Some plasterboard fixings can leave large holes that need repairing after
you've removed the fixings. We have two such fixings here the top one is the G- Fix
the bottom one is the Gripit fixing. To repair holes like this it is
actually very simple and I'll show you a quick and easy way of doing that.
To start off with we need to remove each of the fixings. With the Gripit it's very
simple you just need a small screwdriver, insert that into the slotted screw and
turn it all the way to the left. You can then quite simply get hold of that and
pull it straight out of the hole. For the G Fix fixing you simply need to
remove the center screw first and then remove the two smaller screws.
We are now left with two 25 millimeter holes which can be quite difficult to fill for
some people. The first thing we're going to do is remove any of the loose paper from
around the edge and we're just going to taper that edge slightly, that will allow the
filler to stick.
Once we've done that we then need something that can go through the hole,
that is longer and thinner than the hole itself. So you can see that that will do
quite easily. I've got a few examples of what you can use to push through the
hole in order to stop the filler from going down the back. That's a piece of
PVC cloaking profile. Whatever you use it needs to be thin and long and
slightly narrower than the hole that you're going to push it through. We can
simply drill a hole in the center of that and we could quite easily use that,
we could do the same with this piece of galvanized steel and if all you've got
is some copper tube you can even use that. All you need to do is bash it flat.
Then you simply need to put a hole in the centre of that. So you can basically
use anything like that as long as it's rigid and long and thin. You can even
use a piece of wood providing it is thin enough. If you use something too thick
you will struggle getting it through the hole. I've then taken a piece of wire which
I've threaded through the hole that I've just drilled and tied a knot on the back
of that, so we can put that through the hole so we can actually pull that tight.
I'm just going to put some grab adhesive on there.
We now need to carefully feed that through the hole and then pull it back
towards us. You need to ensure when you do this you
don't let go of the string or the wire that you've got pushed through the
piece of metal. So I'm just going to slide that through and it is actually a
bit of a cosy fit, it's a little bit on the tight side but it should still go.
Once that's through, pull it back against the hole as tight as you can do and that
will ensure that the grab adhesive sticks between the metal and the plasterboard.
The good thing about using grab adhesive is once you have pulled it, it should actually
grip and it should actually stay there until the grab adhesive has cured.
What we can do now is just get a little bit of grab adhesive and we can just squirt
that in there. We don't want to come to close. The reason why I'm doing this is because
the grab adhesive goes off a lot faster than what the filler does.
Once you've done that you can just pull on the wire and you can just
smooth that off a little bit. Just push it in to ensure that it has actually taken.
The grab adhesive has now had a couple of hours to dry so we can now cut off
the wire. We can now proceed to fill the two holes. What I'm going to do is take the
filler and work it into the hole.
It doesn't matter if you put too much filler on at this point
because it is very easy to sand off. You are better off putting too much on
rather than not enough because if you don't put enough on you'll end up
putting more on before you can actually sand it.
Now the filler is dried we just need to give that a light sanding. To do that
I'm going to use a sanding block like so.
We now just need to give that a wipe to remove any of the dust. I'm just using a
damp piece of paper towel to do this.
I'm now going to take some emulsion paint which is non vinyl. I've actually watered that down 20%
with some cold clean water.
I'm now going to take a brush and I'm just going to paint that onto the damaged
area and we're going to feather it out. You can see that that is very watery.
Once that has dried you can then give it a final top coat. You are better
off using a roller if you've got one,
but in this demonstration I'm just going to use a brush just to show that you
can't actually see the repaired damage once it's being painted over.
So obviously I've just painted a small patch there just to show that you can't
actually see where the damage has been. So it is very easy repairing damage
like that to plasterboard as long as you follow the simple steps.
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