How to put up coving

coving comes in a wide range of styles and is a really nice detail to add to a room it's stylish and covers those unsightly settlement cracks that can appear between the wall and the ceiling coving materials include paper face gypsum polyurethane and polystyrene we're going to show how easy it is using this lightweight super Cove the first job is to mark a pencil line on the wall and ceiling where the edges of the coving need to be when it's fixed follow the manufacturer's instructions for this clothing we need to measure eighty three millimeters down from the ceiling and eighty three millimeters out from the wall make marks around the room at intervals of about a meter and then use a straightedge to join up the marks so that you have a continuous line around the walls and on the ceiling if your walls or ceilings have a dip or bump you'll need to adjust the position of the pencil lines never attempt to fix the coving to fit the contour of a wall or ceiling fix it straight and level and fill in any gaps afterwards next check that the marked error is free from dust grease and loose material clean or scrape the area as necessary it's also worth scouring the wall where the code room will be fixed to give a better key for the adhesive if the surface is dusty or very porous prime it with diluted PVA adhesive and allow it to dry before fixing the coating that's the prep work done before we fix the coving we need to cut the ends ready to form the joints at the corners your room shape will determine what type of corner joints you need to form if your room is rectangular you'll only have internal corners if you have an l-shaped room or your room has an alcove or chimney breast you'll have internal and external corners to deal with either way internal or external and miter joint will be required so let's have a look at how to cut miters the easiest way to get a good quality joint is to use a miter box make sure that you put the coving in the miter box the right way round and cut it in the right direction once a coving is measured and marked up its cut using a fine-toothed panel saw hold the clove in securely with your non cutting hand and make a cut to use an affirmed positive saw movement don't try to cut too quickly if you're cutting a long length make sure you support the length of coving as you make your cut try a couple of practice cuts first it's better to make any mistakes before you cut the length of Kovan that needs to be fixed once you have cut the first piece offer it up to where it'll be fixed and check that it fits if it needs trimming put it back in the miter box or if it's only a small amount use a utility knife with a sharp blade once you're happy with the fit apply adhesive to both edges of the coving apply enough coving adhesive so that it will squeeze out from the edges when the coving is pushed into position now using the pencil lines that we marked earlier position the coving and work along its length gently pushing it into place if there are any gaps squeezing some coving adhesive and wipe off any surface as you go using a slightly dampened cloth or sponge now measure and cut the second piece in the same way then apply the coving adhesive to both edges and to the end of the coving on each side of the miter joint and finally position and fix using the same process as before while duel gets on with the rest of this room let's have a quick look at the options for joining two lengths of clothing together end to end one option is a butt joint where each piece of clothing is cut square and butted together the other is an end-to-end miter joint this is formed using the miter box but instead of making two internal or external joint cuts one side of the joint has an internal cut and the other has an external cut and end to end my two joint is sometimes preferred because if the direction of the cut is positioned away from the normal line of sight the joint is normally less noticeable than a butt joint and that's it all you need to do now is wait 24 hours and then it's ready for decorating for more ideas and know-how visit diy.com

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Length: 5min 26sec (326 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 26 2013