaster Ceiling Repair and Texture Matching
This is what the plumbers left this homeowner to contend with. We do a lot of ceiling repairs, and often follow behind plumbers. This home is wood lath and plaster. As such we couldn’t use blueboard as the gypsum board is too thick and wouldn’t allow for proper finishing. Also installing gypsum board in this…
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Rejuvenating this Beautiful Home in East Amherst
The front of this home gets a solid 6+ hours of sun per day. As a result the stain breaks down from the UV. We pressure washed the siding prior to staining the wood siding to remove dirt, dust and bird droppings. We applied one coat of stain to the front of the home. We…
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Long-Lasting Exterior House Painting Amherst NY. Quality and Durability.
We are back for round two! Twelve years ago we painted this home. In 2012 we changed the color from stark white, to a bluish grey. We also replaced the shutter with new ones. Its actually cheaper to buy new shutters, than it is to paint the shutters (plastic ones). The UV from the sun,…
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Trying out the new NYS Compliant Oil Primer and Ceiling Painting
This home has really nice sand swirl texture in most of the rooms. Among the best we have seen. However the ceilings haven’t been painted in a few years so we are priming and painting them to make them white again Some minor cracks in the ceiling we opted to glue and then caulk instead…
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Williamsville NY Popcorn Ceiling Removal in 3 Days.
The pink stuff is a special glue which aids in the longevity of our plaster patches. This damage was effectively hidden by the popcorn. We filled the area with finish plaster, and then tightly skim coated it with Dust Control drywall compound. Given the weird angle, compound was easier to use to shape…
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Plaster Restoration and Painting of Small Foyer in Snyder NY.
Trying to capture this plaster damage in photos proved more difficult than I anticipated. Anyways we removed the loose plaster, and the rotted out metal lath from a previous repair The metal lath is from a another plasterer (probably my dad) from a long time ago (decades). Looks like they forgot…
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Vaulted Ceiling Crack Repairs and Painting
Today we are repairing some cracks around a ceiling beam. Because the cracks are largely superficial, we opted to not open them up too much. We did however chip out the loose drywall and filled in the affected area with Durabond. Once the Durabond was set, we skim coated the area with Dust Control drywall…
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Small drywall repair in Williamsville NY
Water Damage Repair We were contracted to repair some water damage to a wall. We were hired by a local plumber (warranty work on their part). Update: 2/21/24: We primed with PPG Gripper and painted the wall with a Sherwin sample, which is super-paint satin, for $12 vs $30 for a quart: Drywall Repair…
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Ceiling water damage repair in Williamsville NY
Ice dam above a bay window, caused water to back up underneath the roofing shingles and leak into the house. Repaired the water damaged plaster. Then we primed and painted the area. Carrigan Painting Carrigan Painting Related posts: Getzville NY: Ceiling Restoration and Painting This week we are back to do some ceiling repairs and…
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Drywall Ceiling Repair & Painting in East Amherst NY
The homeowners had some plumbing work done which involved opening a small hole in the kitchen ceiling. We created a box around the repair to contain our dirt and dust. We patched the drywall, spot primed our repair and then applied two coats of paint to the ceiling. Another…
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Installed new drywall in a bathroom renovation in the Village of Williamsville, NY
We were contracted to install new drywall in this bathroom. We don’t normally install new work, however this wasn’t too bad. We installed moisture resistant drywall, finished and primed the new drywall. Drywall & Painting Carrigan Painting
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Water Damage Plaster Repair and painting Williamsville NY
Plaster Repair & Painting These folks had a water leak around their dormer. This is more common than people realize. Another contractor attempted to fix the damage, however was unable to repair it properly so we were called We removed the loose plaster finish, and opened up a crack under the window. …
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Interior Painting – Living room, Dining room, 2 Bedrooms- Forest Creek Estates, Williamsville, NY
Interior Home Painting We pole sanded the walls, repaired minor wall damage, spot primed our patch work, and then applied (2) coats of paint to the walls in the living room, dining room, and both bed rooms of this Williamsville condo.We also cleaned, sanded, and painted (2) coats the trim and bedroom side of the…
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Interior Painting, living room painting, sun room painting, ceiling painting in Williamsville NY
Interior Painting Williamsville, NY We were brought in to re-paint the living room, dining room, sun room, and a bed room in this home in Williamsville. We had some minor repair work as well. Interior House Painters – Williamsville, NY Carrigan Painting Related posts: Williamsville Interior Painting and Skim Coating Williamsville NY. – We are…
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Water Damaged Plaster Repair and Painting in a small foyer in Amherst, NY
Plaster Repair & Painting Amherst, NY Close up of efflorescence We chipped off the damaged plaster, and removed the damage plaster basecoat from the wall by hand. This patch became MUCH bigger than originally anticipated. This can happen with plaster repair. Instead of removing the wood lath which can lead to even more problems,(opens in…
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Popcorn Ceiling Painting, Kitchen Ceiling Painting in East Amherst NY
Painting popcorn ceilings is a lot more involved than painting smooth ceilings. The reason for this is when you roll a popcorn ceiling, it rains popcorn onto everything. This is especially true if the ceiling has never been painted. Also, painting popcorn ceilings typically require about 50% more paint, and 50% more time to…
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Water Damage Plaster Ceiling Repair Snyder NY – The “Buterfly House”
We removed the water damaged plaster from the living room ceiling. Upon removal, we discovered an active leak. So we had to stop the job, until the roof-leak was repaired. Its a waste of our time and your money, for us to repair a ceiling that still has an active leak. Due to the design…
