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Repairing large holes in drywall Smarty 01-23-2007
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Posted by Smarty on January 23, 2007, 9:54 pm


I have a room with 5 holes where speakers used to be mounted in the walls.

Each hole is the same size........a rectangle about 9 inches wide and about
14 inches tall.

Now that the speakers have been removed, I am left with filling these 5
holes. Cutting out new pieces of drywall to fit these 5 openings is not
hard. I am wondering how to attach the drywall, since there are no studs
anywhere near the cut-out openings.

Any suggestions are very much appreciated. Thank you.

Smarty



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Posted by on January 23, 2007, 10:08 pm




> I have a room with 5 holes where speakers used to be mounted in the walls.
>
> Each hole is the same size........a rectangle about 9 inches wide and about
> 14 inches tall.
>
> Now that the speakers have been removed, I am left with filling these 5
> holes. Cutting out new pieces of drywall to fit these 5 openings is not
> hard. I am wondering how to attach the drywall, since there are no studs
> anywhere near the cut-out openings.
>
> Any suggestions are very much appreciated. Thank you.


>
> Smarty


Screw, through the drywall, some pieces of wood to two sides of the
opening leaving half of the wood exposed in the opening.
Then screw the patches to the exposed wood.
Works like a charm.


Posted by Ralph Mowery on January 23, 2007, 10:08 pm



>I have a room with 5 holes where speakers used to be mounted in the walls.
>
> Each hole is the same size........a rectangle about 9 inches wide and
> about 14 inches tall.
>
> Now that the speakers have been removed, I am left with filling these 5
> holes. Cutting out new pieces of drywall to fit these 5 openings is not
> hard. I am wondering how to attach the drywall, since there are no studs
> anywhere near the cut-out openings.
>
> Any suggestions are very much appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Smarty

You take a board about 3/4 inch thick, a couple of inches wide and several
inches longer than the hole is big. YOu may want to use one on each side
depending on how big the hole is. Place the board behind the drywall and
use some screws through the wall into the board . This holds the board
behind the wall. Then you can screw the new pieces of drywall to the
boards.



Posted by krw on January 23, 2007, 10:12 pm


nobody@nobody.com says...
> I have a room with 5 holes where speakers used to be mounted in the walls.
>
> Each hole is the same size........a rectangle about 9 inches wide and about
> 14 inches tall.
>
> Now that the speakers have been removed, I am left with filling these 5
> holes. Cutting out new pieces of drywall to fit these 5 openings is not
> hard. I am wondering how to attach the drywall, since there are no studs
> anywhere near the cut-out openings.

Attach 1x3s with sheetrock screws to the back of the existing
sheetrock. Screw the patches to the 1x3s. If you can extend the
1x3s to the studs at attach to them it's even better.
>
> Any suggestions are very much appreciated. Thank you.

--
Keith

Posted by Steve Barker on January 23, 2007, 10:14 pm


Span the holes on the inside with a couple of 1x2's screwing them to the
existing wall. Then cut a panel to fit the hole and screw it to the 1x2's.

--
Steve Barker


>I have a room with 5 holes where speakers used to be mounted in the walls.
>
> Each hole is the same size........a rectangle about 9 inches wide and
> about 14 inches tall.
>
> Now that the speakers have been removed, I am left with filling these 5
> holes. Cutting out new pieces of drywall to fit these 5 openings is not
> hard. I am wondering how to attach the drywall, since there are no studs
> anywhere near the cut-out openings.
>
> Any suggestions are very much appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Smarty
>



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