Foot through the ceiling: now what?

Voyager2002

So I've had the classic accident: went up in the loft and managed to put my foot through the ceiling into the bathroom below. What kind of tradesperson do I need: builder, plasterer? And it is usually sensible to claim for this kind of thing against insurance? (I have a six-year no claims bonus, which presumably is worth something. And I am terrified at having my renewal declined or offered on special conditions.)

keystone

L&P ceiling or plasterboard? Not a major probloem to fix.

Leave your insurance out of it IMO.

Cheers

Voyager2002

Thanks Keystone.

I don't know the difference between L&P and Plasterboard, but in any case, who should I be calling?

keystone

Lath and plaster. Did your foot go through strips of timber with solid plaster oozing up through them or through a plasterboard sheet?

A plasterer or a handyman but its DIYable.

Cheers

McKneff

Did yu get it on video, it will pay for the job and then some:D

T_T_2

It's a pain in the backside but a relative simple job that won't cost a lot if you get a jobber in. Don't feel embarrassed, plenty of seasoned 'professionals' have went a little astray of a crawl board and found themselves taking the express route into the bathroom below.

Gloomendoom

You could do what I did when somebody (not me) did the same thing just before a viewing when we had our house on the market. I went to B&Q and bought the biggest smoke detector I could find, then screwed it onto the ceiling covering the hole.

T_T_2

Gloomendoom wrote: »

You could do what I did when somebody (not me) did the same thing just before a viewing when we had our house on the market. I went to B&Q and bought the biggest smoke detector I could find, then screwed it onto the ceiling covering the hole.

What a hilarious approach to ceiling repair! Do you think I could use the same technique to cover up an old cat flap?

pwllbwdr

You have cat flaps in the ceiling??

Voyager2002

Thanks all!