It never rains but it pours

[jayc89]

Put this weekend aside to make a start on insulating and making the house wind/airtight. Started by cutting back some of the ceiling to access the joist ends to seal around them (in lime) and discovered the ceiling was wet. Bath in the bathroom directly above has a leak

 

Luckily the bath just needed resealing but that was a task I wasn't expecting to do today.

 

It's probably quite a good (?) advert for lime plaster. The lathe was sopping wet but you couldn't tell at all from looking up at the ceiling, I suspect it would have probably dried out quite well on its own. Whereas I suspect gypsum would have stained within a couple of days of the leak. 

[ProDave]

You were lucky the ceiling stayed up.

[saveasteading]

On the positive side. Problem seen and sorted rather than built in. A good day.

[jayc89]

20 minutes ago, ProDave said:

You were lucky the ceiling stayed up.

 

The plaster around the lathes was around 25mm thick, it was rock solid and so no signs of water damage. I have no idea how long it's been up for, but it took some budging.

 

They don't make 'em like the used to!