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