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When I moved into my house many years ago, it was apparent that the previous owners had a very tall entertainment center, and had run speaker wire to various places by knocking some holes in the walls behind the center, but about 6 feet up the wall! They put boxes in the wall (four of the five holes) to hold the speaker wires, speakers, etc.
The speakers were cheapo ones that I took down, and the speaker wire I pushed into the wall to get it out of sight, but I never got around to repairing the actual wall until a few weeks ago. I finally had enough and fixed it.
I started by removing the wall plates and the blue in-wall boxes:
Sanded and shaped each of the openings:
Screwed a piece of backing wood into each hole:
Attached a piece of drywall (cut from a larger sheet) to each piece of backer wood:
Couple of coats of drywall mud to match the level of the wall, sanding as needed:
Then the texture. Oh the texture... I was not going to try my hand at using a spray can to get the knock down texture, so I thinned some drywall mud with a little water and got artistic with a foam paint brush:
Added paint and voila! (still needs another coat):
Thanks. I was lucky that (a) I had an old rusted can of the brown wall color paint from the previous owner to get the name of the paint color and , (b) the paint color is still made.
The texturing was by biggest fear. Turns out it was easier than I thought. Not sure I would have had the same success with the spray cans of "knockdown" texturing.
shiet... that looks great and definitely a lot easier than i expected. At first I would have just gone with the metal mesh but this is definitely a much proper way of doing it!
I've actually had pretty good luck with the spray can stuff, but your texture is much larger...I think your approach was best. You can't even tell you patched it.
The way you patched the holes with a piece of wood and whatnot is exactly how my dad taught me to patch holes in drywall. Just remember they're there...otherwise if you ever run a stud finder on the wall you may get confused.
During college we punched a few large holes in the wall and decided to fill the wall with expanding foam, cut it down, then spakle over it. I know at some point, someone leaned on that wall and went right through
During college we punched a few large holes in the wall and decided to fill the wall with expanding foam, cut it down, then spakle over it. I know at some point, someone leaned on that wall and went right through
expanding foam!
I used to fill the small ones with toothpaste in college! Obviously wouldn't work if you use aquafresh, but....
Had to have a plumber out to fix a toilet lead line in the wall (cracked cpvc pipe) that failed while shutting the flow valve off at the lead line... The plumber does not fix the drywall. Luckily, there is a stud in the opening so I don't have to screw in a backer board, just the drywall patch and mud.
No better way to spend an hour or two on my Memorial day weekend than on my knees crammed in next to a toilet...
Had to have a plumber out to fix a toilet lead line in the wall (cracked cpvc pipe) that failed while shutting the flow valve off at the lead line... The plumber does not fix the drywall. Luckily, there is a stud in the opening so I don't have to screw in a backer board, just the drywall patch and mud.
No better way to spend an hour or two on my Memorial day weekend than on my knees crammed in next to a toilet...
Looks good, much better than any of my patches have ever turned out. The wood is a good idea, have to remember that one. I've always used drywall repair clips, but they're not always easy to find.
05-06-2015, 05:37 PM
expanding foam!
