Repairing ceiling

newnhak

Hi

I had a new ceiling fitted a few years ago and now some of the plaster has fallen out where the nails(?) are leaving holes in the ceiling.

I am about to go and fill these but do I need to do anything special over and above just filling the hole - I am rubbish at DIY so I dont want to fill the hole only for it to fall out again!!

Thanks

K

thebaldwindowfitter

get some pva glue from diy centre mix with water as instructions paint onto nails and close surrounding area wait till it goes tacky.fill with filler leave to dry sand down flush with ceiling then paint

misgrace

Good advice there from A6 :T thats what I do when I come across poppers.

But here is another little tip, do what A6 says, but after you have filled the screw holes, and you have sanded it dowun, get a little diluted PVA and brush it on the filler, leave it to dry, and do it again.

This will give the filler a hard shell feel, so you have PVAed the holes, and also you have PVAed the dried filler, so now you can paint as normal, and they wont pop out again.:D