Plaster fell off the ceiling

[geordief]

I have a roughly 4.5 foot by 1.5 foot area of lath and plaster that fell off an edge of my ceiling.Can I patch it ?

It is not very strong but one length does meet/follow the wall,which should make it that bit more manageble.

 

[Wayners]

Got any Y shaped cracked in ceiling? That's a bad sign.
Ceiling needs overboarding and skim.
Hire board lifter for a week and plasterboard over with 50mm drywall screws.
I don't recommend patching.

To patch brush some Sbr around edges and blob sone plaster around to firm up before more falls.
Cut plasterboard to fit and fix
Bonding and skim.
I wouldn't though.

Although you can do this.

 

[geordief]

Got any Y shaped cracked in ceiling? That's a bad sign.
Ceiling needs overboarding and skim.
Hire board lifter for a week and plasterboard over with 50mm drywall screws.
I don't recommend patching.

To patch brush some Sbr around edges and blob sone plaster around to firm up before more falls.
Cut plasterboard to fit and fix
Bonding and skim.
I wouldn't though.

Although you can do this.

Thanks.Would it be safe in the short term to just paint over the area with thick paint like artec(think that is what t it is called)?

I don't fancy taking up the carpet and floorboards just now.

Even some thin polystyrene sheet ? (that woud be a fire hazard but realistically that wouldn't concern me for a short time and for a small area)

I did an even smaller area elsewhere in the past by repairing the battens and applying plaster.(there had been a leak in the roof)

It was a pain in the arse and but I got it done.

 

[Alec_t]

Look like water staining around the edge of that hole. Have you had a water leak above, and has it been fixed?

 

[geordief]

Look like water staining around the edge of that hole. Have you had a water leak above, and has it been fixed?

You are right .It is worst at the wall's edge. Avery long term thing I think and the moisture levels in some of the battens ,whilst very low are not zero. (at the wall they are destroyed at the end )

Some years ago the water radiators that ran off the boiler were disconnected ( the main piping near the boiler burst and were not replaced) .

So I discount any recent leakage as being from that source since the radiators drained .even though they ae still in situ.

There is a window ledge directly above the damage (in the bedroom above) and that is my next job -To inspect the sill and close any gaps in the rendering (this is a very thick stone house.)

To get the whole ceiling done will be pretty expensive and disruptive (probably cannot afford it)

. I have it in mind (once I have sorted the leak source) of trying to repair the bad /missing battens and putting some kind of a finish on which is as flush as possible (I am no perfectionist)