Repairs
A Hole in the Ceiling and Damp Stains
A piece of ceiling had come down and there were damp stains under the windows. The ceiling was repaired and the walls were cleaned up and painted.
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Step by step
1. Repairing the ceiling
The loose pieces are taken down, the hole is closed with new material and the ceiling around it is filled.
2. Stains on the walls
Between the windows there were damp stains and blistered paint. These areas are scraped and filled.
3. The result
Clean white walls with no stains, and a ceiling with no trace of the damage.
Questions this job answers
A piece of plaster fell off the ceiling. What now?Keep the area underneath clear, as more plaster around it may be loose. Then find out why it fell, whether damp, a leak or rusting steel, before it is re-plastered and painted.I have a damp stain on my ceiling. Is painting over it enough?Only if the cause has stopped. The stain points to water from above (a roof, a bathroom, a pipe) or condensation. Deal with that first, then scrape anything blistered, fill, prime and paint.