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