Patching and Plastering - Repairing hole from leak in ceiling

Hi:

There is leak damage in my bathroom ceiling from the condo above. We put a hole in the ceiling during the leak to let the water drain (about half an inch wide). There are some minor cracks in the ceiling and veining over an area of about 16 inches in diameter from the hole.

My questions are:

1. How can I repair this?
2. How much would people guesstimate that hiring a contractor to repair this would cost?

Thanks in advance!

You can tape and repair the hole and cracks [providing the rock is still solid] with drywall tape and joint compound. Mud and sand as needed. texture if necesarry.

Wages vary greatly in different locations also a lot will depend on who's doing the work. A professional drywall finisher will likely charge more than a handyman. Whoever does the work will likely charge for travel time [minimum 2 trips] If he is working next door the price would be considerably lower than if the he has to come from across town.

I do whole complete drywall services as well as other home improvement jobs as well if you were local for me you're looking at like a $100 that is provided, all it takes is some mud & tape. But the sounds of the situation lead me to think there may need to be some board replaced, insulation also probably so that would blow that number completely out of the water. So as a questimate, hiring these repairs done would run between $100 to $500 depending upon the scope of the work performed and the skill of the workman. IOW, you get what you pay for.

If the rock is still solid and not mushy, skim it with some mud, run tape over the cracks, let dry, then sand & repeat, at least twice and you may have a decent looking repair if you have some skill with a knife. HTH

before you have any of this done was the original leak fixed?

I just filled in two one-inch holes in my kitchen ceiling. Drywall compound (mud) was too runny to overcome gravity, so I used Poly-Filla (spackle?). I mixed a very thick paste, using only enough water to make the powder workable. Then I pushed it into the holes, smoothed the surface and let it dry for 24 hours. Sanded today. The only hard part was sanding overhead.

I just filled in two one-inch holes in my kitchen ceiling. Drywall compound (mud) was too runny to overcome gravity, so I used Poly-Filla (spackle?). I


The correct way to repair this would have been to use drywall tape with joint compound and not try to fill the hole. Hope your repair works and doesn't crack.