How to repair hole in wall..

Ok everyone..I had like 6 ppl over yesterday and we were wrestling and I pushed my friend through my wall...A hole about 1ft.x1.ft.I just wana know to to repair this cuz the apartment complex I live in wil charge alot of money....so how do I or someone else repair this somewhat cheap? THanks in advance.

you need a piece of drywall, cut it to the exact shape of the hole... use some sheetrock to glue it in. Then you'll have to use drywall tape on the front side, and smooth it out over top with more sheetrock... sand it flush, then repaint the wall.

might need to use some drywall screws as well.

google has the answers

duct tape

You could always just hang a picture over it.

sheetrock is a form of drywall

cut out the bad section in between the stud of the wall( 16 inches apart)
cut the new drywall you can cut it with a razor and snap it in half to cut it
screw it into the studs in the wall
get some drywall tape(paper or mesh)
put it over the seems and put some joint compound on it,smooth it out with a trowl. let dry and sand then paint

goto homedepot they will show you all the stuff you need

well i'm guessing you have never done this before soo i'lm gonna say the easiest way.

1. cut the existing hole out so that it is square, and in this case I would cut it to the center of a stud on either side of the hole
2. cut a new piece of sheet rock to fir in.
3. put the new pice of sheetrock in and use some drywall screws screwed into the studs to hold it in place.
4. using a spackel knife and spackel smear a little over the screw holes and then use drywall tape on the seams (using spackel to adhere it).
let this dry for awhile, you may need to put another coat on
5. using 150-220 grit sandpaper and a sanding block sand all the spackel smooth. if there are still spots or holes recover with spackel and let dry and then sand it again.
6. once you are satisfied with the spackeling paint it.


don't get discouraged by the spackeling it is tough (especially the seams). Another thing to remember is to use the same thickness sheetrock as what is already in the wall. usually it is either 3/8 or 1/2.

Good Luck

toothpaste.

sheetrock is a brandname... they also make the mud. sorry should have explained.

I like to think of myself as a professional in this area...Mostly because of a certain 4th and 26 in the Green Bay vs. Philly divisional championship game a few years back.. You can get these screens that cover the hole, once you get the screen on, you cover it with a plaster, the plaster dries you paint it, looks good as new and the parents can't even tell...or in your case land lord :bigthumb:

duct tape


Josh knows. :thumbsup:

easier way:
stuff the hole with newspaper.
put plaster over it.
sand it.
paint it.
(might not work with a hole that big though)

I do believe that this may well be the very first time that the related links will be able to help!!!

edit: whoops, I spoke too soon. They changed to a bunch of tire and wheel sites. :thumbsdow

easier way:
stuff the hole with newspaper.
put plaster over it.
sand it.
paint it.
(might not work with a hole that big though)

Sure it does, It worked on the hole from where my old roommate put some guys head through the wall :evillol:


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I like to think of myself as a professional in this area...Mostly because of a certain 4th and 26 in the Green Bay vs. Philly divisional championship game a few years back.. You can get these screens that cover the hole, once you get the screen on, you cover it with a plaster, the plaster dries you paint it, looks good as new and the parents can't even tell...or in your case land lord :bigthumb:

a 1ft by 1ft hole is too big to use the patching tape stuff, I tried it over a size of a lightswitch cover and it dipped in noticably.

We just did a bunch of home repair stuff and what everyone said is right, regarding putting in a new piece of drywall, nailing it in, taping, plastering/joint coumpounding it, then sanding it when dry.

But everyone seems to have forgot (unless I missed it) that since its a pretty good sized hole you need to texture it also. they sell small cans of texture at home depot or lowes that you can spray on to match the existing texture. You might wanna test it on a cardboard or soemthing first to make sure it comes out right. Bu8t if you don't texture it before painting its going to be very noticable taht you had to patch the wall.

Just put up some posters over the hole(s).

But everyone seems to have forgot (unless I missed it) that since its a pretty good sized hole you need to texture it also. they sell small cans of texture at home depot or lowes that you can spray on to match the existing texture. You might wanna test it on a cardboard or soemthing first to make sure it comes out right. Bu8t if you don't texture it before painting its going to be very noticable taht you had to patch the wall.


reason why nobody said it was because he didn't say it was a textured wall. Most walls are just painted drywall. No texture involved.

Thanks for all the suggestions but now I gotta find a way to do this when my moms gone...Right now I got two little car posters covering it up....anyone got a price estimate?

Thanks for all the suggestions but now I gotta find a way to do this when my moms gone...Right now I got two little car posters covering it up....anyone got a price estimate?


estimate for items and you do work yourself, or estimate if I were doing the labor?


you can get a 8'x4' piece of drywall for about 15 bucks and a small pail or spackel for around 5. drywall tape for about 2-3. box of drywall screws 2.
As far as tools go if you don't already have them: putty knives (4" and 6", 8" would be good for the tape work but not necasary) probly get some cheapo plastic ones for 2 bucks, razor knife to cut the drywall another 2-3 bucks.

So do it your self I'd say: $25 if you have tools, and maybe around $30 if you need to buy them.

If I were coming to do it I would probly charge about 45-50 dollars an hour. And it wold be about 1 hour to cut and put in the drywal and put up the first layer of spacjel, then another hour the next day to sand it and paint it.

So for someone to come fix it it would probly be about 110-130ish depending on your area.