Repair the edge of the drywall

[Nathalie Quist]

Set up a new drywall in my daughter's room, unfortunately, there was damage at the bottom corner of the drywall panel.
It's about 3-4 cm from the floor, about 10 cm from the wall.

That part will almost completely be covered by the baseboard, so I'm not too worried about how it will look later.
But before we wallpaper, it has to be filled in somehow.

Do you think it will be enough to apply filler + joint tape?

 

[tveksamt]

Without a picture, it's difficult to form a proper opinion, but if it's just a minor damage, it seems reasonable to just fill it in.

 

[tergo]

Is it enough to apply putty+putty tape, you think?

If it's a slightly larger damage, it might be better to fill it in with plaster and then putty.

 

[Dr Benz]

Image image image!

 

[Matti_75]

If it is hidden by the baseboard, you don't need to do anything.

 

[Nathalie Quist]

Picture picture picture!

 

[Plupp 405730]

It is quite large and deep, so plaster will work well; standard medium filler will not hold.

 

[J Vos]

If there is wood behind it, you can also cut out a rectangle and screw in another piece of plaster. If it is covered by the skirting board anyway, it doesn't need to look that nice, but you get something to plaster against and support for the skirting board.

 

[MathiasS]

If there's wood behind it, you can also cut away a rectangle and screw in another piece of drywall. If it's going to be covered by the baseboard anyway, it doesn't have to look so nice, but you'll have something to apply plaster to and support the baseboard.

That's probably what I would do. It's a shame to leave it broken behind the baseboard. It's quick to saw away a section and insert a new piece of drywall, then screw and plaster a bit.

 

[tveksamt]

Don't know what he's saying, have watched a bit quickly without sound, but you get the point:

 

[Kane]

It is about 3-4 cm from the floor, about 10 cm from the wall.
That part will be almost completely covered by the floor molding so I'm not too worried about how it will look later.

What was in the picture wasn't exactly what I imagined when I read the first post about 3-4 cm......
Cut out a piece and insert a piece of gypsum board.

 

[Nathalie Quist]

What I pictured when I read the first post about 3-4 cm was not exactly what I see in the picture......
Cut out a section and put in a piece of plasterboard.
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It does look much larger now that I see the picture I uploaded 😅 but it really isn't that big in reality, the baseboard will cover it completely.

We've applied some coarser filler and we'll see how it dries. It's nothing that will be visible later, so we figured we might as well try with what we have at home if it doesn't turn out well, we can just cut it out and redo it 👍