🏠 DIY How to Repair Drywall and Fix a small Hole in a Plaster Wall

How to fix a small hole in a plaster wall that was made by a doorknob. This is a simple DIY plasterboard wall repair, and you only need a few inexpensive tools to fix the wall.
This is a simple DIY wall repair anyone can do, and is a super easy to do for a home handyman with minimum tools. Once you've finished your wall repair and painted over it, you will have a hard time seeing where the repair was.

Tools Needed for your Drywall Hole Repair
A Scrap piece of plasterboard (drywall), a Plaster spreader knife, two short pieces of timber, a few plasterboard screws, an Electric screwdriver (or hand screwdriver), a sanding block and some sand paper, a Pencil and some premixed plaster filler, some paint and brushes to cover the finished repair.

The door stop I added at the end of the video, is to prevent the damage from recurring in the plasterboard.
Its simply cheap insurance to prevent further doorknob hole damage, and anyone can fit them.

▶ How to fix a small hole in drywall - Direct Video Chapters Below
00:00 - Introduction to the small hole that needs to be repaired in the wall
00:38 - Measuring the drywall patch
01:10 - Tools needed to fix the drywall hole
02:05 - Measuring the drywall patch, and cutting the plaster hole to size
03:35 - Putting timber strips into position to mount the drywall patch onto
04:41 - Placing the drywall patch into position
05:50 - Applying Spakfilla
07:20 - Sanding down the wall repair
07:54 - Applying a skim over the sanded area
08:39 - Sanding down for the last time
09:00 - Surface is now ready for painting
09:07 - The finished drywall repair plasterboard hole repair