Vent: my ladder kicked out mid-paint-job and now I need a new ceiling

Was painting the hallway on Saturday in Tulsa and my cheap step ladder slid sideways on the drop cloth, dumped a whole gallon of Behr on the floor, and the handle end cracked a ceiling panel on the way down. I patched it with spackle but it's got a weird hump that catches the light. Anyone else had a ladder do something dumb that ended up costing more than the paint job?

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claire_campbell5d ago

That Behr gallon probably weighed like 50 pounds when it hit... did you check the floor joists under that spot before you patched the ceiling? I had a similar thing happen with a fiberglass ladder in my old place, the leg bent and it put a dent in the drywall that never really looked right no matter how much mud I used. What kind of ladder was it, the 6 foot aluminum ones from the big box stores are notorious for that.