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Plastering & Rendering

Accidentally broke the plasterboard near a window’s corner. How to fix ?

Anonymous user 15/03/2024 - 2.47 PM

Hi, I live in a recent built (7-8) years old house. Walls are hollow and real poor quality. The plasterboards used by the builder (Bellway) are very thin and cheap. I was trying to put a tiny nail through an upper corner of the plasterboard right next to a window (L shaped intersection with one side facing the floor and the other facing a wall and adjacent to the UPVC window frame). The plasterboard cracked as if it was a flimsy cardboard. There are multiple cracks now and the damage is approximately as large as an adult male hand but in the corner. I am not good at DIY so didn’t attempt a repair....especially since this was a corner right next to the window frame. I have the following questions... 1. Is it an inexpensive and easy repair? 2. Could it be possibly covered by the NHBC warranty? 3. I have accidental damage policy, is the job expensive enough to make a claim (and hence increased premiums) worth or it will be cheaper to pay for it out of pocket? Indeed thanks! Rohan

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3 Answers

Astral Carpentry

Rating: 5 out of 5

Stone

1 Yes 2 No 3 Definitely cheaper to pay for yourself. It’s hard to say without seeing it but it could be as simple as a filling with easifil/ poly filler. Worst case is the damage needs to be cut out and a new piece of board bonded in. Either way is not expensive or time consuming.

Answered7 May 2019

Smales Builders

Rating: 4.9 out of 5

Weston Super Mare

It could be simple yes. But if you want a definitive quote, it needs to be looked at first. Yes, cut the area away, install new section...screwing to timbers and board adhesive as in dot and dab adhesive to stick to wall and board. Joints to be scrim taped before...let dry, pva...let dry...plaster...whole section unless easier to feather back onto existing . Simple, solid, proper...time consuming ? Yes , it is, especially it seems; when the area is small.

Answered31 May 2019

Anonymous user

Yes it's an easy job if your capable, too small to try and claim for and wouldn't cost a bomb in materials, and depends what tools you have to hand, me personally if it's a coin size hole bang some expanding foam in it, let it go off cut if back flush or slightly below plasterboard, sand it back, prime it and fill it with poly filler. Any bigger I would get a 4 inch hole saw and a drill and cut a circle hole around the hole in the wall and throw it away, get a new peice of plasterboard the same thickness as existing, cut another 4 inch hole out of that to make yourself a circle peice of plasterboard, stick a batten through your hole over the centre ofthe opening and secure. Rip the cardboard backing off your circle peice of plasterboard you have so it will sit slightly back from the surface when you secure it to the batten, screw it in, little bit of expanding foam round the edge of it and fill over the top. Sorry for the essay but that is the 'proper' way of doing it, it sounds a lot longer than it actually takes.

Answered2 June 2019