Filling a hole in a ceiling
On 2008-01-17 23:17:27 +0000, "The Medway Handyman"
said: Dave Plowman (News) wrote: I need to fill a hole where a downlighter was in a (skimmed) plasterboard ceiling where I don't have access to the back. It will be painted afterwards. What's the best way for an invisible repair - it's in rather a noticeable place. The skim is the pink stuff. Get a short piece of wood & partly insert a screw halfway along. Poke into hole & centralise. Pull down on screw to hold in place while you screw through plasterboard either side of hole into wood. Remove partly inserted screw. Cut a circular piece from some scrap plasterboard as close as possible to the hole in the ceiling. Now screw plasterboard bit into wood. Fill around edges. Good solution. I like to augment it with some grey Gripfill if it's a lath/plaster ceiling, or the mimsy-water-based version for plasterboard. Then it doesn't matter if there is some movement with the screws. |
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