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Drywall screw damage - any way to reuse the same spot? DK 07-30-2008
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Posted by DK on July 30, 2008, 4:44 pm


Moved into house that has many problems with loose screws in the
drywall. Clueless previous owners were using regular screw directly
onto drywall. Toilet paper and towel holders are all barely hanging
there. In some places the holes are now bigger than drywall inserts.

Any way to repair and use the same spot or do I have to patch
existing holes and screw all things in the different places?
(This is to avoid painting because it's very nice but no paint
left and I had poor experience with color matching).

Thanks,

DK


Posted by dpb on July 30, 2008, 4:42 pm


DK wrote:
...
> Any way to repair and use the same spot ...

"molly" bolts...

those are the ones that expand behind the sheetrock and can put them in
existing holes.

--

Posted by metspitzer on July 30, 2008, 6:18 pm


On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:57:10 -0400, "Charles"

>
>
>> DK wrote:
>> ...
>>> Any way to repair and use the same spot ...
>>
>> "molly" bolts...
>
>Also, toggle bolts.
>

These work great.
http://www.drillspot.com/products/420078/Itw_Brands_25200_25PK30_Plastic_Dry_Anchor

Make sure the screws are not too long. It causes problems if you try
to sink the screw too far.


Posted by Colbyt on July 30, 2008, 5:19 pm



> Moved into house that has many problems with loose screws in the
> drywall. Clueless previous owners were using regular screw directly
> onto drywall. Toilet paper and towel holders are all barely hanging
> there. In some places the holes are now bigger than drywall inserts.
>
> Any way to repair and use the same spot or do I have to patch
> existing holes and screw all things in the different places?
> (This is to avoid painting because it's very nice but no paint
> left and I had poor experience with color matching).
>
> Thanks,
>
> DK
>

Not sure what you mean by "drywall inserts". If you mean plastic plugs--
Don't!

Towel bars, tissue and so on should be hung using a 1/8" toggle bolt. The
butterfly portion of which require about a 3/8" hole to enter the wall.
They are sold in different lengths. I only stock 3" ones on the truck which
seems to work in about 95% of the installations.


Colbyt



Posted by Doug Miller on July 30, 2008, 5:51 pm


wrote:
>Moved into house that has many problems with loose screws in the
>drywall. Clueless previous owners were using regular screw directly
>onto drywall. Toilet paper and towel holders are all barely hanging
>there. In some places the holes are now bigger than drywall inserts.
>
>Any way to repair and use the same spot or do I have to patch
>existing holes and screw all things in the different places?

That depends entirely on what kind of drywall inserts the holes are bigger
than. If you're talking about inserts like these

http://homerepair.about.com/od/interiorhomerepair/ss/wall_fastening_8.htm

then yes, you can easily re-use the same spot, probably with no repairs needed
at all -- just get some of these instead:

http://homerepair.about.com/od/interiorhomerepair/ss/wall_fastening_4.htm

You can buy these at any home center or hardware store. It wouldn't surprise
me to find them in the hardware department at Wal-Mart, either. If the holes
are already bigger than these, check out these:

http://homerepair.about.com/od/interiorhomerepair/ss/wall_fastening_6.htm
http://homerepair.about.com/od/interiorhomerepair/ss/wall_fastening_7.htm

The self-tapping screw anchors (...fastening_4) are a little questionable for
towel holders. I think you're better off with either the toggle bolt or
expandable anchor for that application.

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