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Questions tagged [patching-drywall]

Advice about the repair of drywall. Use with the [drywall] tag

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How can I fix a towel bar pulled from the wall?

My father-in-law leaned on the towel bar to rise from the toilet, which ripped both sides out of the wall. The holes are pretty large, almost an inch on one side, and this is the second time it's been repaired (originally with mesh tape on the right…
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How to patch long strip on drywall?

My room had a chair rail which I stripped out. It was glued and left a long strip on the drywall. The strip is just paper and I am not sure how to patch them ... Also, there are some glue left on the wall and not sure how to remove them. Can someone…
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Blinds Side Mount Bracket Ripped out of Top Window Frame. Drywall too damage to reattach without reinforcing. Help

We just purchased a new house and I completely missed this in the walkhthru and inspection didnt catch it either. We only noticed it when we starting taking down all of the blinds in order to paint. It appears that someone forcibly yanked down on…
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Is tape necessary around a drywall patch?

I'd appreciate some advice on this particular patch job I have to try and finish after my dad had a fall. So far he screwed the drywall patch into some wood pieces screwed to the joists which left it a bit recessed compared to the surrounding…
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Why is my drywall patch fragile after painting?

My patched areas, once primed and painted, are noticeably more "fragile" than original painted drywall - e.g. I can dent them with fingernails, the same way you can dent a chalk stick with fingernails. (I’m not talking about a movement of the whole…
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Patching drywall seams

I am trying to patch this drywall cutout. I secured drywall piece with furring strips and applied first coat of joint compound. I am struggling with hiding these brown fibers from drywall paper. It keeps coming up when I try to apply mud with my…
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How do I repair drywall holes around outlets near my counter?

We recently had our countertops replaced. The old countertops had a backsplash, and the new ones do not (we're thinking of adding a tile backsplash later on). There is a higher breakfast bar, so a small space of wall between the kitchen countertop…
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Failed tape on inside corner of shower ceiling

I have a shower where the wall is completely tiled. They installed tape on the wall/ceiling prior to installing the tile. The tape is now starting to separate from the ceiling and shows a crack. On a normal inside corner I would normally cut out the…
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Broken Drywall Corner in Shower

I had someone replace my bathroom ceiling, and I was just sanding and painting. I found that the corner of the drywall is broken off & there is also another gap that seems a bit big for caulking. I think I can maybe just add a little compound on…
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filling a 3 inch hole in a fire rated dry wall ceiling

My sprinkler system in my condo was just decommissioned and 12 sprinkler heads will be reomoved. As a result I will have 1 sprinkler head hole in the ceiling of each room in my condo (total of 12). My ceiling is fire rated with 5/8 inch drywall. …
ed wintergrass
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Baseboard was not removed when new drywall installed. How to fix

The drywall in my living room only goes up to the baseboard and is extremely uneven. It is cracking at the point of the baseboards. Can I remove the baseboards and patch in new drywall some how? Any suggestions?
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I have a lot of plastic anchor bolts in the sheetrock walls. What is the best way to patch them?

I am moving & after taking down many pictures, mirrors, etc., I have many plastic anchors left in the sheetrock. What is the best way to patch them?
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Drywall repair- mesh tape vs California patch

I recently updated my washer box and am now looking to patch a small area on the stud, which I've highlighted in red. I can see two ways I could do this, one is to cut out a piece for this repair and use mesh tape. Alternatively, I can also use…
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Awkward holes in drywall—patch or replace?

There are rectangular doglegs cut out in the drywall pictured below. Should I cut patches to fit, or cut out a large rectangle and replace it all? I have lumber and access is easy, so I can easily put a piece of 2x4 there to attach the patches…
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Fix a bad dry wall patch

I patched a hole in my dry wall by putting a metal plate on it and pasting some spackling on it. As you can imagine, the wall is not flat enough to fool my landlord. How can I fix that? The hole is about 6 inches long and I used an 8 inch square…
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