Started the repair today. I went to Home Depot and bought a small piece of sheetrock, putty, putty knife, tape and a pkg of special "hooks" to screw the new piece in place. I squared the wall hole and made a template out of cardboard, it's now screwed in place and I filled in the slight gap all around with putty. I'm now waiting for it to dry then will tape it and skim the whole area. It looks great and the new section is sturdy as a bugger! Not sure what their called but they sell little tab things that you use to screw into the wall and you screw the patch piece into it. Total cost today $20.00 I'll do the best I can matching the paper but I'm not real concerned with that as much as I was mending the wall correctly. Within a few years I'll be repapering all three bedrooms anyways. Thanks again.
02-28-2010, 09:47 PM
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