| Strolling through your favorite hardware or | | | | patch material. They are available in a 4x4 |
| home improvement store can be a lesson in | | | | or 6x6 inch sizes and can be found at your |
| ingenuity and provide the average homeowner | | | | local hardware or home improvement center, |
| with a wealth of widgets, gadgets and | | | | they retail for $4.49 to $5.99 each depending |
| products that can save time, trouble and | | | | on size. These patches take a little longer |
| money on your next repair project. Many | | | | than the Insta-Back clips but the advantage |
| small inexpensive items have been developed | | | | is you do not need a piece of drywall to fill |
| to assist the homeowner in completing their | | | | the hole and they can be used on rounded |
| next project in record time. They range from | | | | surfaces.Installing a Ceiling FanAll fans are |
| small metal parts that are used to repair a | | | | installed in a similar manner and rely on the |
| hole in a wall or ceiling to painting and | | | | utilitarian ceiling box for support of the |
| electrical troubleshooting. We will examine | | | | fan during operation. Each manufacturer |
| what is available to the homeowner of today | | | | requires a fan-rated or reinforced ceiling |
| so that they can put these time saving | | | | box for their products to be installed |
| products to work and spend more time having | | | | safely. This is easer said than done! |
| fun instead of working all weekend!Repairing | | | | However there is a new product that is on the |
| DrywallThe Insta-Back clips are a clever | | | | market that promises to alleviate the |
| little metal clip that is slipped into the | | | | problems associated with this critical |
| edges of a hole in a gypsum board wall or | | | | installation step. The FAN-EZE product |
| ceiling, the repair panel is then put in | | | | installs through the existing ceiling box |
| place. Screws are used to secure the panel | | | | itself in 2 minutes or less and is installed |
| in place, the tabs are bent back and removed | | | | with common hand tools. It comes with all |
| leaving the surface ready to patch with tape | | | | the hardware right in the package and is made |
| and spackle or drywall mud. They are | | | | by EE Products Inc. This product allows the |
| inexpensive though worth many times over | | | | ceiling box to be able to carry loads that |
| their cost in time savings alone. This | | | | are above that of fan-rated ceiling boxes, |
| product is made by Construction Materials and | | | | and best of all it is consumer friendly. The |
| are found in most home improvement centers | | | | cost of this time saving product is $3.60 |
| and hardware stores for around $2.09 to $3.00 | | | | each and will allow a ceiling fan to be |
| for a package of six and come with screws | | | | installed in less than an hour from start to |
| right in the package.Wet & Set repair patch | | | | finish.AdhesivesA new product has been |
| manufactured by Hyde Tools is another hole | | | | developed and released to the general public |
| patching tool and all you need to do is to | | | | that mimics what has been available to |
| cut the patch to size and dip the patch into | | | | industry for the last 10 years with |
| a pail of warm water, let drip and apply to | | | | commercial grade adhesives. Simpson has |
| the wall. Then just let the patch dry for | | | | released an epoxy product that mixes in the |
| thirty minutes and cover with your favorite | | | | barrel as it is extruded from the nozzle. |