How can I fix damage to my wall?

Question

My son thought it would be fun to hang on the towel bar. He broke the bar and pulled it out of the wall. I will need to buy another one,but I don't know how to put it up with the wall damage. It sort of looks like this

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Answer 1

I'm thinking the holes are not very large, 1-2 inches each. if that's the case then this will work well.

Things you'll need
small strips of wood - like paint stirrers
Use a paint stirrer as a putty knife
any 2 screws with a point that will turn through the wood strips
a piece of string
small tub of Spackle Non Shrink is better.
A sponge
some paint. (don't worry to much about a color match get something close and you'll be fine)

cut or break the wooden strips so they are just an inch longer then the hole is wide. Run the screw through the center of the wood and tie the string around the head of the screw. Put a healthy glob of Spackle on each end of the stick (same side as the screw) and while holding the string drop the stick into the whole and pull the stick tight to the inner wall with the string and center in the hole. Wait an hour or a day. Hold the string and tap the wood, if it holds then your ready to fill the hole with Spackle. You might not be able to fill the whole hole in one app. Once the hole is filled and the Spackle sets, use a sponge (wet) to sand the patch and blend to rest of the wall.
I would offset the new towel rack a inch or so off of the patches.
While at the store ask someone in the screws & nuts area for "screw in drywall anchors", their white and can be turned in with a screw driver. I'll leave you to Witt's to place them correctly.

Keep in mind that the child is stronger then the wall the larger or stronger the anochor the larger the hole will be next time. Work the child not the towel rack - well thats what I would do.

And hey thanks for asking a question that can be answered that's so rare in here.

Answer 2

You need to spackle the holes in the wall. It is sorta like a putty that will dry. Then you sand it smooth, and paint.

Next, just re-hang the towel bar... but you need to do it in a slightly different spot. Just line it up so the screws or anchors go into the wall 1 inch away from the old holes.

Answer 3

the way to do this is to make the hole large enough to slip the end of a tape measure through the wall and measure to where the stud is on one side then cut over to the stud with a one inch opening then deturmine where the center of the stud is then measure over 16inches (standard on center studding) and tap a finish nail into the wall to locate the stud on the other side then cut from center to center and the height to take out the damage replace with a piece of dry wall tape,spackle, sand, and paint, wall as good as new now reinstall towell bar

Answer 4

first of all you need to get some dry wall compound and fix the holes in the wall. if the holes are to big to hold the compound then there are items you can buy to cover the hole so the compound will stick. ask your home improvement store about it. after the compound dries you sand it smooth, paint it, then follow the instructions on how to put up a towel rack. its so easy i bet your son could do it.

Answer 5

If it is drywall that is damaged you need to clean up the hole by making it square and big enough to get a piece of wood thru the hole behind the drywall. Using drywall screws go thru the drywall and into the wood board. Then cut a new piece of drywall of the same thickness and size of the hole. Place it in the square hole you cut and screw it to the board. Tape the seams around the square and apply drywall mud. Wait for it to dry then sand and paint, Then you can install your new towel rack.

Answer 6

boys will be boys...some friends of one of my sons drove a motorcycle through his parents livingroom wall and into the kitchen (broke a leg and the wall there, damnear brought the house down, it was a bearing wall)
your problem is simple, spackle the holes and move replace the towel bar with barbed wire (see if he wants to do chin ups on that)

Answer 7

Try a really tough one, Use a Toggle bolts after you repair the wall to put up the towel bar. your son wont break this one off and it is really easy to do.

Answer 8

you could attach a piece of wood over the damaged area and then attach the towel bar to it ( this would be very strong)

Answer 9

forget approximately fixing all that .the terrific element to do is Sheetrock. Do the a million/4 in you do not want the thick stuff and the skinny is likewise greater low priced. do not forget to top the recent Sheetrock previously portray it. it is going to look like new.

Answer 10

Well to fix the holes you could go buy some plaster and the instructions are pretty simple to follow.