Historical repair of bedroom ceiling because of foot through ceiling

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  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 13,989 Forumite
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    What's done is done, so unless you want to try and pursue the surveyor for being negligent, it's best to focus on whether or not (and how) to fix the problems. As others have said, that ceiling is easily fixed but as it's cosmetic and you have a new house with what sound like some more pressing problems, it's perhaps one to leave for another time.
  • Bexgrossman
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    Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »
    What's done is done, so unless you want to try and pursue the surveyor for being negligent, it's best to focus on whether or not (and how) to fix the problems. As others have said, that ceiling is easily fixed but as it's cosmetic and you have a new house with what sound like some more pressing problems, it's perhaps one to leave for another time.

    Yeah I am going to, on all accounts
  • shortcrust
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    Bexgrossman wrote: »
    His cosmetic comments on the survey include the fence at the back of the house is corroded (yeah there a bit of rust, as expected, everything works fine), the garden will need landscaping, comments about when the house was decorated and the state of the bathroom/kitchen etc.

    So why did he make comment to the above, they all seem like personal preferences. So I would rather he did look at the integrity of ceilings rather than the few trees need planting in the back garden. Back garden was completely overhauled within the past 2 years, so I don’t know what he’s talking about. How does a full structural survey differ from the cheaper ones.

    It's nothing to do with the integrity of the ceilings... because it's cosmetic.

    I feel we're going round in circles.
  • Bexgrossman
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    shortcrust wrote: »
    It's nothing to do with the integrity of the ceilings... because it's cosmetic.

    I feel we're going round in circles.

    I think you misunderstood. I replied to your comment ‘ The surveyor’s job is to look at the structure of the property, not the aesthetics’ and therefore I think a sagging ceiling is structure when compared to other he garden fence needs new fixtures. Does that make sense?


    Going forward I need to know what signs I need to look for to know when it needs repairing. I’m sure people can appreciate that a sagging ceiling, plus gravity, sounds like it will fall down. Obviously skilled DIYs on this forum they can help me learn.
  • FreeBear
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    Bexgrossman wrote: »
    Going forward I need to know what signs I need to look for to know when it needs repairing. I’m sure people can appreciate that a sagging ceiling, plus gravity, sounds like it will fall down.

    A lath & plaster ceiling that has severely cracked is at risk of falling down. A sagging plasterboard ceiling isn't likely to come crashing down. How to tell the difference ?
    Have a look under the insulation in the loft, and if it is lath & plaster, you'll see something like this -
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  • Bexgrossman
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    Thanks. I'll get a (bigger) ladder so I can get in the loft.
  • frugalmacdugal
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    Hi,


    Bexgrossman wrote: »
    Thanks. I'll get a (bigger) ladder so I can get in the loft.


    careful you don't put a foot through the ceiling. ;)
  • Mistral001
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    This is something a surveyor could miss easily, or would see but not regard as significant enough to report on other than to take it into account when reporting or decorative condition of the house in general.

    PS it looks like an old hatch that has been closed up as others have said.
  • missile
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    If I were the surveyor, I would not have commented on what is almost certainly a DIY repair. Fit for purpose, but unsightly.
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  • GDB2222
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    I did put a hole through the ceiling of our living room. The hole was far smaller than that repair. It was fixed, by a plasterer, so well that there's nothing to see.

    Your repair is far too large for just a foot hole. Maybe an old loft hatch, a water leak, or the ceiling had to be cut back to the joists in order to fix it. Who knows until you go and have a look?
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