I am renting at an old property that seems to have been refurbished possibly 5-10 yrs ago. Recently the ceiling in my second bedroom came down, but there is a history.
The room had damp smell two years ago and water leaking from the ceiling light. The landlord came in with his plumber and said the bathroom from the upstairs was leaking, so he had the tiles fixed. Then he just repainted the ceiling with emulsion. Doesn't sound right does it?
Then again, this year I got discoloured patches, stains and damp smell with water dripping occasionally. After telling the landlord it must be the bathroom from upstairs again, he eventually brought a roofing builder to repair the roof.
Apparently this coincided with leaks to the flat upstairs. He insisted the roof was leaking and had caused the problem, but I believe he made this assumption on his own. I later understood that no qualified person had inspected my ceiling.
The ceiling returned to the same state a couple of months later and just as I was about to call the landlord in again it came down one evening. The landlord brought the roofing builder in who said it was a "bad job" with double plasterboard under old laths which made it very heavy. He said the fall is due to a leak relating to the plumping upstairs. Next day he came in and removed all the ceiling and rotten parts, and placed supporting planks on the main beams.
I am concerned about safety as I have no independent opinion and all the information comes from his people. I tried to get the EH to come in and have a look, but they said they won't get involved as the landlord is looking after the problem! Even though I explained the entire history of the cause.
I would like a second opinion if possible from the following pictures. The first one is after it fell off and the next ones are after it was removed. The beams extend to the rest of the house, is this safe?
I have more images if it helps, thanks
The room had damp smell two years ago and water leaking from the ceiling light. The landlord came in with his plumber and said the bathroom from the upstairs was leaking, so he had the tiles fixed. Then he just repainted the ceiling with emulsion. Doesn't sound right does it?
Then again, this year I got discoloured patches, stains and damp smell with water dripping occasionally. After telling the landlord it must be the bathroom from upstairs again, he eventually brought a roofing builder to repair the roof.
Apparently this coincided with leaks to the flat upstairs. He insisted the roof was leaking and had caused the problem, but I believe he made this assumption on his own. I later understood that no qualified person had inspected my ceiling.
The ceiling returned to the same state a couple of months later and just as I was about to call the landlord in again it came down one evening. The landlord brought the roofing builder in who said it was a "bad job" with double plasterboard under old laths which made it very heavy. He said the fall is due to a leak relating to the plumping upstairs. Next day he came in and removed all the ceiling and rotten parts, and placed supporting planks on the main beams.
I am concerned about safety as I have no independent opinion and all the information comes from his people. I tried to get the EH to come in and have a look, but they said they won't get involved as the landlord is looking after the problem! Even though I explained the entire history of the cause.
I would like a second opinion if possible from the following pictures. The first one is after it fell off and the next ones are after it was removed. The beams extend to the rest of the house, is this safe?
I have more images if it helps, thanks
Mind you they only paid 5/- a week 
