[PLUG-TALK] Strange A/C electrical issue (GFI breakers)

[Denis Heidtmann]

My variation of this, for relatively small holes, is to glue scraps of
drywall to the back of the drywall at the edges of the hole.  After the
glue has set, glue the patch in place. No screws needed. It works best if
the edges of the drywall are trimmed of lumps of paper facing so that
everything is flat. My reasoning is that when done this way there are no
materials involved which will expand/contract differently than drywall.
I also find it helps to cut the patch piece first and use it as a pattern
to mark the size/shape of the hole. Rarely do you have a nice rectangular
hole and matching piece.

On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 11:36 PM John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:23:22 -0800
> Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> dijo:
>
> >Offlist, perhaps someone can suggest the best way to
> >neatly repair a hole ripped through drywall :-(
> >Fortunately, the hole was ripped on the garage side
> >where I was working, not the dining room side.
>
> Materials needed:
>         Scraps of leftover drywall
>         Scraps of nominal 1" (3/4" actual) lumber
>         Drywall mud
>         Drywall screws, about 1.5" or more
>         Drywall tape (if the hole is really big)
> Tools needed:
>         Drill with drill bit for drywall screws
>         One box nail, at least 8d
>         Utility knife for scoring drywall
>         Drywall blade
>
> Process:
>         Cut a scrap of 3/4" wood about 1/8" smaller than one dimension
>         of the hole and about 2" or more bigger than the other
>         dimension. This will become invisible inside the wall, so it
>         doesn't have to be pretty. Drill a hole roughly in the center
>         of it big enough to slide the nail through. With the nail in the
>         wood insert the wood into the hole with the nail head inside
>         and the pointy end sticking out into the room, so you can use
>         the nail to pull the wood up to the inside of the existing
>         sheetrock. Holding it firmly against the inside of the existing
>         sheetrock with the nail, use sheetrock screws to snug the wood
>         firmly behind the hole. Now cut a piece of scrap sheetrock to
>         fill the hole. Use one or more sheetrock screws to fasten it to
>         the wood that is now at the back of the hole. Use the utility
>         knife to smooth any pieces of drywall from the hole or the
>         patch piece. Finally, use the drywall blade to smooth the mud
>         around the patch to make it invisible. If the hole is big, use
>         drywall tape to stop cracks from forming, using the blade and
>         mud first, pressing the tape into the mud and letting it dry,
>         then a final coat of mud.
>
> I've probably done this a hundred times over the years.
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