Questions tagged [patching-drywall]
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How should I support this large drywall patch?
after the installation of a new water heater and a relatively extensive plumbing fix, I wanted to save a buck trying to patch the drywall myself. It's the very first time I buy a piece of drywall or ...
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What is the best method to patch a large hole (2-3 inches) in drywall?
I have a large hole where a TV wall mount once was (I believe the hole was used to run power and coax cable to the TV). I have since moved the TV and would like to patch the hole. What is the best way ...
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How do I mount this towel rack that was ripped off the wall?
Hi one of my tenants sent me a pictures of my broken towel rack. What would be the most cost effective fix?
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How big a hole in drywall can be fixed by spackle alone?
How big of a hole in drywall can be fixed by spackle alone?
The previous owners left numerous holes in the drywall. Each with the diameter of a coaxial cable, which I want to patch up. Can I use ...
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How to cut drywall over stud?
Let's say I have a hole like this (not my actual hole just one that I found for my situation)
As you can see the existing drywall is flush with the 2x4. What I want to do is cleanly cut away enough ...
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Re-painting drywall after patching leaves tones
I patched a few scrapes and small holes in the drywall, then got a can of color-matched paint in the hardware store (I took a sample with me, they color-matched it and prepared the paint). It is a ...
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Fix drywall that lost strength due to hanging curtain rod
Here is the issue. I can use the toggle bolts, but it looks like drywall has lost strength. It can be seen in the pictures that drywall around the place of the bracket holes is swelled and about to ...
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Why are there two layers of dry wall in my ceiling, and how can I patch it?
The fan in my bathroom died. We bought a replacement that's a bit bigger. The original was nailed to a beam in the ceiling and required me to cut out some drywall to remove.
When removing the old fan,...
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Can blue (lightweight) drywall compound be used for all coats?
I had a guy come in to do some drywall taping today and I had a bag of 20 min hot mud and a bucket of each green (regular) and blue (lightweight) joint compound. I always though that the green should ...
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Why don't the textures of drywall patches match the room?
I recently remodeled a bedroom and installed new drywall. We painted the walls and ceiling with flat paint (since this is in the master bedroom and it is supposed to "hide" imprefections better than ...
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How to properly fix dry wall tearing away
How can I properly fix dry wall that is tearing away from the seam, which is a window sill?
There is a point were it meets the window and window sill, and it seems to be tearing away. I have added a ...
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How can I make these semi-gloss paint patches blend with the wall?
I recently tried to fix a number of small holes in a wall that is painted with brown semi-gloss paint. Unfortunately, the paint patches are still very obvious, even after several days of drying:
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How to patch a wood lath plaster rounded corner?
I am attempting to repair a rounded plaster corner. (Image below). The plaster was blown out during an electrical re-wire for the bathroom switch pictured.
I’m assuming the wire corner bead runs ...
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How do I cover large gaps in drywall?
We've just completed our first drywall project and the outcome wasn't so great in places. There are a couple spots in particular that have 1/2-1/4" gaps.
I was wondering, is there a nifty way to ...
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How do I keep drywall around a patch from crumbling?
While patching my kitchen ceiling, I cut the hole larger to get to the joists and install my drywall "normally". On one of my edges the old drywall keeps crumbling away. My plan is to make the hole ...
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How to patch long strip on drywall?
My room had a chair rail which I stripped out.
It was glued and left a long strip on the drywall.
The strip is just paper and I am not sure how to patch them ...
Also, there are some glue left on the ...
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What is the code approved way to cut and patch fire rated drywall hung on the ceiling of a basement?
My new house is still under construction, and for code reasons the builder is required to hang fire rated drywall on the ceiling of the basement.
I am sure the situation will arise eventually where I ...
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What might be a good way to fix this damaged drywall(?)?
I had 2 3M Command hooks on my wall. When I was removing the hooks, I damaged the wall, as you can see in the photos below. I wonder what might be an easy/good way to patch the damage. Thanks!
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Concerns about hanging a hundred plus mugs on dry wall
Newbie here! Among other things, I collect Starbucks mugs from my travels. I have over a hundred mugs and they have spent most of their life in boxes in the garage - until now! I was thinking of ...
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Is tape applied to drywall right after mud is applied or after it has dried?
I patched some foot square holes in the wall and would like to know when paper tape is applied:
right after mud is applied
after it has dried and is sanded
with drywall patching.
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How do I replace part of my bathroom ceiling?
I had a leak in the roof above my bathroom. I had a contractor investigate. He looked at the roof carefully, and he examined the ceiling with an infrared scanner while it was actually leaking. He ...
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How should I treat a rusty corner bead in the bathroom before covering it again?
The paint got scraped off the corner bead in my bathroom, and now it's rusty. How can I treat it before spackling and repainting?
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Fixing minor tape blemishes/bubbling after a fresh paint job
Unfortunately 1 week after a new paint job was done with a decent job of skimming and all, there was a small flood in a laundry room above. Some water came down, but we averted disaster. It's very ...
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How can I prevent wall patches from affecting paint sheen?
I am trying to paint a wall. I have applied wall putty to cracks in the wall, applied one coat of wall primer (solvent based) then applied one coat of oil based paint.
Where there was no wall putty ...
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How should I fill in a missing strip of drywall that I uncovered after removing a piece of trim?
I'm redoing my back landing area and pulled off a piece of trim off the wall and a piece of quarter round off the staircase because I want to sand and paint the wall and don't want random pieces of ...
