Tell me about coving

Bozza · Aug 10, 2014

So we've just bought a new house. One of the bedrooms had some particularly unpleasant built-in wardrobes in it. We've now pulled those out.

As a result one side of the room has no coving, and the last metre or so of the two adjoining walls do not either.

Assuming we can find the same coving still, is it easy enough to DIY it to complete the two sides and and so the remaining side? If so, will the joins look rubbish or can they be blended in well.

Or is it worth just pulling all the coving down and re-doing the whole room (or getting a chap in to do the same)?

Thanks.

Hassocks Armchair Fan · Aug 10, 2014

Corners are the bugger. It never makes logical sense. Get a man in.

Billy the Fish · Aug 10, 2014

Coving is soooo 80s. I got rid of it in my house, right angles all the way! It looks much better.

Hyperion · Aug 10, 2014

Billy the Fish said:
Coving is soooo 80s. I got rid of it in my house, right angles all the way! It looks much better.

Agreed. Pull it all off. Redecorate. It's all about clean sharp lines. Coving is a yesterday's man

sharpey38 · Aug 10, 2014

get one of these tools, make it easy to do
http://www.jewson.co.uk/tools-fixin...ng/products/PRTBG696/gyproc-metal-cove-mitre/

Bozza · Aug 10, 2014

Billy the Fish said:
Coving is soooo 80s. I got rid of it in my house, right angles all the way! It looks much better.

Hyperion said:
Agreed. Pull it all off. Redecorate. It's all about clean sharp lines. Coving is a yesterday's man

It becomes a far bigger job taking that approach as, behind where the wardrobe was, the plasterboard stuff on the wall doesn't extend to the very top of the wall, so that would have to come down and the whole wall re-done. Finishing the coving would nicely cover that up!

ROSM · Aug 10, 2014

Getting the mitre corners is the hardest bit especially as very few rooms have proper 90 degree corners.

Make sure you fill, sand, fill and sand the joins and build up the paint in layers across the whole length.

But it's delaying the inevitable. You will one day want to rip it all off.

Don't get me started on faux ceiling roses!!!

Dick Head · Aug 10, 2014

What's coving?

LamieRobertson · Aug 10, 2014

Long as the corners don't have big gaps on the joins then a bit of decorators caulkwould fill them.....presuming u will be painting them after

Triggaaar · Aug 10, 2014

Depends how old the house is, and what the coving is like.

Hyperion · Aug 10, 2014

Bozza said:
It becomes a far bigger job taking that approach as, behind where the wardrobe was, the plasterboard stuff on the wall doesn't extend to the very top of the wall, so that would have to come down and the whole wall re-done. Finishing the coving would nicely cover that up!

Nasty. I would still rather completely re-do it. However, if coving is your choice, probably best to do whole room IMO. ......or you could colour the coving to offset main colour of decor

Hyperion · Aug 10, 2014

.....or try this

clapham_gull · Aug 10, 2014

I prefer picture rail or something like that. Means you can do nice things with colour and use the rail as a break.

It's very cheap from a timber merchant, but I usually put it up myself.

I have a Victorian place with high ceilings so it looks right. Pulled all the existing coving down.

I'm not a huge fan of caulk. I usually mix filler powder with 50% water and PVA. It's goes the opposite of the flexible approach and dries rock hard and I mean rock hard. You need to get it smooth before drying because it's very difficult to rub down.

But it's great to fill bigger holes and dries very quickly. That deep fill stuff is a waste of money.

Sergio Garcia · Aug 10, 2014

Don't skimp ....Artex the ceiling at the same time, go for a nice combed fan pattern

Winker · Aug 11, 2014

Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?

Herr Tubthumper · Aug 11, 2014

Sergio Garcia said:
Don't skimp ....Artex the ceiling at the same time, go for a nice combed fan pattern

And paint the walls a nice pastel colour and the coving white. I reckon a car port might add a few quid to the house price as well.

jackanada · Aug 11, 2014

Coving comes in 2 standard sizes so no problems getting it to match.
Stick it up with Easifill smeared on back edges and a couple of nails for support. Use the easifill to sort out any other holes and indentations while you are at it.
If your "coving" is anything other than a smooth arc (fluting, darts, whirly bits) them it is not coving but cornice. Go to Brighton mouldings and see if they have a match. Probably best ask them to do it too. Or ask me but I am busy. X

jevs · Aug 11, 2014

Reasonably easy to do yourself, i have one of these mitre boxes which shows on the side how to do each internal or external corner

http://www.diy.com/nav/build/buildi...proc-Coving-Mitre-Block-9273321?skuId=9283021

East Preston Gull · Aug 11, 2014

Ahh Bozza. It is what I do for a living. I do the fancy plaster mouldings and have done for the past 25 years. Some of you may not believe it but it has never gone out fashion. I have worked in some of the biggest and best houses. The latest fashion is contemporary and art deco style cornices.Enough of the advertising, I would be happy to give advice to such an esteemed mod

Notters · Aug 11, 2014

Herr Tubthumper said:
And paint the walls a nice pastel colour and the coving white. I reckon a car port might add a few quid to the house price as well.

Oh, how about some woodchip wallpaper?

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