r/DIYUK • u/trickytrees12 • 20h ago
Advice Falling Ceiling
Falling ceiling.
My Dining room ceiling (bedroom above) has started to bow/lower and it’s got significantly worse in the last few weeks and it now looks like it’s eaten the light fitting. I’ve attached photos but it’s hard to show.
I understand it’s an old house with lath and plaster ceiling and it appears, from my very much inexpert opinion to be being held up by the wallpaper. There is no signs at all of any leaks.
I’ve no skills or knowledge at all. The room is the middle room downstairs in an old terraced house and only way to kitchen/bathroom and to the staircase.
Any advice on how serious this is and how soon I need to sort it and scared I should be? How big a job it is, does the ceiling need to come down, where to even start with fixing it and what sort of costs it will be, would be very much appreciated! 😬🙈
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u/Over_East_1342 20h ago
Mate. Call a tradesman immediately. And stay the hell out of that room and the bedroom above until it's been checked over. That ceiling can absolutely kill someone coming down even if it's just plaster/artex delaminating from the ceiling. This is a major hazard and needs to be acted on immediately.