Method of creating and closing a drywall temporary access opening

摘要

A method to create a temporary access opening in a drywall of a wall structure to access the area behind the wall structure to perform a type of work and to simplify the process of closing of the temporary access opening after completion of the work. A tool to simplify the creation of the temporary access opening is securely attached to the drywall permitting the drywall to be cut. A cutting tool will be used to cut the drywall along the sides of the tool at a certain angle and that angle will allow the cutout drywall piece to be reused to close the temporary access opening without using any supporting material otherwise required to be placed behind the wall to prevent the extracted piece from falling behind the wall structure during the closing step.

主权项

1. A method of creating and closing a temporary access opening in a drywall used in a wall structure to perform a type of work behind the wall structure comprising the steps of:
providing the drywall on the wall structure; providing a tool comprising a top surface with a top enclosed perimeter, a base surface with a base enclosed perimeter, wherein said top enclosed perimeter is smaller than said base enclosed perimeter, at least one side surface between said top surface and said base surface, wherein said at least one side surface is configured to be used as a guide for a cutting tool, said at least one side surface is provided with an acute angle formed between said base surface and said at least one side surface, a handle located on said base surface; and at least one through hole going from said base surface to said to surface; providing at least one in or screw; positioning and holding said tool on the drywall by said handle such that said to surface is in direct contact with the drywall; securely attaching said tool on said drywall by driving and protruding said at least one pin or screw said at least one through hole and into said drywall; positioning said cutting tool on the acute angle and moving said cutting tool around said base enclosed perimeter and said top enclosed perimeter and in parallel with said at least one side surface through a thickness of said drywall creating said temporary access opening and producing a cutout drywall piece to perform a type of work behind the wall structure, in which said cutout drywall piece have an inner enclosed surface smaller than an outer enclosed surface, said outer enclosed surface is in direct contact with said to surface, wherein the temporary access opening have at least one inclined surface through said thickness of the drywall that matches said inner and outer enclosed surfaces of said cutout drywall piece, extracting said tool and said cutout drywall piece from said temporary access opening by pulling out said handle, while maintaining said cutout drywall piece attached to said tool; applying adhesive along a at least one side of said cutout drywall piece; closing said temporary access opening by holding said handle towards said temporary access opening and securely leveling and inserting said cutout drywall piece into said temporary access opening, wherein said at least one inclined surface of said temporary access opening prevents said cutout drywall piece from falling behind said drywall; and detaching said tool from said cutout drywall piece by removing said at least one pin or screw from said drywall and from said at least one through hole from said base surface to said top surface of said tool.