Bathroom ceiling caved in

[LeeUK]

My kitchen ceiling collapsed a month ago, and the whole thing was made worse by cowboys working on it.

I finally got almost to the end of the mess, so I sympathise.

My beams looked similar to OP's my floor was trash as well, and I had my LL trying to tell me it was habitable. The floor has now been redone, ceiling fixed, I manually cleaned a lot of mess, plaster over cupboards, surfaces etc.

Cleaning up after the ceiling collapsing was a nightmare, made even worse as there was 2 ceilings up there as at some point a new one must have been put on top of the old. A year or so later some more came down and I had to clean up again.

The plan now is to get a new kitchen put in but I can no longer be doing with trades for big jobs.

 

[LeeUK]

Sounds like you went through a nightmare, glad it's all sorted now though. It's why I also hate dealing with trades people, the ones that you get recommended and who are actually reliable are busy for months, the ones you find yourself who are able to start sooner - you've no idea what to expect from them.

I had a shower room done recently and I got a mate to do it who I could 100% trust. We gutted the entire room, leak tested every pipe we/he fitted. Came up against all sorts of obstacles along the way but found a suitable workaround that I was happy with. For example, I ended up losing more space than I initially wanted (toilet had a frame that goes inside the wall) but then we made 2 larger niches than planned for storage to compensate etc. It was the first time I've seen a shower room get done from an empty shell and I cannot believe how easy it is - if I had the tools I'd be confident enough to do the whole thing myself in future.

Edit: Some excellent advice was offered on these forums along the way which helped.

While I could give anything a go with the help of research, YouTube, and time, I just don't have the £1000s worth of tools and equipment these trades have.

Even though my fitters turned out to be a bit bodge, it still took from the initial contact with them in June until October to finally get it done. Just can't trust any these days.

 

[LeeUK]

Something I've been thinking about regarding the extractor fan. The old one had a transformer box on the wall outside the bathroom to convert the power from 24v to 12v. I understood this was a safety measure as it was above a bath. The new extractor fan the fitters installed does not have any transformer box to convert the power. Should it?

This is the fan they installed (I think as looks the same) although I don't know where they purchased it from or what they paid as the price seem to vary a lot...

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Airflow-iCON-ECO-15-Extractor/dp/B005FPD49E/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2FDHZVS81H9TJ&dchild=1&keywords=icon+extractor+fan+bathroom&qid=1635019786&sprefix=icon+ex,aps,206&sr=8-5&th=1