How do I fix this drywall hole?

[haikuman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0I2ZrBuFdQ

[Jimmypoo]

M>B> wrote:
A patch similar to this...

http://handyman-do-it-yourself.com/artic...n-drywall/

Then use a wood screw to screw into the wood part of the patch.

for ease of patching a no-load break - use paint stirring sticks and liquid nails. then plug hole
with cut-out and mud.

I prefer using 1/2 inch drywall on 5/8, so it is recessed. 3/8 on 1/2, etc. You could get scraps from Home
Depot for free. Probably thicker wood too. I don't bother with the screws as the pic showed. Just more to
patch--and if it does require strength, a drywall screw into a piece of wood is only as strong as the
head of the screw tearing thru the drywall - paint stick or petrified wood as a backer.

[haikuman]

Jimmypoo wrote:
[quote=M>B>]
A patch similar to this...

http://handyman-do-it-yourself.com/artic...n-drywall/

Then use a wood screw to screw into the wood part of the patch.

for ease of patching a no-load break - use paint stirring sticks and liquid nails. then plug hole
with cut-out and mud.

I prefer using 1/2 inch drywall on 5/8, so it is recessed. 3/8 on 1/2, etc. You could get scraps from Home
Depot for free. Probably thicker wood too. I don't bother with the screws as the pic showed. Just more to
patch--and if it does require strength, a drywall screw into a piece of wood is only as strong as the
head of the screw tearing thru the drywall - paint stick or petrified wood as a backer.
Whooo are you callin a dipstick *(:>* I mean paint stick ? May you woke up this morning and thought you were tool time Tim *(:>*:devil: I suggest you mix liquid nails with your morning smoothie and put it in your Dropbox:jest:

[Lux Interior]

Is that where the rain gets in
And stops your mind from wandering?

[deckeda]

No, but I'm painting the room in a [non]colorful way, and when my mind is wandering there I will go.

[Jimmypoo]

I used to be cruel to my goat, and I beat her... and kept her apart from the tin cans that she loved.

Man, I was mean.

[OWC Jamie]

If this is in a closet maybe Jim will give you one of his Justin beiber nude with a goat posters to cover it with.

[deckeda]

Jimmypoo wrote:
for ease of patching a no-load break - use paint stirring sticks and liquid nails. then plug hole
with cut-out and mud.

I prefer using 1/2 inch drywall on 5/8, so it is recessed. 3/8 on 1/2, etc. You could get scraps from Home
Depot for free. Probably thicker wood too. I don't bother with the screws as the pic showed. Just more to
patch--and if it does require strength, a drywall screw into a piece of wood is only as strong as the
head of the screw tearing thru the drywall - paint stick or petrified wood as a backer.

This I like, since it sounds easiest, quickest and that spot will no longer be load-bearing . So far:



That's one paint stick broken into thirds. The 2 outside pieces also cover a little of the drywall beyond the sides of the opening. But since they're flush that meant I had to wiggle the last on in; hence temporarily reused molly bolt "handle" that I'll unscrew tomorrow.

John B. wrote:
Can't you just move that track a little bit to the left or right until you can screw into a stud? Failing that, most of the closet track systems have a rail that you can mount across the top of the shelf tracks where the rail screws into studs and then the tracks can hang from the rail wherever you need them.

I think that at the time I put it up years ago, I wanted the vertical supports to be equidistant from the side walls and never bothered looking for studs. Of course, when I opened up the wall I found studs right on either side of the hole, each about 1/2" away.

[wowzer]

Home depot sells a fiberglass with repair kit. All you have to do is sand off some of the current drywall (get a dry wall sander block if the kit doesn't have one)....the idea is that you'll want to put the fiberglass over the hole and then put the joint compound over the fiberglass. Once it is dry, you sand off the compound until it is level with your original wall. Paint. Works like a charm and easy to do.

I bought the fast drying kit, so that I didn't have to wait---and the compound was pink in color. When it was dry, the thing turns white, which was nice because I didn't have to touch it every few hours to see if it was ready for sanding.

GL

PS Lowes has a tutorial; http://www.lowes.com/cd_Patch+and+Repair...498789296_