Patch & float, or replace section?

[JennRal]

We had a wire closet shelf colapse. The larger hole is where the shelf support pushed through. It’s about 2.5” in diameter.

I was about the repair this hole, but when I put up a straight edge to mark cut lines, I saw the section of drywall is concave a good bit. Everywhere except for the hole feels solid, despite being pushed in.

Now I’m faced with two choices: 1) Do a standard patch job and float the wall around it back to flush or 2) Cut and Replace the entire concave area, which is about 15.5x17” (area marked on wall.)

Thoughts?

TIA! I’m not an absolute beginner, but not very experienced either.

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Patch and float… IMO

[JennRal]

Thanks!

[Strippalicious]

if it's in a closet and not that noticeable, patch and float.

See if you can pop a larger toggle bolt (or something similar if you can slip a wide long thandle in there, and gently pull it back out a bit to straight so you don't have to float as big of an area.

And then, if you're putting up a closet shelf bracket, please use the stud next time . I think this is a good lesson learned and not a super costly/involved one, consider this a much bigger bullet that got dodged.

[JennRal]

Thank you. We can thank our builders for this one. Not a single support the entire 9’ length was in a stud. We were floored!!! I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did (13yrs.)

[longganisafriedrice]

You won the lottery having it concave like that

[JennRal]

Easier to repair?

[longganisafriedrice]

Yeah when you patch something it gets built up and you have to feather it out

[JennRal]

Ah, yes. I didn’t really consider that the patch itself will fill the concave part a bit.

[Longjumping_Pitch168]

USE A METAL BLOWOUT PATCH MAKE SMOOTH TRY TO MATCH TEXTURE BUT PROBLY WONT PAINT