Hoover Wallboard

Called the owner twice in an attempt to get a bid. He was pleasant and said he would call to schedule a time to come by (for a large job) but never got back to me. I spoke w/him twice in an attempt to schedule for a bid with no response.

They did a fantastic job, and they price was very good too.

For my first use of Fred Hoover Drywall, I was behind schedule on my DIY remodel, so I contacted 4 drywall contractors for estimates. Fred had a good professional balance of talking about what I wanted and what he could do, without criticizing any of the unavoidable odd angles or prior work. He called back the next day with a verbal estimate and named a time he could start. Later, I had to reschedule the start date, and Fred was amenable. On the new start date he arrived and walked through the entire project (1200 sq. feet) with me and the head of a crew of subs who would install the remaining 40 percent of the wall and ceiling drywall. The subs were quick and completed the install in two days and the one problem was my fault (a piece of sub floor not installed, so they rocked down to the joists). His son showed up the next day, introduced himself and began taping. Father and son worked as quickly as possible within the limits of how fast the mud would dry. The surface was finished as a smooth finish, harder to do than a textured surface, with a light brocade on all ceiling surfaces except the bath. I chose to do the prime and paint myself, but Fred insisted that I use a quality primer especially made for sheetrock, which he supplied at my request, rather than use a paint store primer. As it happens, the paint sprayer I rented for applying the primer was dirty and gave poor results for the first 15 minutes, but after cleaning the priming went OK. I've finished small drywall jobs, up to room size, with good results, and hired subcontractors to finish other remodels in a prior life as a contractor, but Fred's quality exceeded all of them. I was impressed. I called him a few weeks later to finish my first floor bath, he was buried in work, but he came as quickly as possible (one week later) and worked faster than I expected. I forgot to mention a patch in another place that needed taped, he did a preliminary job on his last day, and left the finish to me, as I agreed, since it was a long drive for him and no additional charge.