Repairing a hole in a hollow wall

[td91]

While doing painting one of my rental properties today I managed to accidentally put a hole in the wall.

It's not a huge hole but the walls have no insulation inside them (Typical of a 1950's house) so it's a hole in a hollow wall and from what I understand it's not as simple as a bit of plaster. I have the house being photographed ready to be stuck on the rental market on Friday morning, so I am after a solution that isn't going to take too long and won't look horrendous..

[jimO]

if you have a bit of gib cut it so you can pop it inside the hole but slightly longer so it can be held in place, you do this by drilling a hole and putting a bit of string with a knot in it so that when its in the hole you can hold it tight, get some stopping compound thats sets fast like cornice cement smear it over the gib and let it set, you can fill the hole with the cornice cement (or cornice bond) then when hard coat with a finishing compound, sand and paint

[kapitibeanman]

Beautifully explained.

And you say you're not a builder, JimO.

Bit different from my method of stuffing
enough newspaper in to form a semi-stable
platform and then plocking in gobs of
stopper. It never worked of course, no
matter how often I tried.

I have a very low handyman rating from my
family. My Uncle Tom was worse, he sawed off
chair corners and bored holes thru lino & floors
while resting jobs on them.

Listen to jimO, td91, and also treat your Gib more
respectfully in future.

[mrsaneperson]

What jimo said above is good also this guy here uses a nail instead of string:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0MnCTPGoU

[Wayne]

I use a long screw. Using coving adhesive is the key - sets fast!