Hey all,
I've done very light patching and such with fairly good success in the past despite me being as slow as a turtle when doing it. I had some water damage from a leaking toilet valve. The problem has been fixed, but it left an ugly discolored patch of ceiling right at the front door area. My wife finally nudged me to do something about it, so here is what I did:
Thanks in Advance for any advice,
Jeff
I've done very light patching and such with fairly good success in the past despite me being as slow as a turtle when doing it. I had some water damage from a leaking toilet valve. The problem has been fixed, but it left an ugly discolored patch of ceiling right at the front door area. My wife finally nudged me to do something about it, so here is what I did:
- I used an angle to mark to the outer areas of the damage in the attempt to make a square or rectangular area that would be easier to make a patch for.
- I cut out the affected area and confirmed that no mold was growing rampant in the ceiling.
- I got a full sheet of drywall because they only precut 2'x2' portions and my cutout was 26'x22.5'. In retrospect, I should have made an effort to see if I could cutout the damaged piece with the existing 2'x2' precut piece I had, but I didn't.
- I spent way to much time adjusting the hole to fit the patch I'd cut from the full piece of drywall
- I put the furring strip up on the side that didn't have a stud
- I screwed it in and the existing drywall seems bowed down where my new piece is nice and flush. It's flush on 3 of the 4 sides and has a maybe 1/4" to 1/2" bow in adjoining drywall. I'm not sure how to address this.
Thanks in Advance for any advice,
Jeff