Smoothing textured walls in Lakewood homes
We create a smooth wall finish in Lakewood by repairing what's under the texture and skim coating the wall flat for paint. Converting an old textured wall takes more planning than finishing new board, and we scope it wall by wall.
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Bring textured walls through to a smooth finish
Existing texture, old repairs, and uneven areas can remain visible after a paint change. Treating one spot alone can leave a transition where the newly smoothed patch meets the surrounding wall.
Solis prepares and skims the selected wall area for a smooth finish, accounting for existing texture, lighting direction, and paint sheen. Working across the surface keeps the finishing area connected and gives the room a consistent ground for its next coat.
- A smooth finish carried across the selected wall area.
- Surface preparation connected to the next paint coat.
Here’s how we get it handled
Text us photos or call
A close-up, a wider view and your city give us a useful starting point. You can also call and talk through the work.
Agree the scope and schedule
We review the work with you, arrange a site visit where needed and put the agreed scope and finish in your estimate.
Get the space finished
Solis completes the agreed work and reviews the finish with you. Include interior painting in the scope for a complete drywall-and-paint handoff.
Have a project in mind? Send us a photo.
Tell us what needs fixing or finishing. We’ll take it from there.
Smooth wall finish in Lakewood homes
When Lakewood's homes were built shapes what is behind the wall and which rules apply to the work.
- 3% Before 1940
- 20% 1940–1959
- 37% 1960–1979
- 25% 1980–1999
- 17% 2000 or later
- 1975Median year Lakewood homes were built
Half of Lakewood's homes were built before 1975 and half after. Send the year your home was built with your photos; it tells us what the walls and earlier patches are likely made of. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, median year structure built
- 58.9%of Lakewood homes were built before 1980
Asbestos was banned from wall patching compounds in 1977, so old patches and joint compound in these homes are tested before they are sanded. U.S. EPA, regulatory history of asbestos bans
- 1978Washington's lead-safe renovation cutoff
Washington's lead renovation rules cover housing built before 1978, and a firm must be certified to do paid renovation work under them. WAC 365-230-020 and 365-230-360
- Pierce County asbestos survey
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency requires an AHERA-certified inspector's survey before renovation, except that an owner who lives in a single-family house may survey it themselves. Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, contractor renovation requirements
Start with the coating and texture already on the wall
Fresh board starts with joints that finish easily. An older Lakewood wall may carry several coats of paint, old repairs and a texture across the whole room, and covering it can expose shallow seams underneath. We look at the full wall to tell a local fix from a room conversion, and price the one you need.
Build a broad transition without a hard edge
Smoothness is judged across the whole wall. Where the skim meets corners, door trim and window returns, it has to end without a raised band. One wall can stop at a corner, and a whole room takes in the next walls and the ceiling line.
Use paint and light to choose the finish boundary
Color and sheen change how a wall reads, and daylight close to a surface shows ridges. We look at the finished skim in the room's own light with you, then decide whether paint covers the converted wall, runs to a corner or stops at an edge you choose.
Older Lakewood texture and asbestos
Close to 6 in 10 Lakewood homes were built before 1980, and wall patching compounds could contain asbestos until 1977. Texture and joint compound that old get tested before we sand them. In Pierce County, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency calls for a survey by an AHERA-certified inspector before renovation, and an owner living in a single-family house may do their own. Text us a photo of the wall and the year the house was built.
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency contractor renovation requirements
Smooth Wall Finish questions in Lakewood
Can one textured wall be made smooth?
Yes. We skim that wall and stop at a corner or another natural edge.
Does smooth-wall work cover the whole room?
Only the walls you choose. The quote lists each wall, the ceiling line and the paint area.
Request an estimate
For Lakewood smooth walls, send a low-angle photo of the texture and the year the home was built.
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