Spray Foam Drywall Patch, How To Fix Lots of Holes Fast!
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Drywall patch repair can be easy with this how to guide!
After insulating my house I found myself with over 150 drywall holes to repair, this was the easiest fastest and cheapest way I could come up with to repair that many holes quickly, the list of tools you'll need is short and drywall experience you need is low.
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Flush Cut Saw amzn.to/3tkyN2I
DAP Fast'N Final amzn.to/3RKdAsj (note: I would consider using hot mud rather than this if I had to do over again, I think it would work better. Available in most home stores
check out my other videos if you don't know what it is)
Man this was a job...but you filled those holes so well...I have never seen this way before. Good to know for many types o holes in any shape too...Thanks for this. Congrats on the insulation too. 👍
Thanks 😁👍
The best video I found. Thanks ❤
Thanks, glad to help. If I were to change anything about this video I would use hot mud instead of spackle just FYI.
This is a video with me using hot mud for reference ruclips.net/video/0XndoclCBjo/видео.htmlsi=7CBTmHZzN9ahLMwh
It came out pretty good. This is probably the best way to go for lots of small patches in a house you want to rent out.
My only worry is spray foam has a lot of give and may allow cracking if anyone were to bump a large spot hard enough. I tend to prefer California patches for small to medium size holes.
I completely agree, the majority of my holes were about 6 inches from the ceiling so I wasn't too concerned about it. I will say I have had two sets of tenants in that house since I've made that video a couple years ago I've only just recently posted it because I've had zero issues with it
the foam dries with the tape on it?
Yes the foam will dry with any amount of moisture in the air, This repair is fine if it's way up in the air where no one will touch it.
But for an everyday repair this is my favorite, if you want to check it out 😁👍 ruclips.net/video/K_KTbPnlXnc/видео.htmlsi=2ygAzecVmK_IK80T
Fire hazard with that foam stuff, it will light up extremely fast. Do it the right way, not the fast way.
Actually if you're building new, they use great stuff as a fire break anywhere a wire passes through a stud. But we weren't concerned because we had no wiring near any of our holes, we planned it that way so we wouldn't hit any when we drilled them out and we also used completely fireproof cellulose insulation.
Why would I was a can of spray foam? You are better off teaching the butterfly patch.
I did a few butterfly patches but it took me to long, between cutting them out and waiting for different mud coats to dry I just found this way much faster for me. Now someone with drywall experience could probably do those patches faster I just don't have that experience and I know a lot of other people don't either and just wanted to share the technique in case it helped somebody
@@MrNathaneasterling I use the spray foam as you do in the vid, for repair holes in hollow core doors and stucco holes.
Those bF patches shouldn't take any more than a few minutes. Not counting drying time. With hot mud and quick dry texture, start to finish I5,20 min tops.
@PlainwhitePaper yeah when I did them it probably took me about 15 min or so for the butterfly patches and for 1 or 2 or even 5 or 6 I would probably do them if I had a few to do, but I had over 150 to do and the foam was going to mostly be about 6" from the ceiling so wasn't really concerned about someone hanging anything that far up or anything like that, when I did a few foam patches it only took me a few mins of very easy work. I could go around taping up all the holes at once, burning all the holes for the foam at once, go around filling all the holes with foam at once and so on. But like I said before someone with more drywall experience I'm sure could have done it faster than me.
@@MrNathaneasterling Your idea is still better than news paper. My only real problem over all, what if you wanted to put a screw or nail there to hang or hold something, and unless you use the whole can its a lot of waste.
Those spray cans never had much on reuse at a later date.
@PlainwhitePaper yeah, all of my repairs were a few inches from the ceiling or under the windows, so I was not concerned about it. I had to fix a toilet at the same house a few weeks ago and looked for any signs of the patches and couldn't even see them, so so far, so good. I just recently posted the video, but it's been about 2 years since I did the patches
Or you can fix it the correct way
When I had to drill all these holes to insulate most of them we're about 2 in from the ceiling except for under the windows. I have lots of videos on the correct ways of repairing drywall but nobody watches them
Thx u so much great idea
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Seems should really be taped ! I do spray foam at times as well to create a base. But I always tape over with fiber tape the entire patch then skim it out. Best way is to cut to the studs then rock and tape.
So far so good nothing has happened in years to all 150 patches. Tape is mostly for drying type mud in my opinion it's not even necessary for setting compound, the premix mud that dries and not cures shrinks a lot and that's most of the reason for the tape. I also have a patch using just 5 minute mud that I use no tape on and I've never had one of those crack either. But like I always tell everybody I have lots of videos on the "correct" way and that's what I would recommend but nobody watches those lol
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Why not put plugs back in?
You can and that's what most people do, I had a hard time making it look right for myself and this way was a lot faster for me as well.
Great idea, but I'd be concerned about the strength of the surface, after all is done. Down the road, someone unknowingly could impact the surface. Wouldn't take much to incur a divet, which won't happen on the sheet rock section.
Thanks,
yeah, all of my repairs were a few inches from the ceiling or under the windows, so I was not concerned about it. I had to fix a toilet at the same house a few months ago and looked for any signs of the patches and couldn't even see them, so so far, so good. I recently posted the video, but it's been about 2 years since I did the patches
@@MrNathaneasterling Good point, and very clever solution. In return you were able to insulate those walls for substantial energy savings. Thanks for posting!
