On 7/28/2008 12:04 AM gpsman spake thus:

On Jul 27, 10:31 am, Nate Nagel wrote:

How it's typically done by a pro is to get a small piece of steel stud
and drywall screw it across the opening. then take your patch and screw
that to the stud, then tape and mud as usual.

The real trick is in crafting the patching piece.

You don't try to cut a patch to fit the hole, you cut out an oversize
patch (beveling the edges to be smaller on the inside), trace around
that, then cut out the hole to be patched to fit that patch piece.

Works every time, if you do it right.

Or you could cut a "dutchman", where you start with an oversize piece
and leave a couple inches of paper only around the whole piece that
cover the edges. Kind of like a self-taping patch.


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