How To Repare A Hole In The Plasterboad

[Sparky22]

A hole happened when we moved a cupboard and I need to repare it fast. How do I do it?

[Buenchico]

Youtube to the rescue, perhaps?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ezRSoZ8GE

[maggiebee]

Last time I had to do this, I stuffed the hole with scrunched up newspaper then used pollyfiller. Sanded smooth when dry.

[The Builder]

Chris's Youtube is very good and detailed, but a bit long-winded. "Squaring off" the hole is right, but it only needs a piece of batten across the back of the hole secured with a couple of countersunk screws.

Then screw the plasterboard patch to that. No matter though. It's the same result.

However, Maggies scrunched up newspaper is traditional. Always a good local history lesson when you come across some in an old building. A Victorian newspaper was the oldest I've ever found :o)

[TonyV]

Sparky how large a hole you got to repair?

[theshedman]

Another way to do it is to get a piece of plasterboard longer than the hole but just narrow enough to get into the hole. Then put a small hole in the middle of it, put a length of string through the hole you have just made then put hard as nails glue or similar on the new bit of plasterboard, place through the hole and hold it tight against the back of the old bit until it stays in place. Wait until it dries and cut off the string. Then use some filler or plaster to patch up, then sand area so that it can't be seen. Used this method many times over the years.

[TonyV]

theshedman just used same method on a ceiling but I used a piece of cardboard so I could fold it to feed through hole.

Sparky Once you get a key around the side of hole you can fill centre in easily

[theshedman]

Hi Tony, used this method many times over the years even on new build where a hole for socket or similar has been put in the wrong place and it is usually a good fix. Couldn't use it on my own ceiling though when I missed the joist and came right through lol. The hole was too big. What made it worse was that I had just finished Artexing it.

[TonyV]

Lol only been through a ceiling once but managed to catch myself on a prop so was only size 10 hole to repair