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Default Repairing large holes in drywall

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:54:20 -0500, "Smarty"
wrote:

I have a room with 5 holes where speakers used to be mounted in the walls.

Each hole is the same size........a rectangle about 9 inches wide and about
14 inches tall.

Now that the speakers have been removed, I am left with filling these 5
holes. Cutting out new pieces of drywall to fit these 5 openings is not
hard. I am wondering how to attach the drywall, since there are no studs
anywhere near the cut-out openings.

Any suggestions are very much appreciated. Thank you.

Smarty


Grap two scraps of gyproc. Cut them to about 6" by 12". Scew one
screw into the center of each piece. This will be your handles. Slip
the piece through the hole and hold it against the back side of the 9
x 14 inch hole. Now screw it in place. Repeat . Now cut out a 9 x 14
piece and attach it to the scraps and mud..... there you go an all
gyproc fix that will not shrink and crack.

Regards
Dale