Hole in Internal Plasterboard Wall.

stevec59 · 6 Nov 2006

Hi,
My intelligent teenager son decided to Punch a hole in an internal Plasterboard wall at the weekend ('cos that is what Intelligent teenager son's do..), anyway he hasn't gone thought both sides of the wall, the wall is hollo Iis that how you spell hollo? I mean its just empty, spell checker didn't say anything was wrong, just wasn't sure), so I need to repair it, what i was was thinking is cut the hole into a square, then cut a new piece of plaster board that is a tight fit, maybe put some glue on the edge, then put it in the hole.Wait for glue to set, then skim over.

Is that the right thing to do?

Thanks

Steve

Diyisfun · 6 Nov 2006

No need to cut it square, buy some plaster board (try & get off cut), small bay plaster. Cut plaster board bigger than hole, but make sure it goes in the hole, put plaster on the plaster board, put it through the hole & pull towards you it will stick to the original plaster board, let it go off cut plaster board to now fit into hole, mix plaster & fit, fill edges ..Job done

noseall · 6 Nov 2006

there are two other ways too.

trim the damaged boards horizontally to the nearest upright, then cut a piece of board and fix it to the uprights.

or, similar to Diyisfun's method: cut a flat piece of timber (skirting board, floor board etc.) similar in width to the hole but elongated. feed it through the hole then fix it with drywall screws, straight through the existing plasterboard and into the flat board.
you now have a backer on which to fix your plasterboard patch.

for handling purposes and to assist with maneuverability, it helps to fix a long screw into the flat board.

stevec59 · 7 Nov 2006

Thanks to both of you

I will have a look at it the weekend and see what is the best way to do it.

Great Advice,Thanks again

Steve

masona · 7 Nov 2006

Use Self-adhesive mesh tape for drywall joint tape to cover the joint.

I think Hollow is the word you're looking for

Jonks · 22 Nov 2006

Is it OK to muscle in on this discussion? I have a 3" roughly circular hole in a ceiling - daughter's head! Can I do the same thing from above - that is have a bit larger piece of plasterboard and glue it against the hole? I presume I can then build up layers of plaster from below. I suppose it will show, but I have really hard plasterboard dating from the 1950s and it seems to show all cracks after a while - even though I am really careful when decorating. Any tips gratefully read!

skybluescooby · 23 Nov 2006

Try this link, but instaed of using the product shown, just use a screw to position as per Noseall
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/vothole.htm

Jonks · 18 Feb 2007

Thank you Skybluescooby for the reply and sorry not to have thanked you before. I have now done the job and it looks great. It's brilliant for a complete amateur to have access to so much useful information!!

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