How to Repair small or large holes in your walls

Holes in sheetrock can come from so many ways. They can come from door knobs slamming into the sheetrock, furniture when moving pocking holes in walls, angry teenagers. However your hole got there is a way to fix it just takes a little time. The following will tell you how to fix a small and large hole in sheetrock.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• sheetrock patch like mesh patches,or tape, medium and fine sandpaper, paint to match your paint, trowel, sheetrock mud, hole saw, sheetrock tape, small jig saw, measuring tape, dust mask, whatever siz

1. 

   Put on your mask and don’t take it off until you are done with cutting and sanding the sheetrock at least. If it's a big area you may wish to put up some plastic so dust stays in the room you are working in.

2. 

   If you have a small hole in your sheetrock this is fairly easy to fix. Remove all sheetrock that is just hanging from the hole. Then use your sheerock saw to make a square hole for your patch.

3. Make sure there is no dust left on the wall in which you are patching. You can use a damp cloth to remove any dust that may still remain.

4. 

   Once the area is clean you will need to put a patch over the hole if it is a small hole. There are different shapes and sizes to patch your sheetrock. You can use sheetrock tape also.

5. 

   Once you have the patch over your hole you will now add your sheetrock mud over the entire patch and over at least 2” of the existing sheetrock. Don’t put the mud on too thick.

6. Let the sheetrock mud dry completely then sand it to a smooth finish that is level with the existing sheet rocked wall.

7. Wipe off any excess dust and repaint it with a paint that matches your existing paint.

8. If you have a large hole to patch then you will need to cut out the sheetrock with a hole saw or jig saw from stud to stud.

9. 

   You will have to use a knife to score down the middle of the stud so you have a place to screw the new sheetrock.

10. 

    Measure your hole from side to side and top to bottom to see how big you will need to cut the sheetrock.

11. 

    Cut the sheetrock to size with your jig saw or sheetrock hole saw smaller or at most exact if possible.

12. 

    Place new cut piece of sheetrock to the hole and screw it into the studs with at least 1 1/4” sheetrock screws.

13. Add you mesh or tape to the outside of the newly cut sheetrock.

14. 

    Mud it with sheetrock mud. Let dry completely.

15. 

    Sand the entire outside are and any excess mud that is in the area to a smooth finish.

16. Wipe all dust away with a damp cloth.

17. Paint the patch with a paint that matches your paint.

Resources

• eHow Home and Garden Topic Guide

[sonni57]

on 6/30/2009 I've had to fix a few holes in the walls thanks for the good info.

[tracysmith159]

on 6/28/2009 Thanks for the information. With two boys, never know what could happen. Plus I like to know how to do thing so I don't have to wait for my husband to get time for his honey do list. Repair holes in the wall will help keep our home at top condition.