Bathroom leak through lounge ceiling - pictures

[munroar]

Hi,

I've been reading some of the other posts ref upstairs --> downstairs leaks and they have put my mind at ease (to a certain degree).

Looking at buying a house that's had such a leak, I've got a few photos that will hopefully explain the situation, one is of the upstairs bathroom floor and two of the ceiling below. Getting the entire ceiling plastered/painted wouldn't be as a disaster (not keen on the current artex).

Intend to get a building survey done rather than a homebuyers report (should we get an offer accepted), but any opinions and ballpark figures re cost would be greatly appreciated.

Under the lino in the bathroom..
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Lounge Leak 1

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Lounge Leak 2
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[^woody^]

£2.5k which includes £1250 for the asbestos removal

 

[kingandy2nd]

You will need to give the dimensions of the rooms in order to get a ball park figure.

The affected plasterboard will need to be replaced then skimmed. Because of the artex you will need either to tear down the whole ceiling and replace the pb before skimming, or have a bonding coat then skim.

You'd be better off having this thread moved to the plastering section.

 

[munroar]

Thank you for the quick replies.

I posted in this section to gauge opinion as to further damage beyond the plastering/artex removal required.

The house was built in 1998 so I will confirm but imagine asbestos hasn't been used in the building process?

The dimensions are 4.75m by 4.08m

Thanks again for the responses!

 

[kingandy2nd]

You won't get much else in the way of building advise tbh as nothing is visible.

At a punt it looks like a minor leak as otherwise the ceiling would have come down.

250 quid to sort the ceiling, give or take 50. Another 50 to replace the chipboard upstairs if there's nothing to stop a straight forward swap.

Just make sure you fix whatever was leaking and let everything dry out before completing any work.