Drywall Repair Tutorial | NO Sanding | THE HANDYMAN | 

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I think I would have driven a few nails into the 2x4 before gluing it to the back of the drywall. Then the stud can be detected from the other side with a stud finder.

Love your vids. I make about 1300 per day profit doing roof repair and no one around me is doing it. I live in central fl. Been doing this for years now. Love how stupid simple it is. Went from custom builds, cabs, door, trim to killing it financially. All I do is roof repair now. Easy and make more than most docs. Also. I only have to work 1 day a week to cover all expenses. 2 days a week and retirement is beyond covered. Thinking about starting a RU-vid channel as no one is doing this around me. I still love fine wood working but now I do it for fun not for money.

you make it all look so easy. I am doing some repairs in my house now (due to remodeling) and man I tell you, since I haven't done dw work in so long, you forget more than you know, and its hard to get that perfect match. and since you did it, you will know all the spots that got repaired, versus anyone else that doesn't know the repair is there.

I’m originally from Ireland but living in California now. My friend at home does small jobs and he would price this for around €500 incl material. In San Francisco I’d be charging $2600-3000 for this with material. I’d probably throw in another $92 for the parking ticket I’d likely get being it’s San Francisco 🤯

I have been a landlord for 52 years. Bought my first hour at 22 years of age. Did all my own work repairing wood lath plaster walls. With time , I found that when fixing large holes or small ones, I did not have to use any type of perfa tape or fiberglass tape to cover the seam of the repair. I use the additive used with Portland cement to help stick it to old concrete. It is available at Home Depot and Lowes. It goes by many names , it looks like cream. You paint the edges of the old plaster and add it to the dry hot mud you mix in place of water. I have used this in my own home as well as the rentals. I like it because it can be troweled flat. Unlike where you use prefra tape . Prefra tape causes a slight bump that must be feathered out wide in order to disappear. No where in any of the apartments or in my own home has this ever failed. No seam or edge that meets plaster has ever failed . None has ever opened up. Some repairs are 40+ years old with no prefra tape of any kind. It is more expensive to do it this way, but there are times when it is best.

Great vid, I have had a close call or two with table saws, I would be quite happy to use a stick when using a table saw.

This is the greatest home improvement channel in the entire world.....but whats with the new host!?!?! Great as always handyman!!! 💪

Nice work!!! Perfect match!!! Perfectly executed start to finish!!!

Great clear videos man. You got my subscription. I started carpentry and I gotta drive this into my subconscious.

For better lighting, try setting an led light (LED lights shouldn’t get hot enough to burn floor) flat on the floor shining up the wall but have it as close to the wall as possible. This should reveal the textured surface to us better. Hopefully camera can pick it up. Love these videos! You girlies can all have your pumpkin spice latte junk, I’ll take the HM whistling whatever Christmas Carol he can think of for my autumn entertainment! Thanks HM!

Handyman great content keep the videos coming 🛠 I’m guessing total job $2300

The “I impress myself sometimes at the end” 😂😂.

Stucco mason here. The materials and labor translate welll from inside to outside (lath & stucco vs gypsum). Two 2x3 (approx) patches like that, front row (front of house- eye level) 1.8-2.2k. The biggest variable for us is tying into existing lath and sometimes that goes sideways. Low end is the easy texture like skip trowel, knockdown or curl and the high end is running the acrylic coats/textures on top.

I just used that Fibre Fuse for the first time on my last patch and I really liked it. Thanks for the videos!

Handyman's good at whatever he tackles.

Is this no longer the number 1 home improvement youtube channel in the entire world!?

I've used the sponge for decades on my home projects. Works great and really masks incompetence.

Wha?? A handyman that cleans up is a unicorn.

21:46 I was about to call you a hack, when I seen you painting that wall without even taking the face plate off the outlet. But I gave it a minute. And you came through and took it off. Thank you. Too many people do our kind of work (I'm not a handyman, but I am a service tech for a property management company so I do it all, but I have 10+ years construction experience) and paint around the outlet covers and it looks like shit. I would love to start my own handyman business. I want to start a business that is honest, and does quality work. I'm just glad you took that face plate off lol

Handyman out here flexin’ that Rolie...

Quick tip, If you go and buy those 50$ husky ground led shop lights, you can see a lot more from what your sanding and make your patches even more invisible. Keep up the great work👍

Great show Handy. You’re right about the light. Big eye test to see what your lines and finish appear like. Of course in Alabama it’s all smooth finish on the walls here. I’d have to study up on a texture finish like this one today. Thanks.

A tool belt? No beard?? What have I missed?? Love the channel! Keep up the great work and thank you for all your guidance

Around my area, about 800 in labor to get it done in a day plus whatever the materials, paint is expensive nowadays, good quality paint for 1 gallon about 70+

I wish I would have found this video before I started. My dry wall patch was similar size as one of thos. I used the yellow tape with all the little holes in it. And it was a pain in the ass to cover with out using a shit ton of compound so my first coat ended up being super thick

I have decided that I want to learn how to be a handy man. My goal is to watch all of your 613 videos

I’m guessing with labour ..$2000 Great work Handyman!

Damn HM💰 going to Hawaii permanently 🤑 nice work brotha.

I've been doing patching for 40 years. I don't sand, even on smooth finish. You showed a lot of secrets, but you've got to have the experience to do it right. Good job on the patches. At least you didn't show all the secrets.

Woah beard is gone. Looking like your 'nicest fence in the neighborhood' video days! Keep up the great work.

I’m working in a metal factory this winter , this looks relaxing to me

Videos are fantastic! That is some serious quality.

