The drywall guy installed drywall around a washer box and a gas box that is recessed into the wall.
The edges around the recessed boxes are not straight.
How does one go about fixing this so it looks nice?
Best Answer
Not the best workmanship I've ever seen, but most washer boxes like those have a trim piece with a flange that covers the drywall about an inch or so. Your drywaller probably knew this and didn't work hard to do neat work in an area he knew was going to get covered by by a trim piece. Assuming that's the case, this is no big deal.
It looks like all that is seperating the drywall from the tile is a bead of caulking. To fix this, I would first remove all of the existing caulking. Then I would cut out the area of the affected drywall and patch in a new piece, using the factory taped edge as the end that butts up against the tile. Tape, mud and sand the new section and paint to match. Once finished, install a new bead of caulking along the entire length and it should look like new!
I wouldn't start cutting out chunks of drywall to fix a small area like that.
Take off the wall plate and remove any loose or crumbling drywall. Apply a piece of fiberglass tape over the area, mud, sand and repeat as necessary to get a blended finish. Then prime and paint to match.
The fiberglass tape is nice for repairs like this because you can stick it to the wall and then mud on top of, unlike paper tape which you need to apply on top of mud. I've fixed a bunch of similar defects like this and several years later there are no cracks and they look great.
Best Answer
Not the best workmanship I've ever seen, but most washer boxes like those have a trim piece with a flange that covers the drywall about an inch or so. Your drywaller probably knew this and didn't work hard to do neat work in an area he knew was going to get covered by by a trim piece. Assuming that's the case, this is no big deal.