How Do You Drywall Repair A Hole From Door Handle?
So your teenager keeps crashing through the door, banging it against the wall behind, making a dent or a hole. There are both ways to prevent this (without making your teenager leave home) and easy ways to repair the drywall damage. The easy way to prevent this from happening is to install a door stop. One type of door stop screws into the baseboard behind the door and it is very easy to install. The other type mounts on the door hinge. To install this type, the door needs to be taken off the hinges. If there is a dent or hole from the door handle hitting the wall, the no-mess, easy way to fix it is with a door knob guard. These are small paintable plastic guards that are mounted on the wall where the knob hits. Generally they are affixed with 2-sided tape and take about 30 seconds to mount. If there is a fairly shallow dent instead of a hole, you should be able to spackle it. When the spackle is dry, sand it flush. A sanding pad works better than sandpaper. If the dent is large or the
