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Any advice on filling holes in walls?
It's where a curtain polls was screwed in, both end brackets (along with a lump of filler and matchsicks attached to the back side 😀 )have come out leaving 2 large holes. Pobably about 3" in diameter and a couple of inches deep.
Thing is the plaster? is quite crumbly around the holes.
I've read that mixing some wood glue/PVA with water amd painting it in, will stabalise the crumblyness?
I've got some filler but it's quite a deep hole with a bit of a cavity, once stabalised should Ipbut some kind of bung in there before filling?
I'm guessing it will have to be a cosmetic rather than structural fill, and I'll have to re-drill the curtain poll mounts in a few inches to one side?
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Bonding plaster to fill. Then skim
If you just hit that with filler it'll take months to dry and massive shrinkage will occur.
I filled bigger holes with filler - just build it up in layers. What trailrat says is the best way tho. Cut back to a good part of the old plaster and wet it down to help the plaster / filler stick
fixings need to go thru the plaster into the wall behind or else they just pull out and wreck the plaster as you have found
Clear the loose stuff on the edge of the holes. PVA mixed with water 1 part to 3, paint it over the hole surfaces. Go outside and mix some bonding coat plaster, by the time you've done that it the wall will be ready for you to stick it on. Fill most of the depth of the hole with that, then sort out the last couple of mm with something which skims better.
Thanks, I've got some of this
https://www.diy.com/departments/diall-white-ready-mixed-filler-0-33kg/1849603_BQ.prd
But would this be better then?
Was hoping to buy something pre mixed as its only 2 holes..
Have used this before for holes not worth mixing up a batch for.
That everbuild stuff seems similar.
That diall stuffs only meant for <5mm gaps.
If you're refitting the curtain poles in about the same place then I'd cut a piece of wood to fill the hole. Screw that to the wall and fill around it. Fix the pole to the wooden block, pre-drill the block to avoid splits
I prefer the powder fillers, mix what you want and store the rest, just make sure that it's one-coat/any depth. Toupret make a good, easy-sanding range of ready-mix and powder interior fillers
Knock the wall down and start again.
Do it properly.
easifill is great stuff. as timber says if you need to fix to it fit wood in before hand. if not I'd just use some foam for the void, or if you are on a real budget newspaper and then fill the last inch or so.
OK thanks all.
I think I will go with the block of wood idea as ive got some offcuts I can shape to fit, and put the curtain mount on that.
Basically as the screws are not long enough to get through the plaster, through the void and then get decent purchase on what looks like breaze block behind it.
I have some longer screws but the heads are too big to fit into the curtain pole mounts properly.
Something like this?
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I had this not long ago holes not as large but needed something that would take a good fixing. I opted for the below, it's gunable, drillable and sets rock hard. Will use approach again.
Yes Matty - something like that but its not what I would do as plaster does not stick well to wood so you are likely to get cracking ( filler sticks a bit better). Id just get some longer screws that fit
Thanks, yeah I nipped out and bought a tub of https://www.screwfix.com/p/ronseal-big-hole-ready-mixed-wall-filler-grey-1-2ltr/95289?kpid=95289&cm_mmc=Google-_-TOKEN1-_-TOKEN2&ds_rl=1245250>
That I was planning on using in the yellow part of my 'diagram'.
as well as a screw to hold that wood I'd use a good squirt of construction adhesive. it won't be going anywhere