Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask this as I can't find much online to answer my question.
My plumber put his leg through my ceiling while fitting a shower tray and will be fixing this for me.. but he has explained, since the hole is in the little bit of raised ceiling as you go up the stairs, that he will just cover that whole part with a new board on top and then put a bit of trim to hide the join at the edge (explaining this is hard but as you walk down the stairs and look up, the trim will be along the bottom of the wall facing you).
This seems like an easy and cheap way for him, but not how it should be done if done properly. I don't really want a random bit of trim halfway up the stairs
Am I right in thinking that he should rectify this properly, by cutting a board the shape of the hole, fitting it inside and then plaster over this?
The reasoning he gave for using his method is that if he tries to take the rest of that part of the ceiling down, it may pull some of the joining wall down (the big bit that faces you as you walk downstairs) and then he would have to plaster that too.. but as far as I'm concerned, that is his problem, not mine. His negligence caused this hole and repairing it with the method I keep seeing online, this won't happen anyway, because you don't need to take the whole part out, just even out the existing hole.
Based on his attitude for the last 2 weeks he has been working for us, I am not trusting of his methods/opinions anymore.
What are the usual expectations when repairing damage like this, should it be repaired exactly as it was before the damage?