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

On Jan 23, 9:54 pm, "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


Screw, through the drywall, some pieces of wood to two sides of the
opening leaving half of the wood exposed in the opening.
Then screw the patches to the exposed wood.
Works like a charm.

"Smarty" wrote in message
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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

You take a board about 3/4 inch thick, a couple of inches wide and several
inches longer than the hole is big. YOu may want to use one on each side
depending on how big the hole is. Place the board behind the drywall and
use some screws through the wall into the board . This holds the board
behind the wall. Then you can screw the new pieces of drywall to the
boards.

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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.

Attach 1x3s with sheetrock screws to the back of the existing
sheetrock. Screw the patches to the 1x3s. If you can extend the
1x3s to the studs at attach to them it's even better.

Any suggestions are very much appreciated. Thank you.

--
Keith

Span the holes on the inside with a couple of 1x2's screwing them to the
existing wall. Then cut a panel to fit the hole and screw it to the 1x2's.

--
Steve Barker


"Smarty" wrote in message
...
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

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

Whomever wrote:
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


While screwing peices of wood behind the existing drywall is a tried and
true method, don't overlook the "modern way", drywall clips which
accomplish the same thing. They are sold in most building supply and
hardware stores. Here's some different styles:

http://www.prest-on.com/

http://www.rockitclip.com/index.html

http://www.alsnetbiz.com/homeimprove...ll_repair.html

Jeff



--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight.

Boy !!! What a superb group of people here on this newsgroup !!

Thanks for the excellent suggestions. I'm really tempted to try those
"Insta-back" clips after watching the video, but I'm going to try doing one
of the 5 holes first using scrap material I have here to form the wood or
drywall frame. Looks like it shouldn't be too difficult other than getting
the final coat of mud to look smooth and blended.

Thanks again to all.

Smarty
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
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Whomever wrote:
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


While screwing peices of wood behind the existing drywall is a tried and
true method, don't overlook the "modern way", drywall clips which
accomplish the same thing. They are sold in most building supply and
hardware stores. Here's some different styles:

http://www.prest-on.com/

http://www.rockitclip.com/index.html

http://www.alsnetbiz.com/homeimprove...ll_repair.html

Jeff



--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight.

I would be tempted to make the holes wider until you see the studs and
just attach the repair piece to the studs.

Very good advice so far.

A friend recommended leaving some extra paper on the patch piece. It's
a little tricky to do. Basically, you cut the paper on the face wider
on all sides than what you actually need by a half inch or so. Then
you score the back side of the piece exactly the size you need and
break the joint there, peeling the extra face paper away from the
leftover parts.

The extra width of paper becomes the 'built in' joint tape. Mud it
over top of the existing drywall surface.

This comes from someone who I imagine has punched more than his fair
share of holes in walls so trust the advice.

You'd still support the patch from the back side like everyone else
recommends. This is just cosmetic.

-rev



On Jan 23, 9:54 pm, "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

On 24 Jan 2007 09:03:22 -0800, "The Reverend Natural Light"
wrote:


This comes from someone who I imagine has punched more than his fair
share of holes in walls so trust the advice.

I used to date a girl whose ex-husgband had knocked holes in the wall.
Fortunately for me, I didn't feel qualified to patch sheetrock in
those days. And just as well because I found out how she made him so
angry.

He told me he hit the wall because he didn't want to hit her. (Usually
with a doorknob. For some reaosn door stops hadn't been installed on
their brand new house yet, and the doorknob would go into the wall
when he was mad.

You'd still support the patch from the back side like everyone else
recommends. This is just cosmetic.

http://www.mygreathome.com/fix-it_gu...hing_holes.htm



"Smarty" wrote in message
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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

Thanks once again to all. The advice is excellent and very much appreciated.

Smarty

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"Smarty" wrote in message
...
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

Not 100 % necessary, but a good best practice to this method would be to use
some construction adhesive in addition to the drywall screws to old the 1 x 2
strapping in place
"Steve Barker" wrote:

Span the holes on the inside with a couple of 1x2's screwing them to the
existing wall. Then cut a panel to fit the hole and screw it to the 1x2's.