The first step in repairing your bathroom walls and ceiling is removing the chipped spots.
Straighten existing bathroom wall.
Wainscot is a pre fabricated board that extends as high as 48 inches and eliminates the need to patch wall dings and minor holes.
Just fix timber to the side of the existng studs to plumb up the wall.
This will help to brace the stud and ensure that it remains straight during your drywall install and beyond.
This is the guiding principle of any surface level renovation with the caveat that you never want to cover anything because it needs to be replaced.
The easiest route to getting a straight vertical wall is to identify the furthest out studs and then shim out those studs that are not as far out.
At the top of the wall you want to make sure the bottom corner of your brace is sitting between the double top plates.
As you nail the cuts will close and the board will straighten.
A putty knife or paint scraper works well at removing the paint if you carefully move it along the loose.
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Lumber alongside the cuts making sure the scraps don t protrude past the edge of the stud.
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The goal is to bring the low points to the high points with shims.
A brace kicker and a handful of nails are all you need to make a crooked wall straight.
If you are dealing with slight warps or bows you have the option of using cardboard shims along the face of the wall studs.
For example there is no better way to cover up the lower portion of walls than with easy to install wainscot.
The existing studs still do their job and the new timbers are use to plumb the wall.
Cut off a piece of the 2x4 board measuring approximately 2 feet in length and attach it to the opposite side of the stud from the cut.
Wainscot simply covers it up.
And the way to to that is to set a brace and then use a kicker to move it one way or another.