Drywall Repair

[warthog]

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...

Full TR to follow.

Hanging it is a breeze. The rest is for the pro's.


Roo-

That club wouldn't have been "Heaven" would it?

[meatdrink9]

Caveman Bob needs to be invited to the Denver Wednesday night drinking club (which is on thursday this week).

[Keoni]

Screw this drywall stuff. Somebody tell me how to replace a broken garage door torsion spring without major bodily injury.

[basom]

Somebody tell me how to replace a broken garage door torsion spring without major bodily injury.

not possible. trust me. you will injure yourself.

[Keoni]

I have safety glasses and a helmet

[Big E]

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

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.

[xboat]

my buddy in parker, co. almost lost his hand trying to do the DOY method with the garage door spring.

not recommended.

[basom]

wear a full kevlar protective suit, bomb squad style, and i might endorse this.

i am a safty oficer after all.

[Pura Vida]

Screw this drywall stuff. Somebody tell me how to replace a broken garage door torsion spring without major bodily injury.

Death Warning and Directions

[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

[lemon boy]

Cutting torch

[focus]

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.