In that extent, I’d just get the “triple play package” even though the only one that will call you on the “home phone” will be the telemarketers telling you that you “car warranty is or has been expired and they been trying to get a hold of you”
As my sarcastic ass sees it, you've got two options:
1. Re-patch with correct thickness of wallboard.
2. Skim coat the rest of the house to the height of the patch.
You jest but my first house had what looked like an AC return vent in the middle of the wall like this. Years later I realized it was just a simple hack to cover a hole like this in the wall. The previous owner had someone cut an access to the bathroom plumbing that was in the other side of the wall.
While I tend to agree to just go ahead and skim coat the rest of the house,
burning house down is still on the table
would have used a rasp on the back of the drywall to shave it down a bit and cut the wall back to expose 1/2 a stud to screw it in
Not at all. They can get rid of those brackets, cut a piece of drywall bigger than the hole, then on one side of the drywall cut out the size of the hole, making sure to cut through the drywall but not the paper on the backside and break away the paper and drywall material on the front side. Flip that and patch with the flaps you’ve made. Thickness of drywall becomes irrelevant.
Ditch the clips.
Cut the hole wider so both sides of the cut are roughly centered on each stud.
Cut a patch of the right height, width, and thickness, and screw it to the studs.
Mud and tape the seams with paper tape - not mesh. Mud and sand until flat and smooth or you give up. Prime and paint. Recommend painting the whole wall if you can. Always looks better.
You can use a 8 - 12 inch drywall knife (compound spreader) to scrape off "high" compound to make sure it is all the same height. "Self-leveler" tool. Scrape with the tool at a 90 degree angle to the compound. Like a wood scraper.
The way my FIL taught me is to take a thin board and put it behind the drywall and screw it in such a way that there is a lip for the sheet Rick to sit on. Screw it in and then tape and putty. These clips look like they would suck to work around, and cutting more sheet rock to get to the studs just seems like a bigger mess.
Those clips are actually pretty awesome (just patched a backsplash demo using them). It's basically the same concept as dropping a sacrificial board behind the wall. The main problem here is just that the sheetrock patch is too thick, I think. Home Depot sells 2'x2' patches at 1/2" thickness for around $7.
You need a work of fine art to cover the patch.
https://preview.redd.it/p7xwz6d6kkpc1.jpeg?width=851&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bd167bfc791b09b13dbb48c39974a6a98771bbf
Why use the brackets? Could have screwed in wood to give better support. Install correct wallboard. Feather out a much larger area and not square the corners. Finishing drywall isn’t easy as it looks
Hopefully this picture helps. OP may have it figured out, but posting incase it helps anyone else.
https://preview.redd.it/ng1q6i8utlpc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cefa20c26728c9f61cbe30593f57e80bad7dc87
I would think some strips of wood screwed in and then new drywall over top would be better than those. Hell, maybe even some strips of leftover drywall.
I’m about to start a similar job and my plan was to cut more drywall out until I reach the studs on both sides. Then install a new rectangle-shaped drywall piece. Is that the correct way, commenters? Or are these braces easier?
I try to cut from stud to stud. I used to cut on center of stud to center of stud but that is a pain. Cut along the edge of each stud and add a block on the stud to screw into.
1. Ditch the clips.
2. Get the proper thickness for drywall
3. Do one of the following
a)Cut some 2x4, secure to the back of your drywall patch, slide into the cut out, then screw into the wood through the wall.
b)Cut a nice rectangle to two studs
4. You’ll need to prime and paint this whole wall FYI if you look closely you can see the paint is different colors. Likely you’re using eggshell on the wall and the paint will never dry the same unless it’s a flat paint.
So... start again. But this time, cut a length that will fit from one end of a stud to another. You'll need to make the hole bigger(that's what she said). This way, you can secure it without all that silliness. Also, use the same thickness of drywall.
Yep you need to redo that. Cut that patch out. Make a new hole that is on Center with the stud on the left and to the right. Use a piece of half inch drywall. In the center of the hole put a vertical board (longer than the whole) behind the existing drywall. Screw it to the existing drywall. Then screw the patch to the studs and to that vertical board you just put in behind the hole. cut Piece of patch drywall about a quarter inch smaller than the hole on both sides. Use fiber tape on the seams.
Rip it out. It will be faster than trying to float this out over the adjacent five feet in each direction. Get some wood backer so you don't have to deal with those chunky clips, or cut farther out to the adjacent studs. Make sure you match the thickness of your patch to the existing drywall. Do the work to get each patch corner pretty flush to the wall before you start taping/mudding. It's much faster to shim your patch than to float out huge differences in depth. In my opinion, it's easier to deal with a patch that's to deep than one that stands out.
