Patching A Ceiling Hole

You ll also want to cut the piece a little smaller than the opening.

Patching a ceiling hole. Cut a rectangle around the damaged area. Protect your eyes and mouth with safety goggles and a dust mask. Mist water over the surrounding ceiling texture in an area about 24 in.

Spackling and sanding. Use screws or adhesive to attach the scrap piece of wood to the framing piece. Making drywall patches for large holes.

How to fix holes in a ceiling method 1 of 3. Use scissors to cut a piece of plastic mesh patching material. Out from the patch to soften it so you can scrape it off to prep for the taping work photo 3.

Texture in a jar to repair cracks in ceiling for small repairs on popcorn ceilings such as hairline cracks in ceiling dab on this stuff. Use a utility knife to smooth any rough edges of the new square hole. Attach a patch piece to the cleats.

Add wooden cleats behind each side for support. Step 3 cut out a square patch using the same measurements cut a square patch for a sheet or scrap piece of ceiling drywall. Put on safety goggles and a dust mask.

Apply drywall compound around the hole with a putty knife. Larger than 1 inch but less than 12 inches wide scrape off the ceiling texture 2 inches beyond the perimeter of the hole with a putty knife. Patch a small hole in the ceiling with several strips of drywall tape.