Homes settle, door knobs bang, wall nails pop out and water leaks. When this happens, Mr Handyman can help by patching the holes, filling the gaps. And we can texture, prime and paint so that you will never know there was a problem.

Sheetrock Repairs/Drywall Repairs
Sheetrock (aka drywall) is comprised of gypsum plaster covered on both sides by paper to create a smooth surface. Sheetrock is secured to the walls or ceilings with nails or screws that push just past the surface and dimple the paper (so they don’t stick up). Sheetrock repairs are required any time either the surface paper is broken or the paper and gypsum has gotten wet and can no longer hold the gypsum stable or maintain a smooth shape.

Wall and Ceiling Patches
 Picture hangers and mirrors as well as drywall “nail pops” can cause small holes. Smaller holes can generally be filled with spackle and, if necessary re-textured, primed and painted.

Wall and Ceiling Holes
When the holes are a bit larger, the patch might need more reinforcement in the sheetrock to keep the patch stiff and secure. In these cases, we will fill the space with a rigid mesh or small piece of drywall and apply filling and topping compound to smooth the area and make it ready for texture, priming and painting. As the repair area gets larger, the number of layers also increases and the amount of feathering will grow. In some cases the project may take multiple visits if the larger thicker areas of wall mud need to dry overnight.

Large Wall and Ceiling Repairs
 In the case of large holes, the broken wallboard needs to be cut out and replaced with new structurally sound materials. In these cases reinforcement is needed to support the edges of the seams. Once the wallboard is repaired, the drywall repair process proceeds as usual along the seams.

Corner repairs
 Outside wall corners seem to get a lot of abuse. Carts, kids and pets can do quite a bit of damage. When this happens, we sometimes need to cut out the warped, damaged metal corner bead and replace it with new material. After the metal is replaced, the repair process is similar to repairing a hole except that the painting process has to address two walls.

Fixing wall cracks
Some cracks are simply the result of the house settling. Others are due to walls moving in relation to each other. Depending on how sever the crack is determines how to make repairs.

Small cracks or ones that follow wall corners can be repaired using flexible or elastomeric caulks. These will fill the gap and, unlike drywall compound, will allow some movement that is sure to recur between the two walls.

Larger cracks or ones that run along a wallboard seam might need to be re-taped. In these cases, it is often best to cut out the old tape and replace it with new. The replacement process is the same as the wallboard patch process.

Hot mud (quick-setting joint compound)
What is hot mud and how is it used? Hot mud is a term used for fast or chemically hardened drywall mud. The mud is mixed from a powder and the working and drying time is determined by the rating of the mud. Really fast mud will harden in as little as 5 to 20 minutes which makes it quite difficult to use. Larger projects will benefit from 90 minute mud because it allows a longer working time. A drywall repair can very often take three or more coats of mud to properly prepare the area. Hot mud is frequently used to help get at least two coats of mud onto a wall in a single visit. Hot mud is a lot harder than regular wall mud and takes a lot longer to sand and shape. The next coat is typically a thin layer of standard joint compound.

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