Framing, Wall Removal & Drywall in Phoenix, AZ

The changes that make a home feel open and usable start behind the walls, with framing and structure. We frame new walls and openings, remove walls to open up a space, and size and set the headers and beams that carry the load when a wall comes out. Then we hang and finish the drywall and texture it to match the rest of the house. Norem Contracting is a licensed Arizona general contractor, ROC #365090, and we self-perform the framing and drywall. When a job needs electrical rough-in, a licensed electrical sub handles it under the same contract, so you deal with one company from demo to texture.

Framing & Structural Work We Do

Framing is where a new layout becomes real. The walls have to be plumb, square, and laid out so doors, passageways, and finishes land where they belong. Our framing and structural work includes building new interior walls and openings, taking a room down to the studs so the layout, wiring, and insulation can all be redone right, assessing whether a wall is load-bearing before anything comes out, and sizing and setting the headers and beams that carry the load over a new opening. When the work is structural, it gets permitted and inspected. That is part of doing it as a licensed contractor instead of guessing and hoping.

Removing a Wall to Open Up a Space

If you want to open a kitchen to a living room or pull out a wall that chops up the floor plan, the very first question is whether that wall is load-bearing. A load-bearing wall carries weight from above, the roof or a floor, down to the foundation, and you cannot just take it out. We confirm what the wall is doing before anything comes down. If it is non-structural, it can be removed and the opening reframed cleanly. If it is load-bearing, we frame in the right support, normally a correctly sized header or beam carried on posts, so the load still has a clear path down to the foundation. That keeps the space safe while still opening it up. Structural work like this gets a permit and an inspection, which we handle as part of the job.

Drywall, Texture & Matching Phoenix Orange Peel or Knockdown

Once the framing is done and any rough-in is inspected, the walls get closed up. Hanging the board goes fast. The finishing is what takes time and skill: taping the seams, running two or three coats of joint compound over the seams, screw heads, and corners, letting each coat dry, then sanding the whole surface smooth. Almost no walls in a Phoenix-area home are dead flat. They carry a sprayed texture, usually orange peel, a fine bumpy spatter, or knockdown, where that spatter is flattened slightly with a wide blade. A new or patched wall has to wear the same texture as everything around it or the repair jumps out at you. We read the existing texture, dial the spray to the same coarseness, and on knockdown time the trowel pass so the flattening matches. Done right, a brand new wall next to a thirty-year-old one looks like they were always the same.

What Framing & Drywall Costs

For a typical room of drywall, roughly 16 by 8 feet, expect about $1,500 to $3,000 to hang, tape, mud, and sand it. On a per-sheet basis, hang and finish work usually runs about $60 to $90 per sheet. Matching texture into the surrounding walls adds about $150 to $300. Framing new walls or openings is priced separately, based on how much wall is involved and whether any structural support is needed. The cleanest way to get a real number is a walk-through. We look at the scope, tell you what is structural and what is not, and give you a clear price instead of a per-foot guess.

One Licensed Contractor, Permitted & Inspected

Framing, wall removal, and drywall touch structure, electrical, insulation, and finish, and they have to happen in the right order. Hiring one licensed contractor, ROC #365090, to confirm the load path, pull the structural permits, sequence the rough-in, and finish the drywall beats trying to schedule a framer, an electrician, and a drywall crew against each other yourself. We self-perform the framing and drywall and bring in a licensed electrical sub when the job needs it, all under one contract. If you are remodeling further, we can carry the same work into a full remodel and stay your single point of contact start to finish. Have a project in mind? Tell us about it and we will walk it with you.

Framing & Structural Work Across the Phoenix Metro

We frame, remove walls, and drywall in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, and Peoria.

Framing & Structural FAQ

Do you pull the structural permits? Yes. When the work is structural, removing a load-bearing wall, setting a header or beam, or framing a new room, we pull the permits and schedule the inspections as the licensed contractor of record, ROC #365090. You do not have to deal with the city counter yourself.

Do you work with a structural engineer or my architect? When a job needs an engineered header, beam, or post detail, we bring in a structural engineer to size and stamp it, and we build to that spec. If you already have an architect or plans, we frame to your drawings. Either way you get one contractor coordinating the design and the build.

Do you handle the drywall and texture too, or just framing? Both. We self-perform the framing and the drywall, so after the walls are framed and any rough-in is inspected, the same crew hangs, tapes, muds, sands, and textures to match the rest of the house. You are not handing the job off to a separate drywall company.

Can you frame a new room addition or just interior walls? We do both. Interior work like new walls, closets, and openings is straightforward, and we also frame larger structural work such as a room addition. Additions involve engineering, permits, and inspections, all of which we handle as the licensed general contractor on the job.