Skip to main content
Stesso

Method 2: Intermediate Drywall Repair - Cut Patch and Backing

4:30
9:02
76.8K views

At 4:30 in

3 Different Ways to Repair Drywall

Watch on YouTube

What happens here

Take a piece of new drywall and cut it to perfectly match the dimensions of the square hole you just created. To provide backing for the new patch, take a scrap piece of wood that is slightly longer than the width of the hole. This wood will be secured behind the existing drywall to create a fastening point for the patch.

Goal: Cut a new drywall piece to fit the hole and prepare a wood backing.

Tools and materials

  • Drywall Sheet — Creating the new patch for the hole
  • Scrap Wood — Providing backing for the drywall patch
  • Square — Ensuring straight cuts on the drywall
  • Utility Knife — Cutting the drywall sheet

What they say

Hide

[Music] next we'll need to create a matching square from our drywall that will fit in here perfectly [Music] so we have a perfect piece of drywall cut out now how we're gonna secure it since there's nothing around this is where scrap piece of wood comes into play we're gonna bring it right behind let it overlap by about an inch and

Auto-generated from the video audio.