Filling a hole in plasterboard wall?

[Patch1875]

Mojooo said:

make sure you paint the wall to match before you leave!

Don't have to paint it apparantly.

[anonymous-user]

If the new owners are likely to put a TV in the same place, then i'd definitely just put a blanking plate over it.

[Patch1875]

Inkyfingers said:

If the new owners are likely to put a TV in the same place, then i'd definitely just put a blanking plate over it.

Mentioned further up they are not.


Madness as all the sky,aerial and extra sockets are at the opposite end from where they want their TV.

[ATG]

mikees said:

B17NNS said:

Or screw up some paper and stuff into the hole and fill with lightweight filler then sand.

Are you a skim that has done work for me ;-)

Bodgetastic

Must admit I tried some premixed light weight filler last week for the first time and it is amazing stuff, if a bit smelly. Doesn't slump at all even when you bodge a deep overhanging hole. And looks like it's flexible once set so shouldn't crack either.

[mikees]

ATG said:

mikees said:

B17NNS said:

Or screw up some paper and stuff into the hole and fill with lightweight filler then sand.

Are you a skim that has done work for me ;-)

Bodgetastic

Must admit I tried some premixed light weight filler last week for the first time and it is amazing stuff, if a bit smelly. Doesn't slump at all even when you bodge a deep overhanging hole. And looks like it's flexible once set so shouldn't crack either.

One sKim I used thought screwed up pages from the sun were OK, not even the "professional" approach of using empty plaster bags. Muppet. As above, batten, patch with square of board, skim

Edited by mikees on Saturday 30th April 20:50

[valiant]

Just do what I do in these situations,

Stick a picture on it.

[CoolHands]

Fit a touch-sensitive light switch there. It'll have the new owners guessing for weeks. Or a thermostat, that will never appear to do anything...

[Chuggy]

All excellent suggestions, but don't forget to drop a smoke alarm down the cavity so that it starts bleeping when the battery runs low.

[mgtony]

A couple of runs of wallpaper straight over the holes, call it a 'feature wall'.

[PapaJohns]

Patch1875 said:

LotusMartin said:

remove cables + screw in a plug socket front.

Job jobbed!

It's halfway up the wall!

Is it the obvious place for a flat screen? Just fit a blank front to a single socket box.

[Funkycoldribena]

B17NNS said:

Or screw up some paper and stuff into the hole and fill with lightweight filler then sand.

You must of done my mk2 Escort in '87.

[andy43]

LeadFarmer said:

Fit a letter box

I like this.

[Patch1875]

Thank for all the help. Got these in the end from B&Q perfect fit!

[bimsb6]

Patch1875 said:

LotusMartin said:

remove cables + screw in a plug socket front.

Job jobbed!

It's halfway up the wall!

You're making good it doesn't have to make sense !