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Posted by The Ranger on April 29, 2007, 12:12 pm
> > wrote:
> >
> > > much fun and not enough supervision. The result: a
> > > doorknob-sized
> > > hole in my bathroom wall. There's not enough drywall left to
> > > pull
> > > it back through and patch it.
> > >
> > > I'd like to enhance the structure at this point. Is there a
> > > way of
> > > supporting it beyond a simple cross-piece attached from the
> > > back?
> > >
> > Not sure what you mean by "cross-piece attached from the
> > back."
> > You take a piece of wood about 6" longer than the hole, insert
> > it in,
> > and attach with a drywall screw or two on each side from the
> > front.
> > Then screw a door knob-sized piece of drywall to the wood.
> >
> Just had my home replumbed and that is exactly how the dry wall
> guys
> replaced the sheet rock that the plumbers had to cut out.
> (except for
> the 6" longer part, but of course they weren't trying to
> reinforce)
Yes, well that's predicated on the ideal that there's still the
whole piece left and not a bunch of crumble and powder still held
in place because there happens to be some backing paper still
attached.
Imagine a hole, the size of the standard bathroom handle (exactly
2" in diameter) where anodized steel punch through 1/2" sheet
rock, leaving nothing larger than 1/4" chunks. That's what's wrong
with using the 6" longer part attached from behind; there's
nothing left to attach to the backer. And the last I checked,
"pieces" of drywall were not being sold at Lowe's, Home Despot or
my local ACE hardware store; only 4'X8' sheets. While I have the
storage abilities to keep such a piece, that seems a little
extreme for my current needs.
I used the idea of cutting out an over-sized circle of stiff mesh
and then closing the hole with compound. It took two full days to
dry, sand, touch-up, and finish off but it looks *good*. I also
added a brass floor stop which has already paid for itself.
(There's nothing like the shock of a temper-throwing preteen
having the door bound back at her to give the idea that trashing
something that's not hers is uncool.)
The Ranger
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