Home Improvement Training - How to Patch Cracked Drywall | Ask This Old House

In this video, when a homeowner’s laundry room relocation left him with perpetual drywall cracking, he called the team at Ask This Old House for help. Paint expert Mauro Henrique knew just what to do to patch the wall once and for all. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse. When a homeowner decided to move his laundry room upstairs to make handling his children’s laundry easier, his plumber had to cut open the walls to make the pipe connections. While the drywall was repaired after the project, the homeowner has been dealing with cracking seams ever since. When he finally had enough patching and painting on his own, he called the team at Ask This Old House for their help, and paint expert Mauro Henrique gladly answered the call. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House Insider to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app Materials Painter’s tape [https://homedepot.sjv.io/MmdJqM] Plastic sheeting [https://homedepot.sjv.io/XYo4PG] Mesh tape [https://homedepot.sjv.io/anvyEZ] Dry patching compound [https://homedepot.sjv.io/ZQn2g1] Primer [https://homedepot.sjv.io/Mm1kZJ] Paint [https://homedepot.sjv.io/ba4Lnx] Tools Painter’s multi-tool [https://homedepot.sjv.io/21bO4O] Compound mixing pan [https://homedepot.sjv.io/LXrLbM] Margin trowel [https://homedepot.sjv.io/PynBXq] 6-inch taping knife [https://homedepot.sjv.io/LX6vML] Paint brush [https://homedepot.sjv.io/xkVB75] Paint roller [https://homedepot.sjv.io/PyJoPY] Paint tray [https://homedepot.sjv.io/OrdgxP] Drop cloth [https://homedepot.sjv.io/R5dBrX] About Ask This Old House TV: From the makers of This Old House, America’s first and most trusted home improvement show, Ask This Old House answers the steady stream of home improvement questions asked by viewers across the United States. Covering topics from landscaping to electrical to HVAC and plumbing to painting and more. Ask This Old House features the experts from This Old House, including general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Jenn Nawada, master carpenter Norm Abram, and host Kevin O’Connor. ASK This Old House helps you protect and preserve your greatest investment—your home. Follow This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG How to Patch Cracked Drywall | Ask This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/