Our home is now over a year old and for our one year, we had our drywall patched up for the areas showing signs of popped nails. Panda and I made a list of everything we noticed so when the guy came, I was able to point them all out. It took a good portion of the morning, with a break in between for the new drywall to dry. I’m always curious about how these things are done and it was totally not what I expected! Granted, I wasn’t really sure how they’d patch things up so I guess breaking off the pieces and filling them in sort of makes sense.

Here’s the damage we observed:

We were seeing some movement underneath.

Some cracks presented themselves.

A few nails popped quite clearly.

When the guy came, he quickly set out to fix up all those parts of the walls and ceiling.

He carefully laid down plastic to cover areas where he was working.

The cracks got chipped away and new drywall was put on top. The netting thing was to help things stabilize and adhere.

Smokey was not happy about the intrusion, so she went to hide in the closet.

When he left, everything was still drying.

Once dry, this is how it looked. For the most part I hardly ever notice the patches, but every now and then they become obvious. Eventually we’ll paint them!