Advice on repairing a hole in a lath and plaster ceiling

determined_new_ms

Hi can someone offer some advice on how to repair a hole in a ceiling. It's a bit awkward as the bit of ceiling is on a curve (1930s house). Hole is about 1" wide and about 2-2.5" long, but in a kind of diamond shape. I've looked online but can't see anything that is a good tutorial. It's at the side of a sloped bit of wall/ceiling around a storage space.

Any advice/guidance would be very much appreciated!

FreeBear

Get yourself a bag of EasyFill. Mixing up small quantities at a time, fill the hole in layers. It may help to brush some dilute PVA on the edges of the old plaster first. Failing that, give the area a good soak (not dripping wet) so that the plaster doesn't suck all the moisture out of the filler.

ThisIsWeird

determined_new_ms said:

Hi can someone offer some advice on how to repair a hole in a ceiling. It's a bit awkward as the bit of ceiling is on a curve (1930s house). Hole is about 1" wide and about 2-2.5" long, but in a kind of diamond shape. I've looked online but can't see anything that is a good tutorial. It's at the side of a sloped bit of wall/ceiling around a storage space.

Any advice/guidance would be very much appreciated!

What caused it? A one-off incident? If so, FreeBear's guide is good.
If it's all loose and threatening to fall off, then nope.

Hermann

Consider cutting the hole bigger so that you have supporting timber exposed.
Use a piece of plasterboard to fill the gap, chose a thickness that to suit so that it is not proud of surrounding area.
Curves can be accommodated by scoring the back of the plasterboard with a series of straight lines that don't penetrate all the way through and then the board can be curved to match whilst maintaining a complete surface on the outside face.
This is securely fixed to the timbers you exposed.
Then finish by filling on top of the plasterboard to the level required using something like EasyFill or a ready mixed repair plaster. You should only have a thin layer to apply if you chose the correct thickness plasterboard.

Murmansk

Given the size of the hole and the fact it's on a curve and diamond shaped I don't think a piece of plasterboard will be necessary