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    Ratchet Spanner Posts: 36, Reputation: 4
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    Feb 28, 2015, 07:00 PM
    Repair wet drywall
    Had rain blow in through open roof (missed weather report) Water runs out from the baseboards in a bedroom. Can I dry the drywall by putting holes in top n bottom of area between studs and air them out? Or should I just pull the drywall down and start over? After the roof is fixed of course. Thanks in advance
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    Feb 28, 2015, 07:16 PM
    Pull the bad out and replace. By the time you try and dry the inside, the drywall will have deteriorated and mold will set in.
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    Mar 1, 2015, 12:22 PM
    Agree, you can't expect to dry it out enough to not have problems. Drywall is cheap and easy to work with as you are about to find out.
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    Mar 2, 2015, 09:42 AM
    I agree with both advices above...

    Best way of dealing with it is to cut the wet area out, leave the wall open for a week or two with fan blowing room temperature air on to the wet area ( no heated air ) , spray inside the wall with anti-fungus spray - and then install new drywall and baseboard.

    It may be time consuming to do but 90% of that time is just waiting around

    Milo
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    Mar 2, 2015, 09:26 PM
    Thanks for the info. This time I'll do it the right way.
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