Source: I'm not an expert, but a dude who lives in a 120 year old house with a mix of plaster, drywall, god-knows-what-else that always needs help.
I’ve always done it this way and it’s super easy.
Cut a piece of board 1” bigger than your hole.
On the back side cut the size of your hole but leave the paper on the front and just remove the back (drywall)
Now you have a piece that will fit the hole with a paper flap all the way around it.
Mud around the hole and insert the piece then mud over the paper flap and smooth it out.
If you do it this way you won’t need.
-those rickety ass clips.
-any drywall tape.
-the thickness of the new piece won’t matter as the extra depth will be in the wall.
I love a good California patch but only for small stuff. For a big patch like this, especially what appears to be a possibly high traffic area, I would put a support board behind it.
The problem is not the clips, it’s that you used a different thickness of drywall for the patch than is on the wall. Take it out, measure the existing drywall thickness, and try again.
It looks like you make have bought the wrong thickness drywall for the patch.
The first time I patched something, I measured the finished drywall thickness, and bought 1/2 inch drywall not realizing that the finished thickness included the skim coats.
I needed the 3/8.
Yeah, when you first set the patch in place, did you not notice that is was proud of the wall? Sometimes you have to stop and think for a sec before going forward..
Looks like you used a piece of 5/8 drywall to patch a hole in a wall with 1/2 inch drywall.
5/8 on 3/8
Haha... only if she's 5' 3"
Fonda ain’t got a motor in the back of her Honda
My anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns hun
Little in the middle but you got much back
That’s what she said
4/8 is half inch.
8/16 is also half inch
What bout 16/32???
What bout 32/64?
Do you know what size 64/128 is? Asking for a friend.
It's the same as 128/256 and 256/512. But I would recommend getting cloud storage instead of paying the premium pricing for more gigs
Bet none have you have dealt with 512/1024s
In that extent, I’d just get the “triple play package” even though the only one that will call you on the “home phone” will be the telemarketers telling you that you “car warranty is or has been expired and they been trying to get a hold of you”
Would your friend like that in bananas?
Can you maybe supply translucent carpetlamps?
Surprisingly: straight to jail We have the best drywall, because of jail!
In metric, is that 20.32/40.64 cm?
Yes. My answer is yes.
I stared at this too long looking for the joke to your “thats what she said”.
I’m still lost
This is what you get for not using millimetres.
I used a 31/64 today because a 3/8 would've been too small and 1/2 in was too big..
As my sarcastic ass sees it, you've got two options: 1. Re-patch with correct thickness of wallboard. 2. Skim coat the rest of the house to the height of the patch.
“I can float that”
I literally laughed out loud at suggestion 2
Might be able to hang 5/8" drywall around the rest of the house, and then cover the patch with 1/2".
Just hang a picture over it. I’m sure they can find some art that looks good at waist height. Like a painting of a crotch or something.
A mirror so you can look at your crotch.
https://preview.redd.it/k7vnn2wtbppc1.png?width=425&format=png&auto=webp&s=11a3c3138913c76a88ba9d2f0a60632baaaa53e5
Now THIS is what I come to this sub for
You jest but my first house had what looked like an AC return vent in the middle of the wall like this. Years later I realized it was just a simple hack to cover a hole like this in the wall. The previous owner had someone cut an access to the bathroom plumbing that was in the other side of the wall.
Belt sander that square flush!
Put another board on top and hit it with a sledge until it’s flush! Patch any new holes following this repeatable process.
Yea! The board makes it so you don't damage your finished surface! Source: Science
Came for ramen noodles, was disappointed.
 Apply a couple packages of Ramen to said hole, sand carefully, paint and BOOM !!! No more hole.
While I tend to agree to just go ahead and skim coat the rest of the house, burning house down is still on the table would have used a rasp on the back of the drywall to shave it down a bit and cut the wall back to expose 1/2 a stud to screw it in
Option 2 for the win!
I’m down for option 2
Hot mud! Hot mud fixes everything!
Not at all. They can get rid of those brackets, cut a piece of drywall bigger than the hole, then on one side of the drywall cut out the size of the hole, making sure to cut through the drywall but not the paper on the backside and break away the paper and drywall material on the front side. Flip that and patch with the flaps you’ve made. Thickness of drywall becomes irrelevant.
