Plasterboard – dent or puncture
Causes
Listed under: Interior, plaster and fibrous plaster, plasterboard, linings, walls, solid plaster
Cause
Impact damage
Repair
- for small indentations, fill with a gypsum plaster stopping compound, sand and re-paint or re-wallpaper; if the indentation is a result of door handle impact, fit a doorstop behind the door opening
- medium-sized holes, up to approximately 125 mm across may be repaired by the following process:
- square the opening around the hole
- shape two small blocks, each longer than the hole that has been created, from a plasterboard offcut or piece of MDF
- slide the blocks through the hole and glue behind the plasterboard lining using a cornice adhesive
- use plasterboard basecoat to cover the patch, filling the hole to approximately half the depth; when the basecoat has set, apply a second coat to finish flush with surrounding wall
- finish with a top skim coat; sand and re-paint or re-wallpaper
- large holes or severely damaged surfaces cannot be satisfactorily repaired with a filler; remove the damaged section and insert a new section of plasterboard; stop, sand and re-paint or re-wallpaper