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My puppy decided my laundry room wall was edible so she scratched and chewed about 7"x7" hole in the wall near the base board. The hole doesn't go completely through but it can't be far to the paper.
I've repaired drywall before but I don't have the touch to make it look like it wasn't a repair job. Anyone have a method for this type of repair that doesn't stand out too much?
Take off the baseboard and apply mud. Many thinner layers are better than on thick one. Too much is worse than too little. It's the laundry room who cares how bad it looks.
I'm interested as well. My puppy did the same thing to our extra bedroom.
Patch
Tape
Mud
Sand
Texture
Paint
what is the problem?
My main problem is getting the texture right. I guess there is a texture in a spray can type stuff I can get.
This stuff is great practice on some cardboard to get adjustable spray set rightQuote:
Originally Posted by Grange
WELL DONE!Quote:
Originally Posted by noodles
I started to write the same thing out but got bored and deleted it. Your version is better than mine would have been, nice job!Quote:
Originally Posted by noodles
Actually, there is a way easier way to do than all that work illustrated above. Cut out the damaged area in a square or rectangle, whatever. Cut a chunk of drywall that is 1 1/2" bigger all around than the hole. If the hole is 4X4 then the piece you cut to patch with should be 7X7. Turn the drywall over so you are looking at the backside and mark the size of the hole you cut in the wall on the back side minus an eight of an inch and score the paper from the back. Snap the drywall on the four lines you created. Peel the drywall off the face paper from the back. You should end up with a 4X4 patch of drywall with a 1 1/2" taping flange around the outside. Mud the hole liberally both on the flat face surface and the inside edge of the 1/2" surface. Mash the patch over it. Trowel off excess mud and topcoat. Allow to dry completely. Recoat. Sand. Works like a hot damn and no backing or screws to worry about.
I don't think a big red X will match the rest of the wall...Quote:
Originally Posted by noodles
In my opinion, this is a good method for a smaller hole, for a 7"x7" I think some sturdier support is needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by JR
I've used it on bigger holes than that and it is as solid as before the damage was done. I speak as a landlord and contractor who has used it many times with no problems. Tried and true.
JR is absolutely positively right. This way you don't have to go to the studs with your cut and anyone can make it look right.
That's fuckin' brilliant. Now I want to know how to do one of those snappy animations. (just kidding)Quote:
Originally Posted by noodles
I like JRs idea. I've done more than my fair share of mud work and had never heard of this technique.
And just to contrast my home problems to this... a 7x7 hole in drywall VS a goddamn bomb went off in my kitchen and squirrel shit rained from the ceiling.
Just slide a piece of furniture over to hide the hole. :fmicon:
If you've ever punched a hole in drywall, raise your hand..:yourock:
I would, but i also hit the stud. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveTV
How do most people learn the fine art of drywall repair?Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveTV
"Hell yes I want my damage deposit back!"
How about if you've punched a hole in your ceiling drywall?Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveTV
Why hasn't this been JONGed into Tech Talk ?
You guys are getting soft...
Back at college one of my friends was called Caveman Bob. This guy looked like something out of a palaeontology text book with the sloping forehead, heavy brow, the sway back, everything. Every Friday night, his ritual would be to show up at our house with a huge plastic club, stand on the roof of his car and yell "GOING CLUBBING" at the top of his lungs. That was our cue to get into his Ford Fiesta and be driven to some dodgy place in town.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveTV
One of the clubs we frequented had gone for the 'themed room' thing, with chill-out areas and so on, all separated by drywall. Bob soon worked out that if he was drunk enough, he could run and jump through the drywall. He crashed clean through the HardHouse Arena straight into the Chillout Zone, collapsing over a couple sitting on a couch in a choking cloud of gyproc.
Encouraged by his success, he managed to leap from the gents toilets clean into the womens, taking a hand dryer out upon entry. By this time the door staff had been alerted to the fact that there was a Cro-Magnon Man destroying their nightclub. Two burly thugs in bomber jackets made a beeline for Bob on the dancefloor. He made a beeline for the wall and punched clean through, disappearing three storeys down a lift shaft and ending up in the lift with a tib/fib fracture. He also managed to break the collar bone of the club manager who was in the lift at the time.
holy shit that's funny. poor caveman bob.
As I sit here typing this, a crew of people is upstairs, hanging approximately 1300 square feet of drywall, plus ceilings, in my house.
There are many mistakes I've made twice in my life, but hanging, taping, and sanding drywall will not be one of them; one experience with that is enough to last me forever... :confused:
Full TR to follow. ;)
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Originally Posted by Red Baron
Hanging it is a breeze. The rest is for the pro's.
Roo-
That club wouldn't have been "Heaven" would it? :biggrin:
:tdo13:
Caveman Bob needs to be invited to the Denver Wednesday night drinking club (which is on thursday this week).
Screw this drywall stuff. Somebody tell me how to replace a broken garage door torsion spring without major bodily injury.
not possible. trust me. you will injure yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keoni
I have safety glasses and a helmet
I have yet another variation on how to fix this. Use a drywall saw to expand the hole so that it goes to the stud on each side and is more/less straight on the top and bottom. Since you've already got a hole, you can reach in there and check if there's any wiring or plumbing that might be in the way. Speaking from experience (only once, that was enough), avoid cutting through live wiring :D
Now use a sharp knife (box cutter) to trim the drywall at the ends so that about half of the stud is showing on each end. Now you've got a nice solid place to mount the drywall to on each end. Coupla screws per side, tape, mud, mud, sand, paint, you're done.
I need to reread JR's idea more carefully, I got lost somewhere amongst all the dimensions.
my buddy in parker, co. almost lost his hand trying to do the DOY method with the garage door spring.
not recommended.
wear a full kevlar protective suit, bomb squad style, and i might endorse this.
i am a safty oficer after all.
Death Warning and DirectionsQuote:
Originally Posted by Keoni
Actually, it's not replacing the broken spring that's a problem. It's taking off the one that didn't break YET, that freaks me out. It's like a time bomb waiting to go.
Putting on the new one is cake
Cutting torch :FIREdevil :FIREdevil :FIREdevil
JR's idea may be easy, but if you're a perfectionist it'll never really look "right"... It isn't gonna be flat anymore, it'll actually be pretty obvious where the patch is if you look for it.
There's a reason sheets of drywall have tapered edges. Speaking from years of experience of watching others work wonders with drywall and seeing the end results -- Big E's suggestion is about dead on. It won't be that much extra work and you don't buy drywall in 7"x7" sheets anyways.