Cut & Measure Sheetrock to Fix a Hole in the Wall

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Find out how to cut and measure sheetrock to fix a hole in a wall in your house with the easy, do-it-yourself (DIY) tips in this free online home improvement video.

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Cut & Measure Sheetrock to Fix a Hole in the Wall
Today I’m going to show you how to measure the sheet rock replacement piece for a pre-existing, pre-prepped hole. You just want to measure this way, but you want to move it all the way up if you cut like a rough cut like this. You just want to make sure that you get the smallest size so that it will fit all the way through. And you want to do the same from the top to the bottom.

When we’re measuring the sheet rock, what you want to do is you’re going to make cut all the way across the piece because you score it and break it. So just measure over five and a half- that’s the height of the hole we’re repairing. Take a straight edge, and you can either mark it first and then cut it, or you can just cut it. Just from your marks. And then you just cut all the way across. Make sure that you have something to cut on and you’re not on your carpet or tile.

And once you score it three or four times, you turn it over and you just pop it. And it’ll break. And then you just cut the backside. And then you want to cut the length. You can do the same thing. Now, if it’s a small little piece that you’re trimming off, you want to just maybe pop it with something that straights so you don’t mess up the edge pretty much. And that’s the piece that’s going to go in the hole.

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Expert: Lee Wallace has a degree in architecture from Texas A&M University. Read More