Best way to patch sheetrock where wall switch removed?
Chris Stromberger
18 years ago
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Comments (13)If you buy a hand saw, the best are the japanese pull saws. I have a bucket full of hand saws that are not worth the effort - they have too agressive teeth and you simply can not get a good cut with them. The pull saws cut as you pull them towards you, standard ones cut as you push, and that is way harder to control. You mentioned it's a bearing wall. Though the wall in the picture is in the middle of the house, it is actually a bearing wall as that was the exterior of the house at one point, then a porch was added and eventually closed in. We had already "fixed" the wall and then after four years decided to swap the den and dining room and opened up a second passageway and made an alcove for the hutch as there was not enough room for the hutch and dining table. This is what the other side of the room looked like after we made changes the first time And after making changes We moved the wall 2' into the kichen to make the alcove for the hutch. Here is the kitchen side of the original wall, after plaster and lath had been removed. You can tell where the exterior windows use to be - This wall now has three headers installed. The main one is 7' wide and then htere are the two new ones, 3.5' wide for the second entryway and about 5' wide for the alcove I put the new wall in place before opening up as I wanted to save as much sheetrock on the back side as possible. This is the new wall - DH was working out of town and while I can demo and build walls, I needed him to put up sheetrock so it stayed like this all last summer. My house is a complete remodel so we've been at this since 2004 - the big problem is I ended up changing my mind a few times so we tore out a wall and patio door we had installed only four years earlier. And just one more picture taken a few weeks ago - we were still using the old cabinets - the new ones are getting final coats of finish and we may get some installed this weekend....See MoreBegan demo this afternoon, sheetrock removal question
Comments (32)Marti, why am I thinking this photo will interest you? Were we talking about it? Anyway, let's see if it works. From Houzz. [contemporary bedroom design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-bedroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_715~s_2103) by san francisco interior designer Susan M. Davis Ah, now I remember. Storing your quilts. And I suggested hanging them. And this shows how I meant it to be hung on your high cathedral ceilings. Not as a window cover, due to light. But anyway, this is one way to make use of your lovely quilts. Just sew a sleeve top and bottom, thread the rod through the top one, and put a dowel through the bottom one to hold that edge straight, and then attach each corner of the dowel to a cup hook, or a tack in the baseboard....See MoreForced to remove Sheetrock on all exterior wall to insulate?
Comments (21)Thank you Daisy and Cleo. I tried to google “forced to bring insulation up to code” and nothing shows up. I can’t find one person on a forum that says that the building department forced them to tear down wall and insulate. I would think if this would have happened to someone, she/he would have posted somewhere... I read a lot of stories about people going broke to meet requirements from the town but not from insulation. I think the only way to know for sure is to call the building department. A lot of people told me to say as little as possible to inspectors in general but I know the one from my town is highly respected as someone that is fair, reasonable and very helpful. I am the only French person living in the town so even on the phone my identity is pretty obvious right away because of my accent. I will definitely keep you posted. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge and for the support....See MoreBest way to patch up hole where old window unit was
Comments (6)Even if it's available, the patch is going to stick out like a sore thumb. If it were me, I'd close up the hole and then figure out a way to disguise it, like putting a pair of window shutters over the hole, or a trellis if you live in an area where you could hide it with a bushy, evergreen vine....See Moredrywall_diy_guy
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