[ktsai]

DIY newbie here and I'd like a little bit of guidance.

While removing shelves from my closet, I noticed a thin boards hastily nailed to the side wall, one near the floor and one near the ceiling. I removed the boards to see a large rectangular cut hole. It doesn't appear to provide access to anything.

I am fairly certain these are plaster walls however, I was expecting to find lath behind the hole. I'd like to properly fill these holes in so I can re-paint.

1. Can anyone confirm if these are plaster walls?
2. Would a standard drywall fill in be appropriate?

Thanks everyone!

 

[ktsai]

Since I'm new it won't let me post a link to the images. Does this work?

htt p://imgur. co m/a/IiXrr

 

[Gymschu]

Your pics didn't show up. Basically, I would just fill in the voids with drywall cut to fit the areas in question. Screw the pieces to the framing members in the closet. Tape and apply joint compound. Two or three coats feathering out each successive coat. It's a closet, a great place to practice and learn the art of "mudding."

 

[ktsai]

agh i labeled the thread wrong. i meant to ask if this could be repaired with standard *plaster* repair. it sounds like a bad idea to do a drywall repair on a plaster wall...

perhaps this link will work
http://imgur.com/a/IiXrr

 

[joecaption]

Not sure why using drywall would be a bad idea.
Far faster and less work.
And the picture looks like you already have drywall anyway.

 

[Colbyt]

I would make sure that return air vent is really disconnected before I patched it with drywall.

And no there is nothing sold 'in a kit' that is going to repair this.

Nailing scabs, drywall, mud, tape and tools are what you need for this.

 

[ToolSeeker]

Sure looks like drywall to me. But either way drywall would be the best patch.

 

[MT Stringer]

I bet if you search YouTube, you will find more than one video on how to repair a hole in drywall. Just sayin'

 

[oh'mike]

Plaster or drywall, the repair method Gymschu suggested will work just fine---

 

[Thunder Chicken]

You want to do something like this:

http://www.diychatroom.com/f98/how-repair-doorknob-hole-drywall-215402/

 

[ktsai]

thanks for the input everyone. i thought i had plaster because it's really tough to push pins into the wall to hang pictures and things.

It's definitely not an air duct. I don't have forced air heating.

either way, census sounds like drywall repair should be suitable. thanks everybody for the help.