Patch a Drywall Hole: Nail-Hole to Football-Hole — In That Order

One book, every hole - fixed in order of cost.A drywall hole is not one job. It's a ladder of jobs, from a thirty-second dab of spackle to a backer-and-new-board rebuild, and the only thing that turns a five-dollar fix into a wall you have to repaint twice is using the wrong method for the size of the hole in front of you.This book walks the whole ladder, smallest and cheapest first: - Nail holes, screw holes, and nail pops - spackle, sand, touch up.- Pinholes and hairline cracks - and the fix that stops them coming back.- Doorknob-size holes - mesh patch, three coats, feather, paint.- Fist-size holes - the California (blow-in) patch that beats a backer at this size.- Football-size holes - backer, new drywall, paper tape, three coats of mud, taper and feather.- Long seam cracks and failed tape - cut it out, re-tape, re-mud.- Corner bead damage - metal and paper, dented and broken.And it resolves the decisions that trip people up: spackle versus joint compound, hot mud versus lightweight, mesh tape versus paper tape, and exactly when a water-stained ceiling or a structural crack is a stop-and-call-a-pro job, not a Saturday afternoon.Written for the homeowner who wants to understand why the order matters - not just follow ten steps and hope the patch doesn't telegraph through the paint.