Coving Ceiling with different dips.

Joined
7 Nov 2021
Messages
4
Reaction score
0
Country
United Kingdom
Hi. I thought I would like to cove this old house. I bought some polystyrene coving from B&Q and a tube of coving adhesive.
I watched a few videos on YouTube. I made myself an 82mm square block and proceeded to mark the corners in view of pinging a chalk line on the wall and ceiling. However, I then discovered the corners were not square.

Some dip down and some rise up with dips somewhere near the middle of all four walls.. So, I started to measure the dips which are somewhere between 15mm deep all round. With such a variation, I realised that if I put panel pins all round the wall to shelve/support the coving, the gap at the top being sometimes the whole way across or just small spot to attach the top to, I am kind of stumped at present.
I also realised I need to remove the ceilings wallpaper border to expose a firm surface to eventually attach to top/ceiling part of the coving to.
Any ideas would be much appreciated!
IMG_20211107_131238_417.jpg
 
Sponsored Links
You could drop the coving 30mm or so below ceiling and a have shadow effect, I put led’s in mine.The lightweight cardboard covered coving is better than the polystyrene, looks like plaster coving.
 

Attachments

  • 3E97B7A9-FD01-4E8C-B878-E3CFA496AFE2.jpeg
    3E97B7A9-FD01-4E8C-B878-E3CFA496AFE2.jpeg
    304.5 KB · Views: 93
  • 8C593A35-7428-44D4-9BCA-3B8F1FF92C27.jpeg
    8C593A35-7428-44D4-9BCA-3B8F1FF92C27.jpeg
    244 KB · Views: 90
Sponsored Links
trouble is itll be 30mm in parts and only 15mm in other parts.
15mm is nothing really, have you actually offered a length up to see if it will somewhat follow the contours.
 
Still, it needs to be firmly attached the ceiling edge due to the flimsy nature of the polystyrene. I am thinking maybe dot and dab, line it up nicely, let it harden, then fill it in nicely. Can't think of any other way.
 
that method would work with plaster coving, not sure how the lightweight cove would react with pb adhesive though.
I didn’t think any of the modern lightweight covings were ‘flimsy’ .
I fit loads of it and its very rigid.
 
Hi. I thought I would like to cove this old house. I bought some polystyrene coving from B&Q and a tube of coving adhesive.
I watched a few videos on YouTube. I made myself an 82mm square block and proceeded to mark the corners in view of pinging a chalk line on the wall and ceiling. However, I then discovered the corners were not square.

Some dip down and some rise up with dips somewhere near the middle of all four walls.. So, I started to measure the dips which are somewhere between 15mm deep all round. With such a variation, I realised that if I put panel pins all round the wall to shelve/support the coving, the gap at the top being sometimes the whole way across or just small spot to attach the top to, I am kind of stumped at present.
I also realised I need to remove the ceilings wallpaper border to expose a firm surface to eventually attach to top/ceiling part of the coving to.
Any ideas would be much appreciated!View attachment 249870
Hi. I thought I would like to cove this old house. I bought some polystyrene coving from B&Q and a tube of coving adhesive.
I watched a few videos on YouTube. I made myself an 82mm square block and proceeded to mark the corners in view of pinging a chalk line on the wall and ceiling. However, I then discovered the corners were not square.

Some dip down and some rise up with dips somewhere near the middle of all four walls.. So, I started to measure the dips which are somewhere between 15mm deep all round. With such a variation, I realised that if I put panel pins all round the wall to shelve/support the coving, the gap at the top being sometimes the whole way across or just small spot to attach the top to, I am kind of stumped at present.
I also realised I need to remove the ceilings wallpaper border to expose a firm surface to eventually attach to top/ceiling part of the coving to.
Any ideas would be much appreciated!View attachment 249870
 
To level the ceiling up and take the dips out you could get a straight edge and some bonding and screed the edges ive done it to a few ceilings you will then have to skim the ceiling , also if you have the opposite to dips where the ceiling bows down you can scribe the top of the coving to fit
 
scribe coving? like remove some of the feature line? :eek:
 
which room is in the pic? Is it GF or FirstFloor? investigte to find out why its dropping more than 15mm. thats more than a 15mm droop.
do you intend to live with that ceiling paper becasue nows the time to remove it if you want a fresh ceiling finish.
 
To level the ceiling up and take the dips out you could get a straight edge and some bonding and screed the edges ive done it to a few ceilings you will then have to skim the ceiling , also if you have the opposite to dips where the ceiling bows down you can scribe the top of the coving to fit

That's exactly what I would do as well Steve, a far better looking job.
 

DIYnot Local

Staff member

If you need to find a tradesperson to get your job done, please try our local search below, or if you are doing it yourself you can find suppliers local to you.

Select the supplier or trade you require, enter your location to begin your search.


Are you a trade or supplier? You can create your listing free at DIYnot Local

 
Sponsored Links
Back
Top