Basic drywall repairs don't have to be scary
- by Gary E. Sattler on Jul 16th 2007 1:00PM
- fix-it, framing and drywall
It happens in every home. Some time or another someone is going to hit a wall with something that is harder than the drywall and the drywall is going to lose the battle. When that happens you have two choices. You can either hang a picture over the damaged spot where it will remain to snicker at you every time you walk by or you can fix the damage and sleep better at night. I suggest that you fix the hole.
Begin by assessing the damage. Do you have a wall injury that is just a tear through the outer layer of the drywall facing paper or is the drywall fractured on both the inner and outer faces? Even worse, did you actually punch a hole all the way through?
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