Filling up serving hole in plasterboard wall

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I'm about to move into my first house and there's a large (1m x 1m) hole in the non-load bearing plasterboard wall between the kitchen and lounge. It's well finished, has a border around the edges and a ledge on the bottom of the hole.

Does anyone know how I would go about fixing this hole up?.. the original owner 'added' it :mad: and we'd like it filled up as if it was never removed.

Any advice would be appreciated, i've searched google and can't find anything appropriate.

BobProperty

I'd probably put a couple of pieces of timber in to give some support to a piece of plasterboard, then just cut a piece of plasterboard to fill the hole. Have a search round starting from here http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/REPAIRING_LATH_AND_PLASTER.htm

shockingmoment

its a fairly straight forward job, but you will need a plasterer to skim....

remove the trims and wall wall paper from around the opening. using 3" x 2" timber, line the inside of the opening. then, again using 3by2, fit 2 vertical 'struts' spaced equally apart in the opening. then, using 3by2, fit a horizontal noggin between the vertical struts and the vertical sides.
mark the centrelines of the timbers on the walls (so you know where to fix the plasterboard to the timbers)

get a couple of sheets of plasterboard. 1/2" or 3/8" thick. plaster skim is about 1/8th ", bit of maths here - cut to size (score with a utility knife then bend along the score mark - it'll snap then cut the paper to release).

you might want to fit some insulation (rockwool) to keep noise down)

fit the plaster board. screw rather than nail if you can. fixings are where you marked!

get your plasterer in! bits should cost about £20-£30. plasterer may charge for a day

kiwifruit_2

I 'filled' in the hatch hole on the dining room side of the wall a couple of years ago and left the louver doors on the kitchen side of the hatch hole - i then put in a shelf and its made a nice wee cupboard for putting all the jams, tomato sauces, salt/pepper etc so the kids can reach them easily lol....it was a load bearing wall also but easy to fit a peice of hardboard in to the gap and plaster over etc...has lasted this long (touch wood lol) and you cant even see where its been....not bad for a woman huh lol

Mikeyorks

We had ours done recently as part of doing the kitchen. It's a relatively easy DIY job otherwise (post #3 more than covers the detail) - apart from the skimming, if you're wanting the final finish to look as though the hole was never there?

So, if you need a plasterer to do the skim - get them to also fit the timber /plasterboard. They'll do that part in 30 mins - and crucially get the plasterboard at the right depth for the skim.

You could take the existing architrave ('border?') off and remove the ledge if you want to cut down a bit of the work.