Patching drywall holes - GIFs

[Altair]

Patching drywall holes.






Previously:

Drywall cutout saw - GIF
Drywall sander with LED light - GIF
Magnetic drywall cutter - GIF
Drywall stripper - GIF
Drywall mud box taping tool - video
Vintage worker installing drywall with axe - GIF

[Inflight]

This method would never hold up in a rental property. Should've used a wooden block backer, screwed into the drywall, before attaching the drywall filler piece.

[mwmkravchenko]

This method would never hold up in a rental property. Should've used a wooden block backer, screwed into the drywall, before attaching the drywall filler piece.

It's exactly what gets done in rentals around here. Quick and cheap lipstick on a pig kind of work. Doing it right costs more.

[Peter Sanders]

This method would never hold up in a rental property. Should've used a wooden block backer, screwed into the drywall, before attaching the drywall filler piece.

Exactly right, do the repair PROPERLY! It's not difficult to do a GOOD job instead of a cheap fix.

[Peter Sanders]

It's exactly what gets done in rentals around here. Quick and cheap lipstick on a pig kind of work. Doing it right costs more.

it is MINIMAL extra cost to do the job PROPERLY. What happens if the "repairer" and I use the term loosely! doesn't have a suitable sized hole saw, or if the hole is substantially irregular (larger). It then has to be done the way Inflight stated, the correct way (and I agree).

Apart from doing the job correctly, the nett result of a correctly applied repair, is a less visible repair. This method leaves a "huge" patch on the wall, when a proper repair leaves almost no patch and certainly no large "lump" on the wall.

[Frank S]

I've seen much worst repairs though. Like just packing the hole with crumpled paper then plastered over it

[nova_robotics]

This method would never hold up in a rental property. Should've used a wooden block backer, screwed into the drywall, before attaching the drywall filler piece.

Hey Inflight, do you run that Tech Ingredients Youtube channel? If so there's an idea for a video.