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Vaulted Ceiling Popcorn Removal – Updated 5/6/26
What Can Popcorn Texture Hide? This week we started a popcorn removal project in Lockport NY. The height of the ceiling- 20′. When you remove popcorn texture, you have to get hands on every inch of the ceiling. So that means scaffolding. First order of business is to get everything covered, walls, wall-speakers, windows and…
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Plaster Restoration and Swirl Ceiling Repair – Phase I of II
Here is another plaster repair, involving an ice dam. The winter of 2026 in Buffalo NY was brutal in the sense that the snow and ice didn’t melt, and instead, built up over time, leading to water leaks. The mold abatement people, removed approximately 7′ x 7′ section of the wall and a 3′ x…
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Water Damage Ceiling Repair – Plaster Restoration – Part II.
Today we are back to our plaster restoration project in Cheektowaga, We started this project 2 weeks ago, the home had some ugly water damage due to an ice dam (a common thread this year). After the plaster was repaired, we have to wait for a minimum of 7 days prior to painting the new…
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Why WNY Insurance Repair Estimates Often Come in Too Low in 2026
In 2026, insurance repair estimates are increasingly coming in far below actual restoration costs, often 40–70% below what the cost of skilled labor and materials are. Understanding why this happens, and how to communicate it, is essential for property owners and contractors alike. But it is still increasingly frustrating. In Western New York, homeowners filing…
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Drywall Repair and Painting after Plumbing Repair
Today we started a small project in Williamsville NY, patching a hole in the kitchen ceiling and a wall in a bedroom above it. They had Ed Youngs Plumbing over to repair a plumbing leak. We often follow behind Ed Youngs covering up their amazing work. Lol. In the kitchen, we erected a simple plastic…
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Interior Painting: From Watermelon to Blueberry +
Working in Barker NY for the next few days doing some much needed interior painting in a very well maintained 20 year old home on Lake Ontario. We are fixing a bathroom ceiling, repainting a bedroom, and repainting the biggest walls in the home. Bedroom Painting We started with the bedroom, they cleared the room…
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Water Damage Ceiling Repair – Plaster Restoration – Part I
Today we began a project in Cheektowaga NY (Cleveland Hill), repairing water damage to a plaster ceiling and wall in a living room. At Carrigan Painting, we specialize in ceiling repair. Below, we detail our process from start to finish, from restoring the water damaged plaster, and skim coating the ceiling to repairing plaster cracks…
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Ceiling Water Damage Repair near Harris Hill NY
Today we started this project by Harris Hill and Main St in Clarence. They suffered a water leak due to an ice dam. The homeowner began seeing water dripping from the ceiling, poked a bunch of holes in the ceiling and let the water out. This prevented the damage from being much more severe. The…
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Painting Large Vaulted Ceiling in Amherst NY
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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The Incredible Cost of a Click in Buffalo NY (2026 Data)
Some house painting keywords in Buffalo NY now exceed $75 per click! Many local service businesses use Google ads as a way to buy their way to the top of the search results for consideration by potential clients. Over the last 5 years, the cost to be at the top has become increasingly expensive for…
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