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what the best option to deal with a rusting screw in drywall?
I have some rusting screw in my garage drywall:
What's the best option to deal with it?
Do I
drive it back into, spackle it with Drywall Joint Compound and touch it up with paint?
Remove it ...
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What is the easiest way to install 4“ recessed lights in 6” holes?
I purchased some nice-looking 4" recessed LED fixtures to replace my existing fixtures that use incandescent bulbs. I've now discovered that my current recessed lights are of the 6" variety. I like ...
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Smooth a badly damaged wall
My goal:
Get a wall smooth enough for wallpaper without replacing the wall
My situation
I have a wall that's been patched about 100 times in the last 50 years or so. I can't say why (I live in NYC),...
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How can I effectively replace sections of 7/8" plaster with drywall?
We had to take down several large sections, about 6x4ft sections, in order to run updated electric. The problem is that the 3 layer plaster is 7/8in thick. What is my best solution to put up new even ...
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Patching drywall between two corners
I have an existing floor-to-ceiling narrow deep closet (11" wide opening, straight in). I want to cover the bottom 5" with drywall, so it'll eventually look like this:
(source: hyarros.com)
Where ...
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How can I mask water damaged ceiling drywall with faux painting?
My tub upstairs leaked a large portion of water directly above the middle of the kitchen ceiling. The ceiling drywall doesn't have a hole in it, and the paint isn't bubbling. However after I fixed the ...
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How can I duplicate this paint texture?
I patched a hole in my wall. Now I am going to paint. My walls have a slight texture to them. I think it's a pretty common type of texturing; very subtle.
How can I match this texture?
Preferably a ...
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Applying drywall tape - to score or not to score?
I've recently been introduced to drywall repair methods that depend on substrates such as tape and metallic mesh. One technique I've seen for the mesh was to score (i.e., make a surface cut with a ...
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Can I use a spray sealer and primer over a patched drywall followed by painting over it?
I have patched one of my wall from a few holes(5) where each is about a finger big. Since it is not a big surface area, can I use a spray stain sealer and primer, and then apply paint over the entire ...
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How to Fix this Water Damage?
The area in the photo is in the bathroom next to the shower stall. The damaged area is approximately 3.5 inches wide. The previous owner of the house had allowed a leak from the shower enclosure to ...
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Broken Drywall Corner in Shower
I had someone replace my bathroom ceiling, and I was just sanding and painting. I found that the corner of the drywall is broken off & there is also another gap that seems a bit big for caulking. ...
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Is it necessary to replace plastic covering pink insulation in bedroom exterior wall?
I'm doing a little project where I'm fishing some CAT6 cables from a 3rd floor bedroom to a second floor office. Because of the layout, I had to first fish the wire along an outside-facing wall before ...
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How to fix this drywall job?
The drywall guy installed drywall around a washer box and a gas box that is recessed into the wall.
The edges around the recessed boxes are not straight.
How does one go about fixing this so it ...
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Any suggestions for repairs of nasty cracks in my walls and the door?
I have 1 day to finish all those repairs before a new person moves in. Is there any way I could fix them fast and reliably? The first one is a hole in a dry wall and the last one is a door which is ...
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How do I tape a joint between drywall and plaster?
I have old old plaster (on lath) bordering new drywall. Is it better to use mesh tape or just paper?
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Wall opening - drywall corners
Our kitchen has an opening that used to have a bulky wood frame/shelves. We have removed that and now evaluating how best to repair the wall so it could be evenly painted and are thinking of adding a ...
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How to fix this crack in drywall?
The picture shows the crack over a door. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the extra load/movement in that area. What's the best way to fix this crack that will prevent this from re-...
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How can I repair damaged drywall?
I live in a rental house. My pit bull terrier ate the drywall and now I have a home inspection coming up.
What can I do?
I have a picture just don't know how to post it.
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How do I remove the mounting hardware of an intercom speaker, and then patch the hole?
I am looking to remove an old intercom speaker from my bedroom wall and patch over the hole. I removed the speaker to find a metal mount in the wall attached between two studs.
More pictures here
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How do I prepare a ceiling for restomping?
I had to cut access panels in the ceiling of a 7' x 11' room to make several plumbing repairs. The ceiling has the slapbrush/stomp texture:
I have patched the drywall and I plan on restomping the ...
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Is it possible to smooth over these drywall imperfections?
I'm having a contractor do renovations in my kitchen, and we are converting a wall into a half wall with countertop. He just started doing the drywall, and from my inexperienced eye it looks like he ...
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I have a lot of plastic anchor bolts in the sheetrock walls. What is the best way to patch them?
I am moving & after taking down many pictures, mirrors, etc., I have many plastic anchors left in the sheetrock. What is the best way to patch them?
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Mud for patch 4 inch drywall holes
After a house rewire I have about 40 holes. Some are smooth surface, many are textured ceiling. Should I be using the green lid joint compound and taping it or Plus3 and no tape?
For the textured ...
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Can I clean up and tape old unfinished drywall in the garage?
Purchased a house with a partially finished garage. The ceiling and walls have drywall, but no taping. The previous owners have nailed numerous things into the wall over the years and of course since ...
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My new drywall patch is thinner than the old one? Why?
I purchased two large sheets of drywall for my garage ceiling and to patch some large holes on the wall. I installed wood strips to support the drywall patch. Everything went smoothly until I test ...
