Yeah Google is clearing listening to my conversations. I just had an electrician out two weeks ago and he left holes in my house. I've been talking to people about getting a contractor out to fix the drywall and BOOM this video is in my feed.
As a Painting Contractor, I have done many drywall repairs prior to painting. Even though I was familiar with the California patch, your method of quickly measuring and getting the mud on the edge of the patch as well is genius. Thank you for sharing!
never done a drywall repair before !! scared to leave an uneven mess. I followed your instruction to the letter and patched an 11 3/4" X 6 3/4" hole where once was an intercom box. Thank you for your guidance, best finish I have ever done even my wife looked at me in shock, and said thats Amazing are you sure you did it? once again your methods are THE BEST ON THIS DRYWALL SUBJECT
I attempted this procedure and ended up with a flooded home and several leaks in the gas piping. The concrete slab cracked, exactly down the middle of the house. Trees on my property were uprooted and fell on the neighbors home. The video was very instructional and I would be willing to attempt this, again.
We call this a blowout patch around us (Florida), and because of the way one coworker did them, I always swore off of them. Watching you do that patch sold me! I can't wait to try one!
As easy as that because he has done a thousand of them. If I do it I will be doing my first one and it will look like I did it blindfolded and with my feet.
Exactly mate easier ways to teach a beginner even when you do know what your doing that doesn't always work and cracks fairly quick 3-6 months id say and tape filler is shit quality better getting your walls fully plastered and you have minimum of 10 years without worrying obviously crack can always occur depending on conditions but over all really strong in comparison.
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My dad taught me to patch drywall this way, except he would measure each cut and leave no gap between the patch and wall. I love how this speeds up the process by not having to make exact measurements and hone down the edges on the patch. One thing which made it easier for me and is more DIY friendly is using a straight drywall scrap or piece of wood to make the cuts on the patch straight. I can't seem to make straight razor knife cuts freehand so it helped a lot.
I've had this saved in my "watch later" section for like, a year. Today is my first time watching it and WOW - it's SO simple! Thanks for sharing this video.
38 years painting and 30 of those as a contractor. Born and raised in California. I have used this method many times but as a painter I keep screws, saws and scrap wood in my vans. In certain areas that patch is acceptable but in other places like where a door knob may hit the wall it's better and a lot stronger if a wood backer is out in first.
In my experience as 155years as a Builder and 110 of those as a contactor, doors usually have a door stop to prevent the handle/knob from hitting the wall...
Sandi's Curious Things it does hold up. But takes practice. If you do it only once in awhile use wood and screws. The secret is don scrimp on cheap drywall knives.
VC - I’ve been handymanning 27 yrs and for some unknown reason that has never occurred to me! Brilliant and simple and obviously strong when the inside edges are glued in thoroughly. Thanks a lot! - Handyman In Sonoma County Wine Country.
I'm not a professional drywaller. But I've done about a hundred patches like this over the years. Never knew there was a name for it and it was something pros actually use too. I was just asked to do a rough patch one day when I had almost no tools and no materials with me. It just seemed like a reasonable way to go about it when you have no materials to do any sort of backing support and no tape. Turned out so well it pretty much became my go to method for small patches.
Reminiscing back to when I first seen a California patch I was so eager to try it because it just looked so cool. No backing, no clips, just rock a couple knifes and mud. Nostalgic moment 👍 great content! New sub.
Excellent video and technique! Had several holes trying to run a cable. This technique worked great and the patches are SOLID without screws and support sticks. Thanks so much for making this very informative video. I am modifying the name from 'California' patch to 'Vancouver patch' in your honor. 😉
Thank you!!! This was super easy to do, even for a novice like me. I don’t know why you would repair drywall any other way. I’m so glad I found this video.
we've used the same procedure in australia for over 20 yrs never thought to call it a California patch , with plaster always give a longer dry time between coats it helps to keep it flat 👍
This is going to save me a ton of time compared to my previous method, thank you!! What I like about your method is using the slightly watered down mud that gives it better flow and allows for the clean look.