I also just started prefilling any gaps and it has extremely helped on making it easier to finish,love your videos,GOD BLESS

Just in time. Just had some major work done around the house. Now I have a ton of drywall repairs that I need to do. Thanks for the tutorial!

You look 25 years younger Handyman! I’ve been learning a lot from you bud!

Nice work as always!

I can't see a darn thing on those white walls 🤣 I'll take your word for it

Lmao. Ladies you might want to use a push stick. Everyone else, just run your hands right through there 😂😂

Adjust the exposure compensation to +1 (or maybe a little more) when using auto exposure in a white room.

Yes

Fantastic work and it's came out awesome as always. Cheers for the video take care Edited have a great week

Love the little jokes you add, like if you guys have soft hands... and you can't tear this in California...

Great work!!! 🇺🇸

The Handyman doing awesome Handyman stuff.

Great video thank you ! Another question I wish you will answer one day is what is your philosophy on growing your business by hiring people to work for you. What a Handyman should do if they are getting more and more work that they cannot handle as a “one man show” It looks like you found the way to grow your income by yourself without hiring people to work for you and that is amazing!!! If you posted a video about this subject in the past my apology.

Here in Nebraska it be 2700 all day long.

I would have been at #2200.00 And if it was a light wall, $2600.00 I do appreciate your thinking on the stipple. The only difference is that I would have done it in one day. I think you did a great job

Another awesome job by the best handyman!

Let’s go!!!

Amazing job that Mr handyman, 👏

Perfect as always I'm soaking up the free game!

Ive been doing pro drywall texturing on new construction for a while. did a andful of remodel jobs where we had to go in and do patching. I have since quit and gone solo, doing the handyman thing. The shit youre teaching is valuable to me. Did you really hot mud the whole process? Also the fiberglass tape. Im going to use nothing but from here on out. And the sponge! im never gonna sand a patch again. just scrape it decent and sponge it down. Still like my trowel though. You can keep that 12 inch knife

Those heavy breathing sounds that handy is making while feathering out the drywall repair is what you guys sound like when you play Call of Duty.

Great Work man

well...that stinks Handy ! I don't do instagram, twitter or facebook so Ill never know the answer, but you do great work.

I miss the "flip on, flip off...collect your 500 bucks." Haha.

Nice work!!

🤘🤘🤘💥💥💥💥 this guy does the fun stuff

Nice job handyman !!!!!

that was well done

Always watch the whole video.

good video, thanks. like the new beard look.

I’d say 1500 - 2k normally with another 500 ish handyman mark up you seem to command.

Who’s the new guy doing the work now

Very nice job

Yeah, where’s the beard? Also in one of your last videos, no more tool vest? What’s up? Your work always impresses me!!!

ah the old add a step add a dollar.....gotta go back to the hardware store add another dollar.....gotta lay down another coat add a dollar.....gotta take a nap while it dries add a dollar😉

Very impressive. That is hard to match. I say $1500.

HM, nice to see you growing the beard back!!

2K Pretty boy! 😆 🤣 😂

That turned out great, but at beginning I was hoping to see you do a lathe and plaster patch. If you've never attempted that you've never really been tortured on the job!

Mr. Handyman I did not know that homes in the US have electrical outlets that are installed vertically. I thought that was only done in South America. White Balance throws off a lot of Cameras and Camcorders.

Are you whistling a Christmas song in September?

Very nice job!

Handyman, if I'm not mistaken, USA's very own George Washington installed that fireplace surround?

Great work! (Note on the "ladies" comment! - There are many female traders whom we should treat as equals - I have one in my team who is perfectly competent)

Nice. It's hard to explain to folks who don't know how satisfying it is to do this kind of work for a living. Clock? What's a clock?

My kid put a small hole in the wall of our 1939 house. I might just leave it because I don’t want to go down the rabbit hole of repairing the plaster!

No beard, in-depth Handymaning? What is this 2016!? Great job HM!

Way to feather that plaster brother!

Setting compound….that’s a new one on me. Gonna have to look into that.🤔

I was thinking $1500-2k at most.... $2500 on your Instagram, whew. But you work where people got the monies. Around where I live you could get a half bathroom put in for $2500.

👍 Like it was ner there! Nice job! 🙂

You just built a little mini-me wall!

Use a push stick. Don't ever think it can't happen to you.

To get the drywall to show up on camera, use a wall light. Shine down the wall. Should show up better.

No beard!!!...but that tool belt!!! 😉

Out of curiosity, how long did this all take, between the drying times, shopping time and labour time?

I need to learn to be a handyman. I can do a lot of that type of work but haven’t done it as a business 🤔

$2, 000 for this job!! #TheHandyman 😊😊😊😊

$1800 $1300 labor. done in 2-3 days?

What do you find is the benefit of not using a push stick. Don’t really care how you decide to protect yourself. Just wondering if it is a random choice or is there some benefit to it.

You're an expert at triggering people with that 500 buck "materials" quote haha. I think it works good for channel interaction and comments. getting the algorithm to dig ya. Google has been amiss lately and I fear the AI bots are going to mess up the good thing they had going.

Next time we're going through all that removal all them little chunks put a three-quarter by two and a half inch strip up and down the stud to pack it out three quarters of an inch then rip your studs to fit I'm already putting my sheetrock up fellow handyman / jack of all trades Albert Handyman services

What's the fiberglass tape that you used called it seems to be difficult to find?GOD BLESS

I would charge $2400. Great work much appreciated video 👊🏻

But im Canadian so prices may differ

Good stuff Handyman. I do miss the beard.

Where's your beard and who stole the handyman?