coving

I had my house skimmed nearly 2 months ago. The ceilings were skimmed over artex and painted. It was a pretty shoddy job and I worry a lot that they put the mist coat on too soon. There are a few cracks in the ceiling plaster but my main concern is the cracks along the existing coving as you...

I have nearly finished my downstairs guest toilet/bathroom and would like to give it a nice touch with ceiling coving. I know it’s not an issue reading previous articles on here but I am unsure which one is the most recommended due to humidity? I don’t want to have too much mess if I can avoid...

Hi, Had plastering work done recently and at the time he also put up new coving to match existing coving (we had built in wardrobes when we moved in, took them out and there was no coving behind). When he installed it he told me that cause the old coving has been painted on so much over years...

We were warned not to bother removing the coving in a 4 x 6m living room but it is very large, not in keeping and ugly, we hate it Iso much we tried to remove it and we've found that it appears to be hand moulded directly onto wall/ceiling (circa 1960?), so there is practically no void behind it...

I put up duropolymer coving last summer, used plenty of non solvent adhesive also in between the joins. Before painting, I put 2 coats easi fill over the joins and feathered out, sanding in between, then emulsioned over. Soon after I noticed cracks in all places where the joints are. How do I...

Hi - I'm renovating my Victorian terrace and have some original coving I am attempting to restore. I've managed to remove the majority / all of the paint but there seems to be small scratches and dents throughout (see pictures attached). Is there any easy way I can smooth these out to get a good...

Hi, Apologies if this is in the wrong place/wrongly formatted etc, first time poster here. I am currently looking at swapping our old "dumb" bulbs in two rooms with smart LED strips to be wired into the mains, and fit into some cornicing/coving. We know someone who is fitting it for us, but...

Some time ago length of coving, including round corner of window, fell off. It was replaced with plain panel, but has left bare ceiling which needs repairing with woodchip, and also the coving has now stopped at an odd angle. I'm not a DIYer but friend's offered to help. I need to paste...

Fitting coving to the living room and I've noticed that the ceiling across the chimney breast has a fairly noticable drop. Over the span from right to left it's around 20mm. Normally I'd just fit the coving and allow it to follow the ceiling dip. In this case there is a big old mirror which will...

18 months ago we had all our Artex ceilings skimmed and profiled plaster coving installed in our 1930s house. We finished it with a mist coat (50/50 emulsion/water) before painting with white emulsion. Last week one of the coving strips came away from the wall/ceiling, and we've had to prop...

We recently had a loft conversion which meant we had to nick a bit off the box room for the stairs. They’ve rebuilt the stud walls which means that it’s now a couple off feet further into the room.They left the coving insitu and just cut it off at 90 degrees and butt the new wall up to it. This...

Hi I'm planning to fit some coving and wanted some advice on cutting the corner joints. Can you use an ordinary mitre box to cut the 45 degree corners, or is there anything special about the mitre boxes they sell specifically for coving? I've watched some videos on cutting coving and it appears...

Started to remove some coving trim under the main coving. Seems to have this yellow fibre mixed in with what I think is plaster. Anyone know what this is? Is it safe to remove? Worried it could be something linked with asbestos. House was built in the early 70s. Did think it could be horse hair...

Hi, Will the coving adhesive work on plywood board? I want to fix some coving to a recessed part of the ceiling which has been built out of plywood. Or would it be better to use some other fixing method? Looking to build something like the attached picture where the coving will be away...

Hi Guys, Could anyone please assist me on the best method for filling in gaps between coving corners. Sadly, my plasterer could not level the walls or ceilings in my home when re-plastering the home. The condition of the walls and ceiling were much worse and out of level by far, though, things...

Our hall and landing is being plastered/skimmed so we can just paint the walls in future. My wife would like coving put up, which I can do easily but at a loss as to how I would handle the section photographed below. Where the ceiling slopes up from downstairs do I put coving on that section or...

I'm having a nightmare trying to cut internal mitres on Screwfix Sculptured Coving 117mm x 2m using a Titan TTB710MSW 210mm Single-Bevel Compound Mitre Saw. I found a Youtube video showing how to cut a piece of wood with a 45 degree mitre and at a height so that the coving is at the correct...

Hi Another Victorian house held together by thick wallpaper. I've stripped it off, but unsurprisingly the plaster needs removing too. Is it possible to preserve that nice plaster coving? Or will it all fall down the minute chisel hits plaster? 20170530_130741 by MICH43L posted 30 May 2017...

Hi all, Planning to decorate a house we've just moved into, first job to plaster over the artex ceilings. Wondering if anyone can answer why the ceilings slope towards the outer walls at the front and back of the house - the ceilings are the same in every room on the first (top) floor of the...