Water leak - best way to save ceiling?

longwalks1

We had a water leak earlier in the kitchen, from above a poor connection under the bath. Long story short pulled kitchen ceiling down to locate so that will need re-doing (it was old and artexed anyway, so its an excuse to get rid of it)

We recently had the lounge plastered and decorated, and you can see the plasterboard joins are wet from where the excess water has run, a few drips did come through the light fittings.

Obviously you cna see down where the water ran from the kitchen to above the lounge as the kitchen ceiling is now down, whats the best way to (hopefully) save the newly plastered lounge ceiling?

Would a dehumidifier up in kitchen ceiling dry out the water thats possibly still above the lounge? Or maximum heat in lounge, radiators on full and couple of oil radiators in middle of the room?

Please help save my new lounge ceiling

Ruski

Let it dry out of it's own accord, give it 4 weeks to be safe then stain block and repaint...

All assuming your plumbing fix holds water

HTH

Russ

AndyMc.....

Don!!!8217;t put the heating on.

longwalks1

Thanks guys

Andy Mc, why not? (genuine question, not being picky)

I just assumed the warmer it got, the quicker it would dry out? And less chance of damage due to shorter time being wet? (I bet I'm completely wrong)