Drywall Contractor Serving Fort Myers & Southwest Florida
Drywall work gets underestimated until you’re living with bad drywall work. Seams that ghost through the paint every time the humidity changes. Texture gets applied 1 time. Joint compound on the seams and screw heads get installed 2 to 3 times depending on the level of the finish. Repairs that were feathered out too tight and pop up six months later. None of this is visible the day the crew walks off the job — it shows up later, and by then whoever did the work is gone.
Universal Trax has been hanging and finishing drywall on residential projects throughout Southwest Florida for years. Bringing Brady on board to run our Vertical Division gives us the capability to take on drywall work across every aspect of construction — any size, any scope, from single piece repairs to full‑scale residential and commercial builds.
Drywall Installation & Repair Services
We handle drywall installation and drywall repair for residential and commercial projects across Southwest Florida. New construction, tenant improvements, insurance rebuilds, post-remediation replacement, room additions — the scope varies but the standard doesn’t. Here is what our drywall services cover:
Drywall Installation — New Construction and Additions
Drywall Finishing — Tape, Float, Sand, and Texture
Drywall Repair
Drywall Repair Fort Myers — Fast Turnaround
“Drywall repair Fort Myers” is one of the highest commercial-intent search terms in the Southwest Florida construction market — $8.00 per click on Google Ads, which tells you exactly what it costs to reach someone who is actively looking to hire a drywall contractor in this market right now. That’s not a casual researcher. That’s a homeowner or property manager who needs work done and is ready to call.
Common drywall repair calls we get in the Fort Myers area:
Underground utility trenching — water, sewer, stormwater, electrical conduit
Commercial drywall scope we handle:
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Commercial tenant improvement drywall — new walls, relocated walls, infill framing and boarding
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Metal stud and drywall assemblies for open-plan commercial spaces
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Fire-rated wall assemblies — UL-listed assemblies per fire engineer’s specifications
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Shaft wall systems — elevator shafts, stairwells, and rated corridor assemblies
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Multi-family drywall — apartment and condominium interior units and common areas
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Institutional drywall — schools, healthcare, and government facility interiors
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Level 5 finish for commercial spaces with critical lighting requirements
Commercial Drywall Contractors — Southwest Florida
Commercial drywall work is a different scope than residential. The board sizes are different, the metal stud framing systems are different, the fire rating requirements are different, and the schedule pressure on a commercial tenant improvement or multi-family project is different. Drywall is typically one of the last trades in and one of the first things the owner notices when they walk the space before occupancy.
Brady Herndon division handles commercial drywall on tenant improvement projects, retail buildouts, office interiors, and multi-family construction across Southwest Florida. The commercial framing and drywall work is currently active — this is not a service line we’re building toward, it’s work the crew is doing now.
Stucco Contractor — Interior and Exterior Finish
Stucco is the standard exterior finish system on residential construction in Southwest Florida — it’s on almost every home built in this market in the last 40 years. It’s also on a significant portion of commercial buildings in the region. Stucco is durable, it’s relatively low maintenance, and it handles the heat and humidity of South Florida better than most other exterior finish systems. It also requires skilled application to go on correctly and look right over time.
On block construction — which is common in Southwest Florida on commercial buildings and some residential — the system is typically a Three coat application, scratch, brown and finish directly over the CMU block without lath. Our crews have done both.
What Stucco Application Covers
A proper stucco system on a wood-frame building in Southwest Florida is a three-coat system over a weather-resistant barrier and metal lath. Here is what that looks like:
Post-Remediation Drywall Reconstruction
Water damage and mold remediation in Southwest Florida keeps drywall contractors busy year-round. Roof leaks, plumbing failures, hurricane-driven water intrusion, high indoor humidity — this climate is hard on buildings and when moisture gets behind drywall it tends to stay there until someone opens up the wall.
When a remediation contractor finishes, the drywall that was removed has to be replaced. That means hanging new board, taping and floating, sanding, texturing to match, priming, and in many cases also replacing any framing that was affected. Universal Trax handles the full post-remediation drywall scope — hang to prime — for residential and commercial clients.
Our crews are OSHA 30 certified and work in recently remediated buildings regularly. We understand the protocol requirements for working in post-remediation environments and we coordinate with the restoration company or property manager on the clearance documentation before new drywall goes up.
Framing inspection and replacement coordination if structural framing was affected
Level 5 finish is what you specify when you know the space is going to have critical lighting — recessed lighting close to the wall, high-gloss or semi-gloss paint, large windows where raking natural light hits the wall at a low angle. Under those conditions, even a perfect Level 4 joint will ghost through the paint over time. A Level 5 skim coat eliminates that entirely because the entire panel surface is uniformly coated — there is no joint to ghost.
It’s more expensive. It takes more time. And it’s the right answer for high-end residential, commercial spaces with high-sheen paint, and any installation where the owner is going to be looking at these walls every day under conditions that will show every imperfection.
Service Area — Drywall Contractor Southwest Florida
Brady Cox’s vertical construction division handles drywall and stucco across Southwest Florida. Active service areas include:
Frequently Asked Questions — Drywall Contractor Southwest Florida
What drywall services does Universal Trax provide?
Drywall repair, drywall installation, drywall hang and finish, commercial drywall, post-remediation drywall replacement, and stucco grade and finish — all under Florida CGC license CGC1528772 through Brady Cox’s vertical construction division. Residential, commercial, new construction, insurance rebuilds, and post-remediation reconstruction.
Does Universal Trax do stucco as well as drywall?
Yes. Stucco and drywall are both in our scope and that combination is rare in this market. Most drywall contractors in Southwest Florida do interior work only. Our division does interior drywall hang and finish and exterior stucco — three-coat over lath on wood frame, two-coat on CMU block, and stucco repair and patching on existing buildings. Confirmed through 20-plus years of Habitat for Humanity builds where we handled both the interior finish and the exterior stucco on the same buildings.
What is a Level 5 drywall finish and when do you need it?
Level 5 is the highest drywall finish standard — a skim coat of joint compound over the entire panel surface after standard taping and floating, creating a completely uniform surface with no variation under any lighting condition. You need it when the space will have critical lighting — high-gloss paint, raking natural light, recessed lighting close to the wall — and when the owner will be looking at these walls every day. It costs more than a Level 4 finish. It’s worth it in the right application and not necessary in most standard residential construction.
How much does drywall repair cost in Fort Myers?
Does Universal Trax handle drywall for post-remediation and insurance rebuilds?
Can Universal Trax handle drywall on a project that also needs framing or site work?
Yes. The same division that does the drywall does the framing. And the same company that does the framing also does the site work — clearing, grading, excavation, foundation prep — under the same CGC license. For developers who want one contractor from groundbreaking to finished wall, that’s the offer. One license, one contract, one point of contact.
Get a Free Drywall Estimate in Fort Myers
Repair or new installation, residential or commercial, single room or full building — tell us what you need and we will get back to you fast with a real number. We don’t stall on proposals and we don’t quote a number we can’t stand behind.