Making a square doorway into an arch

[David Margetts]

I've removed an internal door and door frame between my kitchen and living room, and want to make the boring rectangular top into a tasteful arch. I know you can buy pre-formed wire mess forms to give the shape but wondered if anyone had any better ideas?

 

[David Margetts]

 

[Notch7]

Gosh...you posted a question on how to do a plaster arch....then 42 mins later you post a pic of having done it.

Quick worker or what

 

[JP_]

Is plasterboard easy to bend like that?
Maybe soaked or something?

ah, possible answer here
https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/bending-plasterboard.191941/

 

[David Margetts]

I'm not that quick! I posted that image by way of a suggestion of the sort of thing I want to achieve. (From what I've seem on line, to bend plasterboard, you soak it with water for a few minutes on the outside surface then cut loads of tears/cuts in the other side to allow the plasterboard to break in predefined spots)

 

[mrrusty]

You can do the same with a bit of MDF. Pop it on a sliding mitre saw with a depth stop, make lots of part cuts = bendy MDF.

 

[Tigercubrider]

or buy bendy mdf?

 

[EddieM]

or just plaster it.

 

[mrrusty]

or buy bendy mdf?

my way is cheaper

 

[JP_]

Probably more expensive, but arch plaster mouldings?
https://www.ukplaster.com/acatalog/Arch-former-160.html#SID=11