How to fill a large hole in the wall (frame, drywall, texture, and paint)

Home Pro Remodel and Rental
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For supplies we got two sheets, one half inch, four feet by eight feet sheetrock,
two, two by four by ten, a roller, scraper, some inch and a quarter drywall screws,
tape, and joint compound. We're on 84 bucks. Alright guys, so what we got today is a hole
in the wall that we're going to cover up. This used to be a residence. It turned into a business
and now I'm turning it back into a residence. This used to be an office but back there is a
bedroom. So what I'm going to do is rip the trim off, frame it, drywall it, and texture it. Let's
get started. Came off pretty painlessly. Not too much drywall to repair around the outside.
I'm gonna go ahead and start framing it now. Got the frame done. Have them 16 on center
with two extra boards at the end for more support. I'm gonna clean up the edges and
get the drywall on. As you can see they have two different size pieces of sheetrock in here
and it's a little uneven from one side to the other. So what I've done is put spacers in,
a little bit of drywall, and then some quarter-inch spacers. This is going to prevent
the drywall from bowing and the joint compound should secure everything together.
Just hung the first side. Got it pretty flush. Now I'm going to fill in all the spaces that
got chipped out as I was taking the trim away and go from there. Just got the joint compound on.
I've decided not to tape it due to the fact that the rest of the wall is already textured so it's
going to create a little bit of a bubble. I'm going to leave it like this, let it dry, and
then texture the drywall. All right now I'm going to put some insulation in and get the drywall
on the opposite side of the hole. Got the joint compound on this side. Went a little bit heavier
over here to make up for some depth differences on the wall. All right so I got the joint compound
on. Base, thin layer. Now I'm going to texture it. I got the joint compound mixed up with a little bit
of water so it can kind of splat onto the wall because that's what the texture as of now looks
like. So we're going to try out this brush. I got it matched well here. I'm going to let it dry,
paint it, and see what it looks like, and then move on to the living room.
Just finished texturing the living room. It's taking a little longer to dry. I'm going to leave
them both overnight, sand it down a little bit in the morning, and get started on the painting.
After a closer look at the original texture, I've gone back and put a little bit more
joint compound on to get it to match this because if you see, everything's very close together and
I had it spaced a little bit further apart so I decided to make it look a little bit similar to
that. Putting on some test paint right now and it's matching up really well. Paint's still drying so
it's a little bit different color but as far as the texture, it's looking really good. I'm going
to be able to notice differences I'm sure but when it's done, it's going to look like there was
nothing there. Alright guys, I have finished the conversion and it looks like there's nothing there.
You can see a little bit of the outline because the paint is still drying but it looks great.
Got the other side. Similar situation. It's drying now and once it's fully dry
and I put a couple more coats of paint on, this is just going to look like a normal wall.
