Home Repair Question

• pmoney25

  

  So I am hoping some of you on here are pretty smart when it comes to home repairs. I have some work that needs done and not really sure how hard this may be . If I should do it myself or hire someone to come out and do it. Basically what happened is, our upstairs bathroom(Shower) is above the Laundry room. Apparently while taking showers, some of the water was getting behind the faucet where you turn on the water, water from the shower would splash and then ride down the wall to the ceiling below causing water stains to show. When I found this out, I put my finger on the spot below and accidently poked a hole in the ceiling. The problem is fixed now and other than this small hole and some water stains, no other damage occured. Question is, how would I go about fixing this? both the hole and the water stains. Here is a pic of the damage.
  
  
• justincredible

  

  Can't post an email attachment.
• pmoney25

  

  This is a better view on how the ceiling is in the laundry room
  
  
• pmoney25

  

  Sorry Ill fix it
• Belly35

  

  Sounds like a little patch plaster and some Bix or is it Bin Stain Primer and a coat of paint
• Apple

  

  Use Kilz Primer on the stains. If you have a plaster ceiling, you can mix up some plaster of Paris patch to fix the hole. If it's drywall, you can try some drywall mud to fill the hole, but if the area is brittle and punky, you may have to patch in a piece of drywall that will replace the entire area. Not a difficult job, but it takes time to let the drywall mud dry and then you'll need to sand the seams and nail heads which can get dusty.
• Thunder70

  

  Kilz is amazing...
  
  Make sure you put some plumbers putty behind the faucet. It will seal that up nice and tight...
• Chesapeake

  

  justincredible wrote: Can't post an email attachment.

  You were on this like John and Ponch on CHIPS as the crime happened.
  
  Blue lights were flashing and everything.
  
  Woop! Woop!
  
  *over loud speaker* Can't post an email attachment! Move along!
• justincredible

  

  ^Just letting him know why the image links were broken.
• BCSbunk

  Without seeing it it is difficult to tell you the best way to fix it. If you want it perfect then I would cut out the drywall from one stud to the next and replace the entire piece. Retape and either texture or repaint.