Adventures in Homeownership
Jul. 19th, 2007 01:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarahmichelefRemember our basement drain leaking fiasco? The one that left us with destroyed drywall in the laundry room?
We've finally acquired the stuff we need to REPAIR the drywall. Since they had to cut a portion of the stud away to get to the offending drain, we made a little frame of 1x4 that will substitute for stud. M was mister doubter about my measurements, but it fits beautifully, as I knew it would. We'll anchor the frame to the existing drywall ABOVE where the repair will take place and then attach the new drywall to both the frame and the remaining stud at the top, and the frame and the corner stud at the bottom. We're going to put in a removable panel in front of the cleanout that the plumber put in so that if things get mucked up again we can get in to at least that without requiring major reconstruction afterwards.
We've finally acquired the stuff we need to REPAIR the drywall. Since they had to cut a portion of the stud away to get to the offending drain, we made a little frame of 1x4 that will substitute for stud. M was mister doubter about my measurements, but it fits beautifully, as I knew it would. We'll anchor the frame to the existing drywall ABOVE where the repair will take place and then attach the new drywall to both the frame and the remaining stud at the top, and the frame and the corner stud at the bottom. We're going to put in a removable panel in front of the cleanout that the plumber put in so that if things get mucked up again we can get in to at least that without requiring major reconstruction afterwards.
Stay tuned for more pictures as we actually put in the new drywall and then new rubber molding and paint the whole room (which is ultimately going to be TRex's playroom as well as the laundry room).
