Plasterboard repair

[glider26]

Hi, just removed an unused door bell chime ahead of repainting our hallway. What is the best way to go about repairing the plasterboard? The main hole in the pic below is approx 3cmX2cm. 12mm thick board. Cheers.
Also, silly question but why are there 3 drywall screws present under where the chime box was? Any reason not to remove and fill in?

 

[Koolpc]

Toupret is a good filler. Used it loads.

Those wires safe?

I would remove the wall plugs first. If hollow wall you could tap them in..

 

[glider26]

Toupret is a good filler. Used it loads.

Those wires safe?

I would remove the wall plugs first. If hollow wall you could tap them in..

I should have said, yes the wires are now safe, capped in terminal strip inside the wall, dedicated “door bell” circuit breaker switched off (I will even disconnect the cable from the CB).
Regarding the filling in, I was thinking of cutting a piece of plasterboard that is a bit larger than the hole, using it to mark and cut hole, inserting and screwing wooden supports behind hole, then screwing in cut piece of PB, filling sides in (with scrim tape on surface). I was even thinking of using a hole saw on both the new plasterboard bit and the wall to cut the exact same size piece. Thoughts?

 

[nero44]

I think it would be overkill. I have filled larger holes with mesh and loads of toupret, love the stuff. This seems above a door frame, so an area which will not get into contact with anything, so a repair largely can be cosmetic only. I would just pull out the plugs and fill with toupret. And for the larger one mesh+toupret, building several layers.

 

[glider26]

I think it would be overkill. I have filled larger holes with mesh and loads of toupret, love the stuff. This seems above a door frame, so an area which will not get into contact with anything, so a repair largely can be cosmetic only. I would just pull out the plugs and fill with toupret. And for the larger one mesh+toupret, building several layers.

Cheers. Mesh where? Stuck to the back of the PB (inside the wall)? It is indeed above a coat cupboard door frame, where nothing will ever come in contact with the repair.

 

[nero44]

Might be a bit of a hack, but I have stuck a scrunched up bit of mesh into such holes and coated it generously with filler, just to get it to stick somewhere. After it dried, just filled it the "normal" way. So filler, meshtape, more filler... then sand and then pain. But this really only for areas where a pure cosmetic repair is sufficient.

you could also do a california patch if you have spare plaster board. Might be a cleaner solution and also does not require to install supporting wood beams behind.

 

[glider26]

Working out pretty well so far. One more layer of filler and it should be done. Cable now routed to back of wall into cupboard to install a light there Thanks for the help.