I have a continuing bad experience with a company that fitted plaster cove and arch to my 25ft lounge. At the end of the first day I could see the finish was very poor and I told him so. He said he would put it right the next day, but instead he carried on slapping up cove as bad as ever.
To cut a long story short, the whole job has been bodged, with particular attention paid to the arch which is a complete disaster as anyone with half decent eye site can see. I got the owner of the company to come and take a look at the mess, but he felt the job was OK and upto their usual standard, as did the ass who fitted it. Both obviously have no standards and are blind as a bats.
They have used polystyrene foam to back the arch and placed it so close to the surface that bits of it are sticking out. The plastering was done by a 17 year old, who presumably had never done plastering before, as the job is as rough as a bears rear. The sides of the corners are so thin you can feel the spongy foam flexing beneath a layer of plaster that is only microns thick.
Take a look at these photo's I took during and after the installation.
Bad Cove & Arch Photo's
The reason I have posted this item is to solicit honest opinions from the reputable and skilled trades people I assume are out there, and to ask how this job should have been done correctly.
To cut a long story short, the whole job has been bodged, with particular attention paid to the arch which is a complete disaster as anyone with half decent eye site can see. I got the owner of the company to come and take a look at the mess, but he felt the job was OK and upto their usual standard, as did the ass who fitted it. Both obviously have no standards and are blind as a bats.
They have used polystyrene foam to back the arch and placed it so close to the surface that bits of it are sticking out. The plastering was done by a 17 year old, who presumably had never done plastering before, as the job is as rough as a bears rear. The sides of the corners are so thin you can feel the spongy foam flexing beneath a layer of plaster that is only microns thick.
Take a look at these photo's I took during and after the installation.
Bad Cove & Arch Photo's
The reason I have posted this item is to solicit honest opinions from the reputable and skilled trades people I assume are out there, and to ask how this job should have been done correctly.