The ceiling plaster in my house is plastered over lathes (1930s).
There is a ~4ft long break in the plaster due to, it appears, someone before I owned my home having moved a heavy water tank in the loft which formed the crack.
This means that one section of plaster along the break hangs a few mm lower.
I was wondering if I could possibly attach some plasterboard screws with wide heads through it into the joists above, then just fill in the joint along the crack.
I tried to screw in a standard 8mm diameter plasterboard screw, though the plaster was not held by this. The screw was just going into the plaster, without supporting it.
Perhaps there is a plasterboard screw with a wide head for this situation? Thanks.
There is a ~4ft long break in the plaster due to, it appears, someone before I owned my home having moved a heavy water tank in the loft which formed the crack.
This means that one section of plaster along the break hangs a few mm lower.
I was wondering if I could possibly attach some plasterboard screws with wide heads through it into the joists above, then just fill in the joint along the crack.
I tried to screw in a standard 8mm diameter plasterboard screw, though the plaster was not held by this. The screw was just going into the plaster, without supporting it.
Perhaps there is a plasterboard screw with a wide head for this situation? Thanks.