A hole in the wall
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 2×4s 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 2×4s, 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 2×4s.
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!