Filling a 6mm hole in a solid wall?

Cyrus

Hi, i have drilled a couple of holes in a solid wall to hang a shelf and unfortunately need to move it across an inch or 3

id rather fill the holes that are surplus to requirements, i have filled small plaster board holes with filler before but should i be using something else in a solid wall?

listermint

Solid Wall?

Any pictures ?

Cyrus

listermint wrote: »

Solid Wall?

Any pictures ?

sorry not at the moment,

when i mean solid i mean a block wall rather than a stud wall,

its the wall between me and my semi d neighbour!

Mango Joe

I usually pack tinfoil into the hole leaving only 4-5mm of an indentation and then fill with a product like polyfiller - Tesco do an exterior/interior filler in a tub that's excellent.

The reason for the tinfoil is it means you've less work feeding the filler into a deep hole and it makes a good foundation.

listermint

Cyrus wrote: »

sorry not at the moment,

when i mean solid i mean a block wall rather than a stud wall,

its the wall between me and my semi d neighbour!

Well then its no different, just use polyfilla. Your covering the plasterboard layer, not the layer behind it.

Cyrus

listermint wrote: »

Well then its no different, just use polyfilla. Your covering the plasterboard layer, not the layer behind it.

but i have drilled into the layer behind, assume that should be filled,

perhaps the suggestion of tinfoil makes most sense

listermint

Cyrus wrote: »

but i have drilled into the layer behind, assume that should be filled,

perhaps the suggestion of tinfoil makes most sense

Its a 6mm drill hole, It doesnt need to be filled. Dont worry about that, fill what you can see.

Sand , fill , sand

Mango Joe

You are vastly overthinking this operation.

This is not a structural issue - You are simply effecting a minor cosmetic repair.

It can be difficult to fill a 2-3cm deep narrow hole with a filler - you don't want to fill just the opening and leave a void behind it as it will be weak and crack if anything touches it.

- If you roll tinfoil between your fingers and pack it in with a screwdriver you then instead are left with the much easier job of filling a hole with a depth of your own choice.

Someone else might suggest a better alternative - This works well for me, is quick, simple and results have also been very durable.

dok_golf

listermint wrote: »

Its a 6mm drill hole, It doesnt need to be filled. Dont worry about that, fill what you can see.

Sand , fill , sand

Or in my case, fill, sand, fill, sand :D

listermint

dok_golf wrote: »

Or in my case, fill, sand, fill, sand :D

But I said fill what you can see... Sand fill sand.







, Burnt.

dok_golf

listermint wrote: »

But I said fill what you can see... Sand fill sand.







, Burnt.

noted! :D:D:D