Fixing a Hole in the Wall
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:02 pm
Hello, this is my first post on the forums. I'm repairing a hole in the wall of a bedroom in my trailer. It's the old kind of trailer with those panel walls that I think are called VOG panels. My girlfriend had some extra drywall laying around her house and I hoped I could use it to repair this hole but after I installed it using the method in this video:
How to Repair Drywall - How to Fix a Hole in the Wall, I discovered the drywall I'm trying to use is too thick. Can someone point me in the right direction for what kind of drywall/sheetrock I want to use for this repair?
Here's what the hole looked like:
Here's the repair:
The picture doesn't show it well, but the drywall is quite a bit thicker and protrudes out past the wall. Any ideas the best way to move forward here? I would like the wall to all be flush before I add the joint compound.
And of course, the customary song to sing while doing such work:
Fixing a Hole - The Beatles
How to Repair Drywall - How to Fix a Hole in the Wall, I discovered the drywall I'm trying to use is too thick. Can someone point me in the right direction for what kind of drywall/sheetrock I want to use for this repair?
Here's what the hole looked like:
Here's the repair:
The picture doesn't show it well, but the drywall is quite a bit thicker and protrudes out past the wall. Any ideas the best way to move forward here? I would like the wall to all be flush before I add the joint compound.
And of course, the customary song to sing while doing such work:
Fixing a Hole - The Beatles