On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:39:45 GMT, jeffc wrote:
"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
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What a guy would want to do in this case is to make a "dutchman": cut a
piece of drywall about 4" bigger in both dimensions than the hole. Draw
lines on the back of the piece which are a little smaller (about 1/8")
than the hole is (that is, about 2" in from the edges). Score--but don't
cut--along these lines. Peel the back paper and gypsum off from the
section around the piece the size of the hole, leaving only the paper on

Now you have a patch which you can just stick into the hole (that's why

This gives the opposite problem - it's the easy way, but it doesn't work
very well. It's not very strong, at least. If it never gets touched,
that's fine. You certainly wouldn't want to attach anything to the wall

It works great for small repairs, and not for where the towel bar is
going to anchor. Personally I use it as stated only on about 4" by
4" or smaller. Bigger than that I can fit some 1x2 bracing thru the
hole. With that in place then put the patch on and screw it to the 1x2.

sdb

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