Yesterday I told about discovering mice were entering my house through a hole in the drywall under my sink. Today you’ll see how I DIYed the patch job. I don’t claim that the way I did it is the right way, just that its how I made do with what was available to me and cost $0.00.
In my garage I had scraps of drywall and spackling paste.
While spackling paste can patch small holes, it wasn’t going to do on this project. So I called another DIYer she gave me the proper supplies.
I cut my drywall to size with a 2″ margin. Snapped the drywall and peeled it back to leave that 2 inches of paper hanging off the edges. This became my “drywall tape”.
I made the patch in 2 sections one fitting under the pipes and one over (My pipe cutouts ended up bigger than I intended because I didn’t “measure twice, cut once”)
I just stuffed more mud into those gaps.
This was a very uncomfortable position to work in. (no wonder plumbers cost so much, they get paid for pain and suffering) In the cramped quarters I couldn’t get the “Mud” on nice and smooth, but I did get the patch in place.
It’s not PROFESSIONAL
It’s not PRETTY
but here is the final result.
Pretty doesn’t necessarily count here. The fact that it’s fixed and fixed by you yourself does. Congratulations! I don’t think I would have even tried this.