what we do

Interior plastering, done so nobody asks who did it.

Square stopping, gib stopping, ceiling work, and finish-quality help for builders and homeowners across Waikato. The point of a good stopper is that the wall just looks like a wall.

Square stopping

Flush corners, level joins, and a paint-ready face on every sheet. Standard finish on the bulk of new builds and renovations.

Gib stopping

Full gib stopping for new builds and renovations, tape, base, second coat, sand, finish. Walls that hold up under a hard light.

Ceiling work

Vaulted ceilings, raked ceilings, flat ceilings. Long joins and high access, clean lines without the wave.

New-build work

Trade-rate work for builders who need a stopper who turns up, stays clean on site, and finishes the room without a callback.

Renovator help

Did the gib yourself? Happens often. We come in behind, fix the joins, and leave you a wall that paints flat.

Damaged-wall repair

Door knocks, holes from removed fixtures, hairline cracks. Patched, stopped, sanded, matched to the existing finish.

Vaulted-ceiling room freshly stopped by Total Stopping Limited, paper-tape joins visible, light grey walls, rural Waikato view through the window

why builders call back

A good stopper is the one you don't hear from again.

The reason builders like Higgs Building Co (Certified Passive House Builder) and GV Homes (2024 Bunnings New Home House of the Year winner) keep ringing Pat is simple. He turns up. He stays out of everyone else's way. He doesn't leave the site looking like a bomb went off. And when the painter comes in, the painter doesn't have anything to say.

Owner-operator, Pat is on every site he quotes
Cleans up the same day, no dust trail through the rest of the build
Paints back well, no second-coat surprises
Works to a builder's programme, in and out on the day

recent work

A few rooms from around Waikato.

Real jobs Pat's finished, new builds in Raglan and Cambridge, show homes, and rooms tidied up after weekend gib-warriors.

Raglan estuary build by GV Homes, scaffolded interior with vaulted gib ceiling and water view

GV Homes · Raglan

Architectural build, estuary frontage

Floor-to-ceiling glazing and a vaulted ceiling stopped clean.

Interior of a new build, gib-stopped walls with paper tape detail, scaffold tower in centre of the room

Show home · July 2024

Mid-build, high-stud living

Long ceiling joins finished without a wave.

Vaulted ceiling, two-pitch roof line, fresh gib stopping above and a sliding door view through to a rural Waikato section

New build · rural Waikato

Two-pitch vaulted living

Long rakes, clean cornice line.

Bedroom mid-build, gib walls stopped and ready for paint, two windows looking out to grass and fence line

Renovator help · Cambridge

Bedroom finish-up

Owner-gibbed, stopped back to flat by Pat.

Kitchen / living room mid-build with raw gib walls and paper-tape joins, doorway through to a finished kitchen behind

Show home · January 2025

First job of the year

Open-plan kitchen, stop and ready for paint.

Interior under scaffolding with ladder, white-stopped ceiling and exposed rafter detail, garden view through sliding door

New build · 2024

Exposed-rafter ceiling

Detail work around the timber, stopped flush.

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what people say

I highly recommend Patrick and Total Stopping Limited. My partner and I have been renovating our first home and gibbed some rooms ourselves. Our handy work was far from perfect and I was nervous about what a gib stopper could do for us. Patrick gib stopped and square stopped the rooms beautifully. I couldn't be happier with how they look.

Emma Jayne · 17 July 2023

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get a quote

Got a room that needs stopping?

Send Pat the details. He usually gets back the same day if you message before 4pm.

Phone022 049 3606

Emailinfo@totalstopping.co.nz

Based inCambridge, Waikato

HoursMon–Sat, 7am–5pm

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