A hole in the wall

Posted May 13th, 2008 by Mom | Discussion (0)

There was a hole put in J’s bedroom wall recently. I did not put it there. I was not in the room when it happened, however, I was aware of when it happened. The person responsible for putting the hole there was — well, I can’t say who it was. But it wasn’t me.

Today the boys and I went to the home improvement store. We purchased sheet rock tape, a 2 foot x 2 foot square of sheet rock, sheet rock putty/mud, L brackets, and had a 2×4 cut into 3 pieces with 2 of them being 8 5/8 inches long each. The 3rd piece of the 2×4 I told the home improvement store guy to just keep. It was too long for me to easily bring home, and besides, I didn’t need it. The whole board was $1.33. I had my 2 pieces that I needed, and was quite happy. (The store will cut the wood for you, you just have to purchase the board.)

Once home, I enlarged the hole in J’s wall to expose the wall studs. Then I drilled holes in the pieces of wood and screwed the L brackets to the pieces of wood and attached the wood pieces to the wall studs.

I added the 2×4 pieces to the top and bottom of the cut out in the wall. The reason for adding the 2x4s is to support the top and bottom of the sheet rock that is going to replace the damaged sheet rock. Without the added support of the 2x4s, the sheet rock might “cave in” on the seams. J took the picture of me using the hammer. He was my little helper for this project.

Here is the new sheet rock piece (10 inches x 11 inches) nailed into the 2x4s.

I have taped and mudded the new sheet rock piece. I will wait until tomorrow to sand it and mud it again to ensure that it is perfectly smooth. Then by Friday I can paint it to match the blue of J’s wall.

Go D, Go D, Go D. I’m quite proud of myself!