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Home Repair: How to fix a large hole in my wall?

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phatj

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Good morning everyone,

My friend lost a game of beer pong, punched hole in wall.

I stuck a thick piece of cardboard sort-of behind the wall, to provide a surface for me to "re-make" the wall on...

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The hole is about 8 inches wide...

What supplies do I need now to repair the wall (I'll get from Home Depot (and bring some paint chips to match color))? Any suggestions or advice in patching it?
 
1. Make hole large by sticking roommates head in small hole.
2. Drop roommate off at home depot to learn how to spackle.
3. Go home, drink beer.
4. Win!
 
Originally posted by: phatj
Originally posted by: Savij
Originally posted by: zebano
Why are you doing this and not your roommate?
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He doesn't know how to wash a dish or use a screwdriver (seriously)... so someone else needs to fix the hole (me).
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Uhh... That's not how it works.

Either he fixes the hole or he pays someone (you possibly) to fix it for him.
 
Originally posted by: Beattie
Originally posted by: phatj
Originally posted by: Savij
Originally posted by: zebano
Why are you doing this and not your roommate?
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He doesn't know how to wash a dish or use a screwdriver (seriously)... so someone else needs to fix the hole (me).
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Uhh... That's not how it works.

Either he fixes the hole or he pays someone (you possibly) to fix it for him.
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I should have mentioned, he is paying me for supplies and labor
 
Video how-to

You can buy small squares of drywall at hardware store for $2 bucks, and a small bucket of mud for a few bucks. Looks like the wall has some texture to it, so purchase a can of "spray wall texture", looks like you have orange peel type.
 
Butterfly patch. It looks like you have already made the hole a rectangle so that is good. Lets say the hole is currently 6"x9", cut a piece of drywall 8"x11" and mark a line around the perimeter 1 inch in from each side on the back side of the drywall. Now score those lines with a utility knife but DO NOT break through the front side paper. After scoring the lines you should be able to remove that 1 inch section of gypsum from your score line to the outside edge and leaving a 1 inch flap of the frontside drywall paper hanging(your butterfly wings) which will overhang on either side of the hole when the piece is put in the hole in the wall. After placing the piece in the hole get some joint compound and mud it up. There are other ways of doing this but that hole is small enough where i think a Butterfly patch is fine.
 
easiest thing to do is to buy some plaster and some plaster mesh and go to town. I had a similar event in my apartment. My brother came up with the supplies and such and we patched it. Never Painted it. The rental company outsourced the summer painting to a college painters group. They just painted over it. No one was the wiser.
 
On big holes, like a fist, mesh does not work well.

You need to do what ManyBeers says with this modification. You need drywall screws and a strip of wood 1" x 1/2" x 4" longer than the cutout hole. Cut the piece as ManyBeers says and the only step different is to insert the strip of wood inside the hole. Now use the drywall screws through the drywall, into the wood and let them go in flush. This creates a firm back to the drywall insert. You can then screw your piece with the flaps into the strip.

Edit - err... waffleironhead's link has the same technique using pressboard. That is it, and I think they use tape instead of the paper.
 
Originally posted by: gsellis
On big holes, like a fist, mesh does not work well.

You need to do what ManyBeers says with this modification. You need drywall screws and a strip of wood 1" x 1/2" x 4" longer than the cutout hole. Cut the piece as ManyBeers says and the only step different is to insert the strip of wood inside the hole. Now use the drywall screws through the drywall, into the wood and let them go in flush. This creates a firm back to the drywall insert. You can then screw your piece with the flaps into the strip.

Edit - err... waffleironhead's link has the same technique using pressboard. That is it, and I think they use tape instead of the paper.
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I've done it the way you have outlined as well. And that is fine too. I was just showing him the cheapest and simplest way, not necessarily the best way.
 
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