Clothes airer - lath and plaster ceiling and walls

[siculster]

Two years ago, I had a clothes airer fixed to my lath and plaster ceiling by a local handyman. Unfortunately one of the pulleys has came away from the ceiling by about 1cm, so am afraid to use it again in case a chunk of the ceiling falls down. I'm fairly certain he never found a joist to screw the pulleys into and they are just attached to a stud. This clearly wasn't the best long term solution, probably because the airer is used regularly and has a fair amount of initial weight when it has a full washing machine load.

The cleat in the lath and plaster wall has came out, but I'm not surprised as it was only screwed in with rawlplugs.

Any suggestions to how I could possible get the pulleys and cleat working safely again? Perhaps some form of resin or a thick batten attached to the ceiling/wall?

Thanks

 

[foxhole]

Easy, find the joist and refit.
For the cleat find the stud and refit.

 

[bobby spray]

dunno what a 'cleat' is but I used these on my lath ceiling... no problems

http://www.screwfix.com/p/rawlplug-..._-Rawlplug Spring Toggle M5 x 50mm Pack of 20