Duuude, that's awesome. I was ready to put some 1x4 pieces of wood behind there, screw the wood through the drywall around the hole, and try to trace the patch onto a piece of drywall. This is so much easier and better.
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH! I'm a recent widow who but this affordable but crap hole of a house that I'm repairing myself and YOU are THE ONLY person on here that actually didn't talk all this B's and mumbo jumbo extra talk and actually got right down to it and taught this NY Girl how to actually fill a hole that I've been trying to get an answer to on here for 4 freaking days. !!! Thanks again now can u show me how to repair a leaking/backed up kitchen sink plumbing parts stuff . Ya know with the little tubes under the sink. Ive been using a pot and a prayer that it will fix itself. I'm clueless lol
I have certainly done a lot of drywall repair and finishing in my day but your technique here is a new one on me and I love learning new ways of doing things! Thank you soo much for your video on the California Patch!
If it were a true California patch you would had to pay for a draft environmental impact report fee, permit application fee, a permit fee, inspection fees, post application environmental impact fees, disposal fees, re-inspection fees, and an air quality impact fee. A true California patch takes a $2 job and turn it into a $3.5 million dollar bill and taken approx 7 years to complete. In all seriousness though - I'm learning a lot. Thanks!
I repaired 4 holes after electrical work/renovation in my house using this method - no need to remove large rectangles of drywall as originally thought. Thank you so much!!
Watchin you patch that wall is inspiring 4me because i have a neighbor that needs my help patchin up a wall with a "5×8" hole. You gave me confidence in doin the job. I wuz goin 2use fiberglass mesh and mud. Thank you! 🇺🇸
I always took 2 pieces of wood slightly longer than the hole, slid it in there, screwed them to the back of the good drywall so I had an edge to place a patch piece with enough to screw it to. Always worked well and was solid.
I'm a proud Californian. We invented the California Corner v 3 stud corner for interior. We invented the California fill for overstacked intersecting gables. We invented the California Framing Hammer ( original De Luge) and the whole style of efficient framing exemplified by Sir Larry Hahn. But I learn from ur channel all the time. Rock on Canadian brother!
Thanks! I can't wait to try all your different methods. I just painted a room that has about ten obsolete outlets for phone jacks, cables, probably antennas or something from the 60s when they used to actually put the metal boxes into the wall instead of just a hole for whatever they were poking through covered with a plate. I am getting rid of them rather than putting blank plates on them. Some are so cryptic it would take an archeologist to figure out what they were for. Although, I do already have my block of wood..........anyway you teach us things without even realizing it, and it's great to learn by watching your technique.
Try tearing the very edge of the paper so that there is uneven edge all around it. It helps to blend the paper so much better than a Cali with square cut paper edges.
Been awhile since I needed this instructional video, but I knew just where to go to. This is such a help for DIY guy with little experience with drywall, so simple and minium parts needed. Mr. Carpenter is my go to drywall guy.
Texas 1994 this was called a hot patch. I can do it the right way in 30 minutes or less with matching texture. 2020 five minute quick set is the future:)
Awesome, can't thank you enough, another great tutorial for un upcoming project that I was delaying. This Californian ("lazy") is exactly what I was looking for.
I do this all the time. It's great for small holes, like those made from doorknobs. I wouldn't do it for large holes, mind you, but it is very effective, especially, say, you have no space to put wood support. One time, I had to patch a hole on the side of a water heater tank. There was no space to work, so I just did this. Beautiful. I used to have this annoyance in the apartments I work in, when they would change the countertops to granite, which mean they had to raise the electrical outlets higher, and they would leave me with a hole under the outlets about a finger, sometimes two, thick. I just do this and it holds quite well. On a side note, what I do is scrape off about an inch or so (about the length of the excess paper of your new sheetrock piece that physically sits on the wall) of the paint/mud whatever- basically, to get your new piece at the same level of the surface of the wall or lower instead of keeping it raised above the wall. In this way, you can use less mud to level it out. To cut circles, cut the piece of your sheetrock that's going into the hole a little less than the width and length of your hole (like you did), then cut the corners in a rounded cut (you can even make it into an octagon smaller than the hole if you want).
