The present disclosure is directed towards a kit for approximating texture of a building surface (e.g., a wall or ceiling). The kit can include a repair compound, a texture holding material, and optionally one or material to textured more pressing and shaping tools. The texture holding compound can be used to create a mold or stamp of surface texture in a non-damaged area of the building surface needing repair. The texture mold can be used to impart consistent surface texture to the repair compound as it dries, allowing a repaired area to at least approximate the texture of the area of the building surface surrounding the repaired area. The tool, if provided, can include a planar surface that can be used to conform the texture holding material to the surface texture, maintain contact between the texture mold and the repair compound to impart the mimicked texture, or both.

A magnetic fastener and wall covering system include at least one wall panel having a front facing surface, a metallic rear facing surface and a side surface forming any number of different shapes. A plurality of wall fasteners and wall anchors are provided to penetrate and engage a wall. A plurality of magnetic washers are provided having a central aperture for receiving one of the plurality of wall fasteners, and for attracting to the metallic rear surface of the wall panel. The system also includes one or more wall strips having a magnetic top surface and an adhesive back surface.

A repair plaster powder for repairing drywall. The repair plaster powder includes gypsum plaster and crystalline silica. The repair plaster powder also includes calcium carbonate and calcium hydroxide.

A drywall brace and system or method for using the same can include a body including a length L, a width W, and a thickness T. The body can include a first surface defined by a first plane comprising the length L and width W, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first end sharpened to a point adapted to form an opening through drywall. A mounting aperture can be formed completely through a central portion of the body and be sized to receive a threaded bolt for mounting a device. A first portion and second portion of flexible line can be coupled within 3 centimeters (cm) of the mounting aperture. An adhesive can be coupled to the first surface of the body and covered with a removable adhesive protective layer. A cleaning pad can be coupled to the second surface of the body.

A wall repair tool includes a cutter rotatable about a cutter axis and having a cutter body with a cutting surface. The cutter body has a central section and a pair of end sections disposed on opposite sides of the central section. The cutting surface has a first cutting texture in the central section and a second cutting texture different than the first cutting texture in the end sections.

A system for fixing an opening within a structure includes a planar front member including an opening, a rear member including first and second outer portions and a central portion connected at a pivot point. The first and second outer portions include first and second hooks, respectively, adjacent to the pivot point. A spring extends between the first and second hooks. The first and second outer portions includes first and second elongated slots and the central portion includes a slot. The system further includes a handle including a body, and the body of the handle is threaded through the first and second elongated slots and the slot of the rear member and the opening of the front member.

As may be implemented in accordance with one or more aspects characterized herein, a wall patch is adhered to a wall surface having a damaged region. The wall patch has a base layer and a plurality of layers of transparent material stacked on the base layer, with the base layer being visible through the transparent material and therein aligned around the damaged region. A surface coating is applied to an area of the wall surface around the wall patch and to the wall patch, after which a top removable layer of the wall patch is removed to expose a top surface of an underlying one of the layers. A further coating is applied to the exposed top surface of the underlying layer, and to the area of the wall surface around the wall patch.

A drywall repair apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a plastic puck that is dimensioned to fill a hole in damaged drywall. The apparatus is anchored inside the wall. The apparatus may have an integrated plastic puck mounted on a plastic plank. The device mounts inside the wall and the puck fills the ½″ deep void, leaving only 1/16″ to be filled with joint compound. There is no time-consuming multiple layering required. There is no need for broad feathering to hide the repair and the repair is as solid as the original wall before damage.

A hole patch system having a front portion including an adhesive rear face and a closed cell foam backer attached to the rear face of the front portion. The foam backer can be inserted into a hole and secured in place via the front portion which adheres to the surface of the structure surrounding the hole. A primary purpose is to fill abandoned wall boxes, such that the foam backer is preformed to fit the standard shape and size of wall boxes. However, holes of any shape or size could be filled using variations of the present invention.

A wall repair system includes a balloon that can be inflated within a wall space behind a hole in the wall. The balloon itself, or a backer board attached to the balloon, can provide a surface for placement or build-up of wall repair compound so that the repaired wall has substantially the same thickness of the original wall and so that no tape or patch needs to be placed on top of the wall along any location surrounding the hole. The backer board can have one or more threaded holes therethrough where a threaded rod can be inserted into the threaded holes to contact a wall surface opposite the hole, causing the backer board to stay in place against the back side of the wall having the hole therein, thus blocking all or a part of the hole.