DFWDraco76
Premium
join:2001-02-21
Plano, TX
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
·AT&T U-Verse
| Best way to patch a hole in drywall
My house (built in 1976) is full of little projects like this that people have neglected over the years.
The doorbell that was once upon a time hardwired to the front door is now just an old, dusty, cobweb-filled relic looking ugly on the wall. The wires are gone and a wireless one is now in active duty. So I'm trying to clean up things like this... (another example: 2 old smoke detectors people have just abandoned and hung new battery-operated ones right next to the old!)
The problem here is that there is a gaping hole in the wall, the biggest hole is maybe 1.5" across.
So I'm trying to figure out the best way to patch this. I realize "best" may not always be "easiest" - in that case I'd love to hear suggestions for both.
I just bought the house in November, and it's my first, so I have a trusty little DIY book... It tells me to cut out a rectangle and fasten a small piece of drywall in place, and go that route -- but it's so small, surely there's an easier way?
--
my blog: »dfwdraco76.blogspot.com
my website: »www.thelifeofbrian.info |
|
robbin
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
Leander, TX | The easiest is you can get a patch kit which has a piece of aluminum punched full of holes on a fiberglass mesh. They sell them for small holes such as a door knob punching a hole in the wall. Very easy to use. |
|
Snakeoil
Prehende uxorem meam, sis
Premium
join:2000-08-05
Mentor, OH
| reply to DFWDraco76
For small holes like that look for a hole patch kit at your hardware store. The kit should have a fine nylon mesh screen [to go over the hole] and some "mud".
You'd dab a little mud around the hole edges to "glue" the screen in place. Then you'd cover the mesh with mud, then let it dry for a day or two. The just sand away until it is flat and smooth, and the height of the wall.
For the smaller hole just dab mud in it and level it to the wall.
Heck you might be able to get away with just mud in the larger hole as well.
--
Say no to the IRS.. Yes to the Fair Tax! This beer is for: 464th bat. 98th div. Combat engineers. Hillside Ave schenectady NY. |
|
ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| reply to DFWDraco76
To match the texture, you could take a leaf and dab it in the wet mud of the patch. |
|
DFWDraco76
Premium
join:2001-02-21
Plano, TX
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
·AT&T U-Verse
| reply to robbin
Cool, thanks. I went to Home Depot tonight to buy this kit but they didn't have one. I picked up the spackle, patch, and a putty knife though so I can get it done. (already have sandpaper, I think) My only concern is the texture...
--
my blog: »dfwdraco76.blogspot.com
my website: »www.thelifeofbrian.info |
|
robbin
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
Leander, TX
| The texture was done with a crows foot brush.
|
|
DFWDraco76
Premium
join:2001-02-21
Plano, TX
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
·AT&T U-Verse
| yup, that would match what we've already got - but seems like a lot of trouble and expense for one "blob" of the brush. lol
--
my blog: »dfwdraco76.blogspot.com
my website: »www.thelifeofbrian.info |
|
MikBo
Just Happy To Be Here
Premium
join:2002-01-04
Lynchburg, VA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Hey DFWDraco,the smaller hole should be no problem,any type of hole repair,spackle,like DAP should work,the larger hole,I have a trick I used on drywall apartment walls, to seal up to ,fist size holes without having to put a new piece of drywall in.First fill hole with crumbled newspaper,and pack it till it has filled the back side of the hole,fill with DAP and sand,some shrinkage will occur so you may have to refill and sand with DAP and on final coat take wet sponge and make pattern like the rest of wall,cheapest easiest way I know,it will work on most any surface with hollow space behind it. 
--
"Things will get better,despite our efforts to improve them!"--Will Rogers |
|
koma3504
Advocate
Premium
join:2004-06-22
North Richland Hills, TX | reply to DFWDraco76
to get the rolled edge look thin the drywall mud down with paint instead of water. |
|
rollersloft
join:2008-03-14
Harrison, NJ
| reply to DFWDraco76
I used spray foam and it worked fine. First you need to put paper or some thing which will kind of hold the spray foam so you do not need to lot of it. The foam will dry and expand, cut it with knife. Put some patch material on top (paint session) and the paint it.
or, you may want to try piece of wood with pin one side. Pinch it in wall, use patch material, and paint the wall.
Thank you |
|
ttiiggy
Premium
join:2001-03-27
| reply to DFWDraco76
You could take a paint stir stick and break off a piece a couple inches long. Tie a string or loop a rubber band around the middle to hold the stick and glue it on the back of the hole. After the glue dries, then you can definitely jam the hole full of mud.
Probably the hardest part is going to be trying to match the texture. |
|
mattmag
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-04-09
NW Illinois
clubs:
 ·Mediacom
| said by ttiiggy  :Probably the hardest part is going to be trying to match the texture. For sure, and generally why those types of problems never get fixed. Texture is nice, but not worth it in the long run when you need repairs made! |
|
DFWDraco76
Premium
join:2001-02-21
Plano, TX
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
·AT&T U-Verse
| yeah, I've decided I'm just not going to worry about the texture.
Here's where I am so far... applied a bit more spackle this morning, will sand & paint tomorrow. Definitely not a pro job, but it's better than it was (I just keep telling myself that when I fall so far from perfection! lol).
--
my blog: »dfwdraco76.blogspot.com
my website: »www.thelifeofbrian.info |
|
