Saturday, June 27, 2026

Introducing Max Drywall!

Max Drywall Incorporated
Boulder, Colorado
(720) 436-0222

Introduction

Welcome to maxdrywall.net, the official website of Max Drywall Incorporated! This site introduces you to the company, my work, and my philosophy, and provides some photos showcasing some of my past projects. Here’s a quick rundown on what you’ll find here:

What we do

Max Drywall has been in business for over 32 years providing a comprehensive range of drywall and plaster installation, repair, and finishing services. Capabilities include:

  • Drywall hanging, taping, finishing
  • Basements, kitchens, bedrooms, bath, garages, sunrooms
  • Additions, remodels, ADUs
  • Drywall patches
  • Plaster repair & refurbishment
  • Repairing water damage and trade damage

We specialize in:

  • Arches
  • Rounded corners
  • Curved walls
  • Spiral staircases
  • All textures including smooth wall
  • Plaster finishes


Whom we serve

Max Drywall serves a wide range of customers from home owners who need a simple patch all the way up to large business customers needing extensive repair, remodel, and/or installation for commercial spaces. Max Drywall serves those in or near Boulder, Colorado.

How Max Drywall is connected

Max Drywall recognizes that drywall is a very important part of the process of building that creates our living spaces.

Through collaboration and communication, tradespeople of all stripes work together to ensure the success of projects. Thirty-two years in the drywall business has prepared Max Drywall to work collaboratively with painters, plumbers, HVAC engineers, electricians, framers, tile layers, wallpaperers, appliance installers and myriad others to support the process of home building, maintenance, and repair to transition smoothly between project phases.

How we protect your space


Max Drywall always protects your home or business from our mess:
  • Whether the space we’ll be working in is over carpet, tile, stone, terrazzo, brick, hardwood, or linoleum, we’ve got it covered with the right product to protect it from the process we’re engaged in
  • We protect your property by employing the proper masking techniques, not just for flooring but for adjacent walls, furniture, art, and décor
  • We use the appropriate gauges of plastic and paper masking materials, and the proper tape to adhere to surfaces without causing damage
  • In terms of containment and cleanup, the experts at Max Drywall contain all the dust and debris associated with what is purported to be the messiest job in construction
  • When we’re done, your home will be cleaner than you left it. If necessary, you can even remain in your home while we work. We are flexible so you don’t have to be

So just relax and leave it to Max!

Client testimonials

Here are just a few testimonials from satisfied Max Drywall customers:

“Max Drywall has been my go-to drywall company for 6+ years. No matter the size or challenge of the job, I know his work will be done with the utmost precision and care. Max is a reliable contractor who’s risen to the top of his craft and takes pride in his work, and it shows!”
      - Rachel O., Boulder

“Max has done beautiful level T5 drywall finishing in my home. Great, clean finish and cleanup after the job is done. Not your slap-it-up dry wall guy, but an accomplished artisan. If you want excellent, high quality work done in your home, Max is the man.”
      - Jetty P., Boulder

“From the floods in Boulder of 2013 to wrapping drywall on a spiral staircase to matching all types of drywall during repairs, I have used Max Drywall for over 18 years. I highly recommend Max to anyone needing expert drywall work at a fair price done by a dependable long standing Boulder business.”
      - Greg E., Boulder

Contact information

Reach out directly to me, Max, via email at maxhotmud@gmail.com, or phone or text at (720) 436-0222.  Free brochure available upon request.

Photo gallery

Here are just a few photos to give you a sense of the work Max Drywall does. Check back because more will follow!


My world

Preparing level five walls for product photo shoots in an industrial setting.
Two coats of topping mud will seal the deal.

On the stilts with paint swatches in the background.

10” radius corners are a luxurious touch
in this Pine Street dream home.

The old master inspecting the space.

This ceiling with exposed beams is slated for Venetian Plaster.

Bob Campbell of Boulder Plaster Inc. and Max Drywall Inc. collaborated to make a dilapidated 120 year old structure on the alley between Spruce and Pine streets into a beautiful auxiliary dwelling unit.




Drywall to the edges of a mirror.

An example of drywall installation on a radius. This fireplace will get finished with drywall and then Venetian Plaster.

Fireplace after drywall mud to level five and then Venetian Plaster.


Drywall to brick.

With Tom Koche, a drywall legend.

Working on a cabin at Boulders Chautauqua.

Metal lath with Cal Kote plaster being applied on the underside of a spiral staircase. The edge is Arch Aid, making a fine substrate for the winding plaster corner.

Arch Aid

With Bob Campbell collaborating on a spiral staircase.


Spiral staircase, Pine St. Boulder

Spiral staircase, Pine St. Boulder

Spiral staircase, Pine St. Boulder

Spiral staircase, Pine St. Boulder

Kal-kote plaster application over metal lath with trowel.

Kal-kote plaster application over metal lath with trowel.

With Craig Jones, my drywall mentor since the inception of Max Drywall.


Popcorn ceiling texture scrape. Popcorn is only a good thing at the movies with salt and extra butter...

More popcorn scrape.

Topcoat. Skimming for a level five.

Covering orange peel texture with Quickset compound base coat for smooth wall.

Friday, June 26, 2026

Max Drywall - Large & Complex Jobs

 Introduction

No job is too large or complex for Max Drywall. While we are happy to do simple repairs and patches, we also have a proven track record of managing very large projects with extremely complex challenges. This post showcases some examples of large and complex projects we have completed.

Some large & complex jobs


This project started as detached structure off the
main house, on the alley


The same structure, in the plaster & drywall phase
of being turned into an ADU


More progress on the ADU project - tadelakt plaster
in bathroom


More progress on the ADU - sectional-style rolling door


The ADU features drywall all the way to a mirror
in the bathroom


The completed ADU


Another view of the completed ADU



Z Lofts, across from Coors Field, 2008 (work
conducted for United Builders Service)


Exterior view - large product on Aurora Street


Interior of Aurora Street house


Arch in window seat alcove - Highland St

Detail of arch


Completed window seat alcove



Another arch


Intersecting barrel vaults


Arch with drywall extending all the way to
granite slab


A pair of large arches framing the entry to
a game/media room


Rounded corners in alcoves and window


Detail of rounded corners


Round corners in progress


Drywall returns to doorjambs & skylights
without trim & recessed baseboard with riglet


In same home, drywall returns to windows,
skylights, & marble tile


In same home, drywall returns to skylight &
abuts to sliding door track


Spiral staircase in a home on Pine St


Spiral staircase seen from below


Bottom section of spiral staircase


Final view of spiral staircase


Cylindrical wall at bottom of a staircase


Ladders for drywalling over staircase


Recent project on Walnut St includes
round opening for stained glass


Detail of opening


Stained glass installed


Perspective of arch and stained glass


Detail of stained glass


Rakewall in Walnut St house with drywall lift


RC channel over lathe perpendicular to framing


RC channel over framing with shims


Walnut St interior before drywall


Same interior after drywall installed


Another room in Walnut St house


Rakewall at Walnut St - before


Rakewall at Walnut St - after


A laser demonstrates the precise transition
between vertical and rakewall


Lack of complete framing creates a problem
for attaching drywall securely


Steel studs are installed to provide backing
for drywall across gaps


Contact information

Reach out directly to me, Max, via email at maxhotmud@gmail.com, or phone or text at (720) 436-0222.  Free brochure available upon request.

Max Drywall home page


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