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Overtime, particularly if owners fail to open the fluke adequately, smoke and soot can accumulate on and around a hearth, and even on surrounding walls. Sink the screwheads barely under the drywall surface. Sand your patch area smooth. As a substitute get a wider taping knife—a 6-in.-vast putty knife will do—and easily skim your entire space with joint compound. Allow the joint compound to dry completely then frivolously sand the realm (image three). Wipe away the mud then paint over it. Place some development adhesive on the ends of the cleats before screwing them to the outlet using drywall screws.

Reduce a chunk of drywall into a square a bit of bit greater than the opening. But take care to not crush the drywall core. Smoothing out the perimeters of the drywall compound flush with the floor of the wall known as feathering. Photo 1: Lower by means of the tape at the ends of the cracked space and slice, scrape and tear away all free tape and compound. This step-by-step course of will present you the easy and simple solution to restore a big hole in your drywall.

Picture 4: Apply a second coat of compound, drawing it not …