Suggestions on drywall repair after new Electrical Box
Hello! Recently had to install a new electrical panel. The previous one was too small and new drywall was installed around it. The newer panel was larger, so they had to cut out drywall for the install.
What would you recommend on finishing/patching options for the inside of the drywall? For the outside, I'm thinking of just doing some molding for a clean finish. I would really rather not deal or mess with drywall, compound, sanding, taping, etc. Thanks!
If I was doing it, I think I would skip the drywall and just make a cabinet door, jamb and face frame for it.
Hold some short pieces of 2x4 behind the drywall and put a few drywall screws into them to hold them in place. Do this on the entire perimeter.
Measure the size of the panel cover and add 1/8". Make a frame with 4 sides that will be big enough to slip over/around/past the panel cover. (That's why you add the 1/8") That will be your "jamb". Maybe 1x6 would work... not sure, you will have to measure the distance from the drywall to your electrical conduits on top.
Then make a face frame that you can nail onto the face of your jamb... the face frame will need to be wide enough to cover your drywall edges. Nail that onto your jamb.
Then take that whole thing and slip it over/around the panel cover and shoot it to the 2x4 backing that you screwed behind the drywall.
And assuming your electrical inspection is finished, you can then mount a cabinet door onto that face frame.
If I was doing it, I think I would skip the drywall and just make a cabinet door, jamb and face frame for it.
Hold some short pieces of 2x4 behind the drywall and put a few drywall screws into them to hold them in place. Do this on the entire perimeter.
Measure the size of the panel cover and add 1/8". Make a frame with 4 sides that will be big enough to slip over/around/past the panel cover. (That's why you add the 1/8") That will be your "jamb". Maybe 1x6 would work... not sure, you will have to measure the distance from the drywall to your electrical conduits on top.
Then make a face frame that you can nail onto the face of your jamb... the face frame will need to be wide enough to cover your drywall edges. Nail that onto your jamb.
Then take that whole thing and slip it over/around the panel cover and shoot it to the 2x4 backing that you screwed behind the drywall.
And assuming your electrical inspection is finished, you can then mount a cabinet door onto that face frame.
I have a wall where I took down cabinets in a 1930s home. Behind the cabinets is glossy red paint (see photo). I'm unsure whether I should try to skim coat with joint compound or just put up 1/4 inch drywall if I can do that over the plaster. If drywall, I want to limit the thickness because I'm really limited on space to the front of the area where I'm trying to create a pantry. I have concerns about skim coating. 1) I don't know if the red paint would show through even if I were to apply primer over it. 2) Lead paint could be an issue though I have a test for that. I would need to sand/roughen the red paint surface to encourage adhesion of the joint compound. These concerns over skim coating on the red paint would argue for drywall as perhaps the best option. The space is small at 6 ft wide x 9.5 ft tall, so I'm not optimistic I could get a professional to put up drywall as the job is too small. Can I do it myself? Any other advice on how to proceed? Thanks.
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I was going through my add on room pre filling all the butt joints with hot mud. I came across a piece of drywall above a door way where one butt joint rested on a stud and another one didn't. I had no idea way this guy would have placed a butt joint without a stud behind it. The drywall header piece is 12" wide with only a screw on the top and bottom, could it be he did that because of the short distance? Should I hot mud that joint in hopes that it doesn't crack down the road or should I cut back both sides of the butt joint to a stud and put a little replacement piece in? In the pictures below the right side butt joint is screwed to a stud and the left side is in between 2 studs
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[i]Butt joint with no stud [/i]
studs.
02-19-21, 01:00 PM