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Thanks for sharing, it looks like it works! You may want to use blown-in fiberglass instead of cellulose in the future. One of the cons of cellulose is that it settles and compresses much more over time than lighter fiberglass. Not as big of a deal for attics and wide horizontal areas, but for tall vertical spaces like stud bays the upper portions of the walls might eventually become uninsulated again as the compression occurs.
Thanks, I did some research on that and found the same info about it compressing over time. I ended up using cellulose because I found an amazing deal at a local store near me otherwise I probably would have gone with the blown in fiberglass, I actually did this video about 2 years ago and just haven't posted it till now I did do a repair in this house that required me cutting a hole and it has not settled at all so far hopefully it lasts a long time before it does.
Or dense pack
I definitely dense packed it when I put it in the walls, I had to dig it out some to put the foam in the walls. I definitely attribute it to not falling in the walls because of dense packing it. 😁👍
What if there’s a ton of space between the hole and the wall behind it? What would you recommend?
I would recommend doing the foam if you are doing insulation like I was with a ton of holes, if it's just one patch that you are up against I would try this method out. It's the butterfly patch it's my favorite method.
ruclips.net/video/K_KTbPnlXnc/видео.htmlsi=mDG6gJbyMknNs868
If you're set on doing it with the foam you can but I would still recommend using hot mud instead of that speckle and just stuff the whole with anything like small pieces of insulation or newspaper but I would highly recommend doing a butterfly patch instead 😁👍
I have like a half inch hole in the ceiling from one of those toggle planter hooks. Do you think this would be a good method to fix that?
Hi, it it were me I would just use 5 minute mud. If you mix some up, put it in the damaged area with a putty knife (plastic ones are a few bucks) and be sure to get good contact with the edges and you should be good. You may need to hold it up until it sets for a few minutes but not too long.
Here's a video that's kind of like what you need, but skip all the taping parts, if it's small enough just mix and go.
Let me know if you have any questions 😁👍
ruclips.net/video/0XndoclCBjo/видео.htmlsi=ZnMEXwm9hN-2edjZ
Interesting technique 👌
Thanks 😁👍
True landlord special
I've lived in a lot of houses with landlord specials before trust me this doesn't hold a candle to what I've seen 😂
Have you ever fixed holes in cement stairs from water damage?
Not yet, but I can probably come up with something. Look into "Durham's Water Putty" it would probably work for small to medium damage.
thats creative !
Does this work on a dry hole on the ceiling? Would it patch it up? It is not a roof leak.
I have not personally done one on a ceiling. You should be able to, but it would be a little different than a wall repair. You may need to add a backing board so the foam doesn't go everywhere up top. Depending on the size, you may want to check out my other video on a no float patch. ruclips.net/video/0XndoclCBjo/видео.html
As long as the area will not have any lights or fixtures, you should be fine, but of course, situations vary but use your best judgment and you should be fine.
@@MrNathaneasterling Thanks.
Wow that's awesome!! Thanks for the tip.
Thanks! I'm working on a better version of this method now with no foam for general damage rather than trying to fix 150 holes. I am trying to get it posted in the next few days.
Nice! Thanks.
No worries, hope it helps 😁👍
i enjoyed the video nathan
Thanks, This was one of my first videos I filmed. Took me two years to even post it, just sat around on my phone forever 😁👍
yea know that feeling but some times early videos are best less scripted and more raw good any way @@MrNathaneasterling
So true!
Can I use the foam
On cement walls..?
I would say it would depend on what you're trying to accomplish, if you're trying to seal a crack because of a draft I would say foam would be ideal but if it's something like a small hole you may want to look into hot mud, It's a drywall compound that can dry as fast as 5 minutes or you can get mud that dries as slow as 45 minutes if you need to work with it for a while. Here's a link to a video where I use hot mud for reference.
ruclips.net/video/0XndoclCBjo/видео.html
Super glue!😎🤣🤣🤣
This is cool ❤
Thanks Scott 😁👍
Very very nice
Thanks a lot
Nice
Thanks
Totally wrong approach, hope watchers don’t copy this. Holes should have been patched with the original drywall cut out pieces. Otherwise thermal expansion/contraction will crack around the circle and make the repair visible.
Hi, sorry you feel that way they have actually been in that house for years now with no issues, I waited for 2 years before I posted this video just to give it some time to do anything and so far so good. If anything ever did happen I would definitely take this video down and probably make a video on why you shouldn't do it But until then this worked great for me.
Por school!
"Poor"
Thank you for sharing. What if there is no insulation filling behind the hole?
Hi, I was thinking about that when I was editing this video, the reason for all of my holes was because I put insulation in but if I had a hole and wanted to patch it like this in an empty wall I think I would stuff a small piece of insulation in the wall and work it around the hole to make a void and go from there. Probably a piece of fiberglass insulation would work well
I'm working on a better version of this method now with no foam for general damage rather than trying to fix 150 holes, that would also work fine with no insulation. I am trying to get it posted in the next few days if you're interested.