Is coving in or out?

Surely coving is out of fashion now!

 

THIS IS A ON GOING ARGUMENT, SOME PEOPLE THINKITS GREAT OTHERS NOT SO MUCH, I PERSONALY PREFARE THE CORNICE COVING RATHER THAN THE STANARD GYPROC STUFF, LOOKS A LOT BETTER, RELE SETS THE ROOM OFF
MARK FROM M.R.M. PLASTERING SYSTEMS

 

itsa bit like hi-gloss kitchens, to the indivdual taste of the person whos choosing

 

Naff, along with Artex, Sapele Doors, Brass door furniture and Gold Bathroom accessories.

 

carp. Period, repo plaster mouldings in period houses - nice

 

....aluminium doors and windows in country cottages,leaded light windows in 80's semis, lace curtains, marley tiled floors, polystyrene ceiling tiles, plastic ornaments, block paved driveways, house names like dunroamin, swags and pelmets for curtains, massive CRT teles, formica on the doors, belfast sinks, plastic bath panels, plastic tap tops, musical door chimes, garden gnomes......I can do this just by looking around me in my own home!

 

I've done the whole of my 30's house in 'shadowline' coving

I like it

It's not 'patterned/moulded', but has a more interesting profile than just plain coving. Also, there are a few external corners (chimney breasts, etc) which really does help. Oh, and my ceilings are quite high - 2.5m ish, with picture rail in most rooms.

Plumpasdec, what age and style is your house?

 

Rough sawn 4x2 painted black and screwed around ceiling as fake beams - you know you want to.

 

Coving can be useful if the ceiling/wall joint is cracked through movement in the floor above (i.e people tramping about upstairs, dropping things in the loft etc.

Done properly, it helps to pin everything together again to stop the hairline cracks re-appearing.

If it's a modern flat just use plain coving - anything more ornate and you might as well go the whole hog and get two large stone lions either side of the front door...

 

Rough sawn 4x2 painted black and screwed around
ceiling as fake beams - you know you want to.

Mmmm...Me-wanna....

 

Hi plumplasdec.

Has the partitioning wall been completely removed clean to the sides? Or are there 'pillars' remaining up each wall? If the latter, then def go for coving - it looks superb going around outside corners, and will make a feature of it.

If the former, then it's up to you. I'd still do it, I think. As said above, go for 'plain' coving. By this I mean no pattern or mouldings on it.

However, you can get more interesting 'plain' types, like the kind I used. It's very effective.

I'll try and find a link to give you an example.

 

Out, very little going into new build now.

 

Cheers for the reply, plumlasdec.

I'm well gutted tho'...