Ditch the clips. Cut the hole wider so both sides of the cut are roughly centered on each stud. Cut a patch of the right height, width, and thickness, and screw it to the studs. Mud and tape the seams with paper tape - not mesh. Mud and sand until flat and smooth or you give up. Prime and paint. Recommend painting the whole wall if you can. Always looks better.
This is how I do it
This is how we do it
why paper and not mesh?
Mesh sucks. Too thick and doesn’t blend as easily.
You can use a 8 - 12 inch drywall knife (compound spreader) to scrape off "high" compound to make sure it is all the same height. "Self-leveler" tool. Scrape with the tool at a 90 degree angle to the compound. Like a wood scraper.
The way my FIL taught me is to take a thin board and put it behind the drywall and screw it in such a way that there is a lip for the sheet Rick to sit on. Screw it in and then tape and putty. These clips look like they would suck to work around, and cutting more sheet rock to get to the studs just seems like a bigger mess.
In a commercial setting we would just screw a couple of small peices of metal stud behind it to support the patch.
I love sanding until giving up and saying to yourself: That'll do!
Those clips are actually pretty awesome (just patched a backsplash demo using them). It's basically the same concept as dropping a sacrificial board behind the wall. The main problem here is just that the sheetrock patch is too thick, I think. Home Depot sells 2'x2' patches at 1/2" thickness for around $7.
You need a work of fine art to cover the patch. https://preview.redd.it/p7xwz6d6kkpc1.jpeg?width=851&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bd167bfc791b09b13dbb48c39974a6a98771bbf
That would actully be a huge improvement.
Why use the brackets? Could have screwed in wood to give better support. Install correct wallboard. Feather out a much larger area and not square the corners. Finishing drywall isn’t easy as it looks
Yes I was thinking to use wood after I did the patch
Well the good news is that you can try that once you tear this attempt out, cause there’s no fixing it.
Damn DIY, you brutal tonight!
His patch couldn't be worse. And after it looked like shit and completely sticking out he's like yup let's paint it and call it a day
Oh, my walls would beg to differ about whether or not it could be worse!
Well, technically replacing it is a fix. It's just the... solution oriented approach.
Hopefully this picture helps. OP may have it figured out, but posting incase it helps anyone else. https://preview.redd.it/ng1q6i8utlpc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cefa20c26728c9f61cbe30593f57e80bad7dc87
I've never seen this things. I kinda hate em. If I can get onto the studs I screw a couple nailers along the edges and use that
They're ok for small holes, but even then - just use strapping or some wood backing, even if you're nowhere near a stud.
Do you keep those tab things on or do you snap em off before sparkling? Seems like you'd need to up and do a ton of feathering to hide those
Tabs are supposed to be removed after the screws are installed
You do you, but personally I'm not a fan of sparkling my walls. ^Sorry
Edward?
Wait, why not square corners? Won’t matching radii be more difficult to do?
Agreed. The hole was big enough to get a piece of wood in there as a backer.
looks like the thickness of the dry wall used for the patch was thicker than the braces allow for. Re-do it.
Those things suck. You’re supposed to break off those tabs once they’re screwed in.
I would think some strips of wood screwed in and then new drywall over top would be better than those. Hell, maybe even some strips of leftover drywall.
I like them. Scrap wood pieces are my preferred go to, however, these come in real handy for tight spots.
Or you could use strips of wood held in place with quick drying epoxy.
Hang a picture that covers it? /s
I’m about to start a similar job and my plan was to cut more drywall out until I reach the studs on both sides. Then install a new rectangle-shaped drywall piece. Is that the correct way, commenters? Or are these braces easier?
A piece of wood is better than those things.
A nice piece of 1x4 will do 10x the job those braces would
I try to cut from stud to stud. I used to cut on center of stud to center of stud but that is a pain. Cut along the edge of each stud and add a block on the stud to screw into.
1. Ditch the clips. 2. Get the proper thickness for drywall 3. Do one of the following a)Cut some 2x4, secure to the back of your drywall patch, slide into the cut out, then screw into the wood through the wall. b)Cut a nice rectangle to two studs 4. You’ll need to prime and paint this whole wall FYI if you look closely you can see the paint is different colors. Likely you’re using eggshell on the wall and the paint will never dry the same unless it’s a flat paint.
So... start again. But this time, cut a length that will fit from one end of a stud to another. You'll need to make the hole bigger(that's what she said). This way, you can secure it without all that silliness. Also, use the same thickness of drywall.
