Filling a hole in a ceiling
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. -- *I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
Filling a hole in a ceiling
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. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
Filling a hole in a ceiling
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... 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. -- *I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. Can you put a smoke alarm over it? well it will be invisible won't it.;-) |
Filling a hole in a ceiling
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:17:27 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:
Now screw plasterboard bit into wood. Fill around edges. Or if you're clever/lazy just cut a circular blank, stick in with bit of filler or solvent-free gripfill or whatever, hold in place with 3 fat screws in the joint locking the blank into the hole till it's stuck, then fill rest of join & make good. -- John Stumbles Things don't like being anthropomorphised. |
Filling a hole in a ceiling
John Stumbles wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:17:27 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote: Now screw plasterboard bit into wood. Fill around edges. Or if you're clever/lazy just cut a circular blank, stick in with bit of filler or solvent-free gripfill or whatever, hold in place with 3 fat screws in the joint locking the blank into the hole till it's stuck, then fill rest of join & make good. Or if you are even lazier, stuff newspaper in the gap till you caint stuff no mo, and skim..haven't you ever bought a second hand car? They are made of newspaper and car body filler, and rust. :-) |
Filling a hole in a ceiling
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:18:05 UTC, Paul Matthews
wrote: George wrote: Can you put a smoke alarm over it? well it will be invisible won't it.;-) Five smoke alarms in one room may look a little paranoid G People often question the mere two in our living room! -- The information contained in this post is copyright the poster, and specifically may not be published in, or used by http://www.diybanter.com |
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