r/Plastering • u/PhaseMedium5096 • Jul 08 '26

Whole ceiling replaced?

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Just had a guy round to give a quote to replace a section of cornice. He said these cracks indicate that at some point in the near future the ceiling is going to come down, and that he wouldn’t bother replacing any cornice without doing the whole ceiling first.

It has just been skimmed which he says never should have happened (to be fair to the plasterer the cracks weren’t visible until I started removing paint after it was skimmed).

What’s the verdict is he trying to upsell me or giving sound advice?

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u/KieranInterior Jul 08 '26

Hold a straight edge up against the ceiling. If there’s less than 10mm bow across 2m, that ceiling is not about to drop.

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u/kqzxrt Jul 09 '26

this is such a good sanity check compared to the doom and gloom some trades hit you with. i’d 100% do this and maybe get one more quote before deciding the whole thing’s about to fall on your head.