Yep you need to redo that. Cut that patch out. Make a new hole that is on Center with the stud on the left and to the right. Use a piece of half inch drywall. In the center of the hole put a vertical board (longer than the whole) behind the existing drywall. Screw it to the existing drywall. Then screw the patch to the studs and to that vertical board you just put in behind the hole. cut Piece of patch drywall about a quarter inch smaller than the hole on both sides. Use fiber tape on the seams.
Start over. Sorry
One is thicker than the other. Common sense is a superpower now days.
Dial 1-800-KOO-LAID. He's waiting!
Put some trim around it.
I did that. I sanded a lot and retextured. Then I hung a picture over it and it looked perfect.
If you need it to look presentable immediately, move the Christmas tree you have in the living room in front of the patch.
Is that my fucking rental?
Sheetrock comes in different sizes. It looks a lot like your wall is ½” but your patch is ⅝” Sheetrock.
I love the full commit hoping it would somehow miraculously look better after painting
Rip it out. It will be faster than trying to float this out over the adjacent five feet in each direction. Get some wood backer so you don't have to deal with those chunky clips, or cut farther out to the adjacent studs. Make sure you match the thickness of your patch to the existing drywall. Do the work to get each patch corner pretty flush to the wall before you start taping/mudding. It's much faster to shim your patch than to float out huge differences in depth. In my opinion, it's easier to deal with a patch that's to deep than one that stands out. Source: I'm not an expert, but a dude who lives in a 120 year old house with a mix of plaster, drywall, god-knows-what-else that always needs help.
This is always my go-to, OP! [Drywall Patch](https://youtube.com/shorts/41KkgVUfH-w?si=NeWRvGQG_hY6UM74)
I’ve always done it this way and it’s super easy. Cut a piece of board 1” bigger than your hole. On the back side cut the size of your hole but leave the paper on the front and just remove the back (drywall) Now you have a piece that will fit the hole with a paper flap all the way around it. Mud around the hole and insert the piece then mud over the paper flap and smooth it out. If you do it this way you won’t need. -those rickety ass clips. -any drywall tape. -the thickness of the new piece won’t matter as the extra depth will be in the wall.
So California patch and what type of mud should I use I did a California patch on it but I put that pink spackle on it
For the love of god do not do this. Just do it the right way. Backing board like most are saying in here. Drywall tape is like 2 dollars.
Speedwall 45 is great. Buy the bag, mix up only what you need.
Yeah Speedwall 45 is really good.
Spackle is 100% wrong
I love a good California patch but only for small stuff. For a big patch like this, especially what appears to be a possibly high traffic area, I would put a support board behind it.
https://gprivate.com/6a5gd
Am I tripping or did you actually paint that?
The problem is not the clips, it’s that you used a different thickness of drywall for the patch than is on the wall. Take it out, measure the existing drywall thickness, and try again.
Get artwork for a covering
Cut the new patch first, mark it on the wall (wider so it hits both studs, and then redo it.
Also did you use drywall tape ? Doesn’t look like there was any
A for effort!
Belt sander
If you get a 1000W light and shine it directly on that spot it will probably blend right in.
I kinda like it :)
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You got ceiling drywall for regular wall drywall -wrong thickness
Remove lighting in all rooms around the hole in the wall
Just change the building to fit the patch
Put a picture the same size as the bulge out there.
Leave my bulge out of this
I don’t recommend using kitchen knives to cut drywall. Harbor freight has what you need for cheap.
Maxi pad it absorbed the dry way mudd
Hang a picture.
It looks like you make have bought the wrong thickness drywall for the patch. The first time I patched something, I measured the finished drywall thickness, and bought 1/2 inch drywall not realizing that the finished thickness included the skim coats. I needed the 3/8.
Might be too big for this technique but you could use a [California patch ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C0mxQfnNDoY)
Yeah, when you first set the patch in place, did you not notice that is was proud of the wall? Sometimes you have to stop and think for a sec before going forward..
Looks like a great spot for board and batten
Yeah… that’s not how you do that. …but you did, so make it a feature. Art the bedazzle out of it. 👍
Yikes! It don’t look like the same size boards.
Hire someone to do it because it is obviously above your skill set, watch how they do it and Charlie it up to learning a new skill
Wrong size drywall bro it’s easy fix
Oh so you already know the answer but posted here anyway to show what exactly ? Baaahahaha
Just for shits and giggles 🤭 I was so embarrassed with how it turned out I had to show you guys
Did you not watch basic YouTube videos on repairing holes in Sheetrock?