The final stage to this repair is to fill the hole with a suitable filler such as Polyfilla or the like. Use the screw to hold the patch in place in the hole until the adhesive has dried Fill in the Hole ![]() Leave for a further 24 hours for the adhesive to completely harden off and then you can start filling. Once the adhesive has dried enough to support the patch you can now push the screw out into the wall void. Use gentle pulling pressure, while moving around slightly to ensure good contact between the adhesive and the back of the surface until you are sure the adhesive will hold the piece in place.ĭepending on what adhesive you have used will depend on how long this is, check the manufacturers guidelines on drying time. Even it up so that you have a decent amount of overlap top and bottom so that the patch will be held firmly in place once the adhesive has set. Pick up the patch by holding the screw and tilt it to insert it into the hole. In the image below we have used some patching plaster but you can use any heavy duty construction adhesive such as Grip Fill or No More Nails.Īdd adhesive to the top, bottom and sides of the patch in order to hold it in place on the wall Insert the Patch into the Hole In order to ensure that the patch stays in place you will need to add some adhesive to the inch overlap that you left on the longest side of the patch and around the sides. Push a screw through the centre of the patch so that you can hold on to it Add Adhesive Once its dried and stuck in the hole you can push the screw out into the wall void. The screw will be used to position and hold the patch in place until it dries. With the patch ready to go, the final job is to drill a small hole through the centre and push a screw through. Patch cut to width and height ready to be fitted Push Screw into Centre This is what you will use to stick the patch to the rear side of your wall. Now hold the patch to the side to mark its height but add an inch top and bottom. Making width of patch for the hole using a scrap piece of plasterboard Once marked, measure and cut the patch to the correct width and then check that it passes through the hole nicely. ![]() Hold your chosen patch material up to the base of the hole and mark its width. You can either use a scrap piece of plasterboard or timber. Now that you have squared up the hole, the next job is to make a patch. Square up the hole using a padsaw or hobby knife Cut a Repair Patch ![]() Be careful using any of these items as they are sharp and can slip quite easily. Ironically, you actually have to make the hole larger before you can go about fixing it!ĭepending on the shape of the hole, whether its circular or has jagged edges you may need to use a padsaw, jabsaw or hobby knife. To repair a hole in a hollow door, wall, or ceiling, firstly trim the edges of the hole and make is square. ![]() Use a stud and wire detector to check the area surrounding the hole for electrical wires Square the Hole up Hole in plasterboard wall Check for Wires, Pipes and Other ItemsĪs you will need to do a bit of cutting, before you start this, firstly run over the area around the hole with a wire detector to make sure there aren’t any wires, pipes or other items that you may accidentally cut through. The two main repair methods can be found below: Repairing a Plasterboard Hole Using a Piece of Plasterboard or Timber Additionally, if you take your time over the repair and filling stage then there is no reason why the repair shouldn’t be very hard to spot. The same can also be said for hollow doors – Due to the void in the centre and MDF or fibreboard used as the covering, this does not provide much protection when it comes to resisting impacts.Īnother complication that springs to light when you have unfortunately made a hole in a plasterboard wall or hollow door is the void behind it due to the construction of the stud work used to hold the plasterboard up or provide the framework for the door meaning that you can’t just use filler as there is nothing to bond it to.įortunately there are a few tricks you can use in order to successfully fill a hole of this type, whether it is in a plasterboard wall or a hollow door. Plasterboard is quite soft and the slightest of impacts such as when moving furniture can mark the surface and even put a hole right through it. Due to the nature of plasterboard and in a similar way hollow doors, they can become damaged quite easily.
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