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
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.