BWalsh

BWalsh is a plasterer, and the reviews read like it: ceilings matched to what was already there, walls made even that started out anything but, skim coats that left no trace of the damage underneath. Bertie Walsh works out of Braintree and, going by the accounts, works alone on site. The sharpest account is from 2015. A homeowner had a garage ceiling another contractor had repaired badly; once Bertie pulled it down he showed them the blue board had never been connected to the joist and there was no strapping holding it to the subsurface, which would eventually have bowed the whole thing out. He rebuilt the section and matched the existing plaster. That reviewer's summary — quiet, hard-working, no fluff, gives a reasonable quote and shows up when he says he will — is the line that keeps recurring through the rest. Old houses come up a lot. A 2014 customer with a badly damaged ceiling wrote that before he even had the job he explained what methods had been used over the years and why the ceiling was in the state it was; on the day, he arrived at 7:15 having said 7:30, covered every surface, hung the drywall boards single-handed, and left the room dust-free. Another in 2014 paid $50 to have two VA-issued grab bars fitted and came away knowing which walls were metal rather than stud, and why that mattered. He takes work outside plaster too: a gate and fence pickets in 2018, masonry alongside a water-damaged wall in 2019, grab bars, an over-the-stove microwave, some cabinet work. The thing to weigh is age. Angi and HomeAdvisor both publish 4.9 from 31 ratings, but the written accounts run 2014 to 2019 with a single one since — April 2025. There is no way to see how the last few years have gone. If you have plaster or ceiling work in an older house, this is a specific, well-documented craftsman. Confirm he is still taking jobs, and how far beyond Braintree he covers, before you plan around him.