how do you patch a hole in a wall?

Question

my daughter punched a hole in the wall in the bathroom and hallway and I need to patch them. Does anyone know how without having to hire someone?

Answer 1

Go to Lowe's, Home Depot, or some other hardware/home center and get what is called a "wall patch". It is a thin sheet of wire mesh or sheet metal with holes in it that comes in 6x6 or 8x8 squares with an adhesive backing. Stick it to the wall to cover the hole and then apply lightweight joint compound to the surface using a putty knife and a trowel. Spread a thin layer over the surface and allow a day for it to dry. Afterwards apply a second coat over the area to fill in the gaps on the unlevel parts of the surface and allow it to dry again. Make a third pass across the surface to fill in any more remaining low spots and allow another day for the surface to dry.

First using 60 grit and then 150 medium sand paper, sand the surface in stages to smooth off the surface. Be careful not to sand the joint compound all the way down to the repair patch. Otherwise you will have to add more joint compound and wait for it to dry again.

Answer 2

Very easy. If the hole is all the way through, you need something to fill the hole so that drywall compound will hold. I suggest using a small piece of wood (thin like paneling) or heavy screen. Cut that slightly larger than the hole and place a screw in the center to use like a handle. Butter the front edge of that patch with pre-mixed drywall compound and slide it into the hole and pull tight against the wall with the screw. Hold for a few seconds until it stays and then let it dry overnight. The next day, you remove the screw and use some more drywall compound to fill the remainder of the hole. Put on with a wide drywall knife so that it is smooth.(Put on in layers if the hole is deep) After the hole is filled, you can smooth it out with a wet sponge. Once it is completely dry you just paint over it.

Answer 3

Cut the hole into a rectangle.

Take one or two 1x2 boards several inches longer than the hole and place them inside the hole with the board overlapping on each end and down one side if possible.

Holding the wood firmly, use two drywall screws and screw them thru your drywall and into the boards, securing the wood in place.

Cut a piece of drywall that will fit the hole you cut, and screw that onto the wood you put in. Your now have a very sturdy fix, better than the mesh.

Use some spackle to pretty everything up and paint.

Answer 4

depending on how big thehole is, you can buy patch kits at a hardware store. cut the hole with a saw tro approximately the same size as the patch, put it in place, and plaster over it at the seams to make it smooth them paint. I'd be taking the money for said patch out of daughter's allowance, and make her help with the repair. Next time she starts teenaged temper tantrums, call the cops and have her destructive butt thrown in jail for a few hours. She just may learn a little respect for other people's property that way.

Answer 5

This one is exciting... listed below are some issues you'll want... Cardboard, Pencil or stick like a popsicle style stick Spackling/ joint compound String Smoothing knife- or despite spatula element to soft out the spackling... First... decrease out some carboard which will conceal the hollow extraordinarily generously. Poke a hollow contained in the direction of it... Tie the area to the pencil or stick... pull the string for the period of the hollow on the cardboard. you're able to be able to hold up the cardboard by conserving the string- the pencil tied to the string could be below the cardboard as you carry it up... Fold up the cardboard and pencil element and placed it into the hollow contained in the wall. Then open up the cardboard board as that's contained in the wall and then pull on the string. this might grant the backing so as which you will now fill contained in the hollow with spackling. shop conserving onto the string and slap on some spackling. soft all of it out jointly as nonetheless conserving ont the string yet you would be wanting to go away a reasonable dip or small melancholy the place the area is popping out. while the spackling dries- decrease off the string and then fill contained in the melancholy the place the string became at... you will in all probability could get some matching paint too... desire all of it works out!!!

Answer 6

tie a string thru a piece of cardboard and poke the cardboard thru the hole.

while holding the string kind of tight, spackle the hole, spray on some texture and paint.

or cut a square of sheetrock up against the hole. fit the sheetrock into the square,use wall joint compound and tape.

spray with texture and paint.

Answer 7

Allan is right if you can't afford board try peice of cardboard.. I've repaired walls using a playing card before to fill in the hole mudding over it.

Answer 8

go to a home improvement store and buy a hole patch kit. very easy to use and looks great!

Answer 9

Joke is right on, but can I tell you the repair kit comes with instructions and is usually found in the paint department.

Answer 10

insert and glue in a small plate of wood on the inside of the hole and then spackle the rest, and sand it down and repaint.