Of you have hole much larger than this you may as well cut out a rectangle piece that breaks on the center of studs on a 16" layout. That was you can screw your piece of drywall to the studs and use tape.
Yes, you are right, the method shown actually doubles the thickness of the paper around the patch, creating a minor levelling problem. Removing a strip of paper around the hole to the same width as the flap around the new patch brings it all to the same level and makes the job of finishing easier, with less mud. Good point.
6-2-2022 Just tried this, it works. Takes much longer than the 6 minutes this gentlemen used to complete the task, if it's your first try like mine. Just under 30 minutes for initial sizing, cutting, and application of bonding. (Not counting the time used to go get the materials for the task.) Just waiting for it to dry to repeat tomorrow. Also, this can all be done for under $30 dollars. The paint was the biggest cost. Dry wall is way cheaper than expected. Calling this the Vancouver Patch from now on. Thanks dude.
@John Alarcon If its in a low traffic area of a home chances are the client is gonna go 7 feet up on your 8 inch section and start nailing. If you think its gonna fail add a 2x4 between the studs as a backing and it could be nailed like any other drywall with the benefit of the backing in case they actually want to hang something.
@Keith Clark I have to agree with you, repairing drywall is a very serious matter. I'd probably place the seriousness of it in 2nd place....... right after The Coronavirus.
We always use sheetrock 90 or 45 for chicago/California patches. Gives strength, much stronger than mud. I like that you add a thin layer to your wall and some to the back of your patch, helps get all the air bubbles out. But with sheetrock 45 or 90 you can get 3 coats/a finish coat in 1 days work rather than waiting '2 or 3 days for coat 1 to dry'
I watched another video you did with a wall outlet and was so amazed by how easy this is. I just re-did a bedroom ceiling and needed to cover an old phone outlet as home phones are pretty much becoming obsolete. It came out amazing. All from watching your videos. I even has a one inch gap on the ceiling and was worried, but you had videos that helped me tremendously. Now I am trying to tackle a crack in my living room ceiling. I patched it, but I cannot get the paint to match and you can see it. I will search for your videos to try and fix it. Thanks for putting those videos out there. They are true money savers. "The Cajun Ninja's Dad"
"And step one done" as he's chucking all the debris into the wall hahaha. I know it makes no difference but it's just hilarious the shit you find when you take down walls.
I used to do fire and water damage restorations. In some of the older homes here in the Pacific Northwest USA., have really cool things I’ve found in walls. I’ve found old newspapers from the time periods the houses were built, toy cars, comic books and old nude magazines. And well there are also things like rat traps, rat droppings and so on and so on.
When we had our bathroom redone behind the wall they tore out was this little breakfast tableau, a McDonalds coffee cup, Egg McMuffin wrapper, hashbrown sleeve, and sports page from 1982. Some tradesman had eaten his breakfast on the edge of the tub 39 years ago, carefully placed it inside the wall, and then sealed it up.
This was great. The only thing I’d do differently is just to measure the squared out hole and cut the drywall patch accordingly. I feel it just got unnecessarily fiddly doing the whole eyeball thing and scoring it.
A painter I hired showed me this method. I watched this to refresh my memory. Great demonstration without the superfluous stories some people add. Thanks!
When I do this I place the plug in the hole and terrace around the paper flaps on the wall. I cut and remove that paper from the wall so the plug sits perfectly flush with the wall.
Thanks to a huge yellow jacket colony in the ceiling of our spare bedroom, I'll watch quite a few of your videos for guidance... we've been at our home 7 years. We started noticing yellow jackets in our home. The yellow jackets chewed through the ceiling dry wall. An exterminator did the spraying, I'll do the clean-up and the patching dry wall work... Thank you for your content and advice... Chuck in Michigan
Thank you for this detailed simple looking way of patching dry wall! For me I’m a woman and never have done this before and this looks like a much easier way of doing a repair in my home! Thank you again! Your awesome!
Thank you for all your excellent vids! Love the California Patch! All these years I was so concerned about the enforcement of the drywall piece, I always screwed in a piece of wood like a paint stir stick, behind the patch so that the new drywall piece had something to screw into. With enough mud, someone leaning on the wall or hitting the wall should keep it in place the way you have demonstrated. Would Sheetrock90 be a little stronger for the inside and all-purpose for the outer surface?
