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

[Tomas Kuchta]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 16:28 Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> .


+1

I go further with the plasterboard scraps supporting the plasterboard patch
- I screw them through both sides of the plasterboard, in addition to the
adhesive - that way I do not have to wait for the glue to set.

Scraps of plasterboard are much easier to work with than wood.

;-) Tomas

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