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Posted by Todd H. on October 10, 2006, 4:53 pm
bennet@bennetwilliams.com writes:
> I need to repair some water damage to a drywall ceiling and walls. I
> repaired the source of the roof leak last weekend that caused the
> damage. There is a small (~0.5") hole in the ceiling with some black
> around the hole. There are also some blackened streaks down the wall
> near the hole and some of the joint tape is coming up. My thought was a
> simple repair where I just put mesh tape over the hole, cut away the
> loose joint tape, mud it and paint it. This as opposed to cutting out
> the offending drywall and replacing it. I'm guessing the black is mold?
> I would appreciate this group's opinion on my plan.
Yeah, the black staining is the worrisome part here I think. God
knows what you'd be covering up back there. Drywall is inexpensive
enough to replace or inexpensive enough to hire out a moonlighter in
the neighborhood that it'd probably be wise to cut out at least the
stained drywall to have a look at what more might be going on after an
unknown duration of moisture having been supplied back there.
Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
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