Thank you so much “Vancouver Carpenter” I learned something today! I just patched two holes behind my stove, they look great and I am a shining hero to my wife...total time 35 minutes.
I did this for my bathroom light. I needed to break into the drywall and install a bracket to hold the light. It was a large rectangle. I didn't know the name at the time. But I loved the patch. I even cut a large round hole for the bracket that made the patch especially sweet. Seeing this video is timely for a friend who needed to break into his bathroom ceiling to repair a leak. It's a great video.
I've always used a slightly different technique that usually works well for me. I square up the hole as shown, but in doing so I cut a bevel on the four sides of the hole. Then cut a patch from a piece of rock and bevel the sides of that to fit against the bevels in the hole in the existing wall, which of course keeps the patch from falling into the hole. Butter both the sides of the hole and sides of the patch, lay it in, and then tape the surface. But I think I would like your technique better and will try it next time. Hmm, in fact, I'd still bevel the sides of the hole and bevel the sides of the patch, and use the paper of the wall board as shown.btw, you have outstanding videos - your technique, presentation, and video quality - and I've learned a lot. Thanks
Beveling the edge of the patch would be difficult and time consuming, it works best when the patch fits in the hole easily, that's why you make it 1/4 smaller or so...just butter both sides so it doesn't bubble.
Do you think two layers of the compound is enough? I am trying to repair a wall before Saturday and don’t want anyone to know. Also is it ok to I just cover the joints or do you have to cover the whole thing with compound ?
@@ryandickson940 Do you think two layers of the compound is enough? I am trying to repair a wall before Saturday and don’t want anyone to know. Also is it ok to I just cover the joints or do you have to cover the whole thing with compound ?
@@3catfriends See below. Responding to Ryan Dickson, I don't agree that it is difficult to bevel the hole and patch - just cut beveled edges instead of 90 degree cut. Since I posted my initial response above, I prefer my method, especially in the application/location as shown in the video, because it is so close to the doorway. Presumably casing will be added around the door and I would want to minimize any surface "bulge" from the repair. The paper surface of the drywall is thicker than joint tape - not to mention the drywall paper has to be cleaned up before applying it - so I'd prefer to use joint tape over the repair edges. As to your question, probably three passes are needed. First, apply just enough compound to set the tape. Once set, knock down any bumps/high spots. Two, skim that coat, and three, skim and feather a large enough area to make wall smooth. I don't know your exact situation so difficult to respond. But you should be able to get three coats down, prime and paint before Saturday. Good luck! If VC sees this, he may have a better solution.
@@rla1000 if I did two coats would I be able to know if it’s good after sanding the second time and be able to fix it still? I’m not sure if the tape is still showing or if it’s too high and bumpy. My boyfriend assured me he could do it after 2 coats but now I’m worried
@@wardnikoff Suppose you have an anchor pop through the rock, you then take a hole saw a bit bigger than the hole and round the hole. You get a scrap of rock about 2" larger than the hole and center the saw on the scrap cut through the back without damaging the face paper. Clean the excess rock of the front paper and trim the front paper in a circular pattern. Put adequate amount of mud on the patch and place it in the hole, squeeze out the excess. The face paper replaces the tape.
Ha! I love these videos...one video it says I don't hide pieces of drywall in the wall....this video, hides drywall in the wall. I love it! I have learned much from the tips. Thank you so much!
I've used this method before. Im a window installer. The flange of the window made me think of the excesses paper on dry wall. Im glad to see someone professional uses it to
I like that he was clear and to the point. The only thing I would probably recommend is sanding around the spot first to make sure everything is flush. This may not be a big deal for most walls, but if you have texture you'll want to do this step first.
Here in western ny we had a lot of those show up after 4 years of super bowl losses back in the day. great video by the way, and thanks for posting this!
Tackled this today because my 10yo accidentally put a hole in the wall with his foot. Waiting for the mud to dry and sand. This video saved me calling out a professional.
