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Not really DIY but thought this would be a good place to ask.

The plaster from our ceiling has now split and is coming away. It is almost certainly the result of two boiler leaks (May and July) plus the hot weather.

We don't have any recommendations for near us (Borehamwood/Herts) so was going to use MyBuilder.com . Possibly also get our dinning room and hall artex(sp?) covered at the same time.

My questions are these:
1. is there anything else I / the repairman should be checking for? Rot to the beams (seems unlikely)?
2. any general suggestions for how to use MyBuilder.com? Things to avoid, be weary of etc?
3. in the interim is there any harm in duct taping the crack from a safety POV? (have a toddler who sometimes goes in there.
Cheers.

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Airhead in reply to @hugo7

Probably easier and more effective to get some penny washers and plasterboard screws. Screw the board back to the joist. It's sometimes enough to do that and recess the penny washers slightly then fill/decorate.

You have to judge whether it would work based on the condition of the plasterboard.

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