#1

is my ceiling likely to collapse on top of me y/n

#2

Is tiramisuā€™s ceiling gonna fall in? [poll public=true]

  • Yes
  • No
    [/poll]
#3

Condensation on the paint

#4

Maybe water leakage from above?

#5

i reckon my ceilings bound to cave in at one point from all my stuff. iā€™ll let you know when it happens if i have any tips

#7

substisance

#8

It means you should have taken the other flat

#9

You need to paint it again.

#10

It means silence will fall.

#11

Dinosaurs are coming,
HIDE UNDER THE BED

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#12

That happened in my student house. Then one day my friend THE Ben Lewis, lost at Super Smash Bros., propelled the controller into the bedroom floor causing a huge chuck of plaster to descend into the living room.

Luckily we were all upstairs playing Super Smash Bros.
insert Pikachu gif here

#14

ā€¦ and she was never heard from again

#15

Elephant moved in upstairs.

#16

Couple of questions:

  1. How long ago did they start appearing?
  2. How fast are they moving?
  3. How wide and how deep are the cracks?
  4. Was the ceiling recently re-plastered/skimmed?
  5. Whatā€™s in the room above?
  6. Has there been a recent change in weather, temperature or humidity?
#17

thanks for the helpful response marckee, the rest of yous can get tae fuck

  1. few days ago. i only moved in a few days before that and i think it had been recently painted or possibly plastered
  2. when it started they literally were appearing in front of my eyes in a matter of seconds, loads of them (i thought i was going insane and hallucinating at first). since then there donā€™t seem to be many new ones though
  3. just thin hairline cracks, but very very long
  4. possibly, not sure because my landlord is uncommunicative (when i emailed him about it he just responded ā€œdonā€™t worry about the ceiling issueā€ which is exceptionally comforting)
  5. iā€™m on the top floor of a block of flats. thereā€™s a locked door one floor up which i assume leads to some sorta loft space
  6. not really, itā€™s been pretty consistently hot since iā€™ve been here

further info: this happened shortly after i had enthusiastically smashed a mosquito on the ceiling, not sure if the impact of that could have set it off

#18

I would have classed this as important first-post info, btw.

#19

If itā€™s been recently repainted or replastered, and theyā€™re only hairline cracks, then theyā€™re almost certainly just where itā€™s drying out and maybe a little settlement.

I think it should be fine, however, if you see tide marks from water or hear water in your light fitting, I would be worried, as that would indicate that a water tank or pipe in the loft might be leaking.

Structurally, Iā€™d be more worried about cracks in the wall, not the ceiling.

#20

Pretty sure I heard my place sink a bit recently. Abnormally loud creak / boom with a few cracks appearing inside and on the outside stairs. Also 2 cupboard doors in the kitchen shifted out of line and wouldnā€™t stay shut until I messed about with the hinges. Lovely stuff.

#21

:smirk:

#22

Might be a portal to the upside down