Hello everybody,

First post - please be kind!

I'm doing a lot of renovation on our new house, and I'm happy doing general plastering / skimming etc to flat walls. The lounge, however, has a coving effect which needs some work and I'm not sure how to approach it.

I've dot and dabbed soundbloc plasterboard onto the walls, as the neighbours are pretty old and have their TV loud. The only trouble is, that this takes the depth of the wall further out than the coving effect.

I was recommended by the plasterer who taught me to use stop bead to bring the coving back out - which I've done on some of the patch ups where the electricians have chased out (the place needed a full rewire) - and it worked well. The only trouble is, that this means 're-building' the top part of the coving effect a bit further out. I'd go back to my 'tutor' but he lives miles away and isn't exactly technically minded when it comes to emailing pictures!

I'm happy doing that, but I don't know how to do the corner bits. I've thought about UPV arch bead and lighter mesh and corner jointing tape but I'm not sure how to go about it. I've attached a few pictures so you can hopefully get a better idea of what I mean... Its the corners above the fireplace. Hopefully you'll see what I mean.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated - I'm still early on in my plastering career, so this is a steep learning curve for me! Hopefully this isn't a stupid question but has an easy answer!

I would ask in the sparky's forum about the cables.

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Cables? I don't have any questions to do with the cables....

Not 100% sure i know what you mean but have you thought about chopping back the a bit of where the arch meets the board so its flush to stick your bead up?

I think i would have left a little bit more of a gap when putting the boards up to bring them flush with where your picking up the wall mate

I'd also get a sheath covering for those cables too

Thanks so much for the reply evile,

I probably haven't explained this the best!

I don't want it flush to, around the rest of the room there is a little bit of an overhang so the white bit comes out from the wall about 6mm where it meets the blue boards.

I left the boards a little bit lower so I could put a stop bead horizontally running along the length of the top of them to 'rebuild' this a little further out. It's the bit at the sides that sweep up to the ceiling that I can't get my head around - how to have that good edge on a bend.

Am I making any sense? Apologies if I'm making everybody go !

Maybe not, but you should have.

But hey ho what does the plumber know.

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I don't understand? Could you please be more specific with what question I should be asking? I said at the beginning that I was no expert. I'm not sure if you're trying to be funny - If so, I don't get the joke. If you have a serious point to make please tell me so I can do something about it.

I would think the cables should have something covering them, don't know if it's a reg or just good practice.

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Ah, I see what you mean now.

I just phoned the electrician who fitted them and said not to worry - it is good practice to have them, but not worth going and changing the ones I've already repaired.

Thanks

Not to worry if it's good practice why didn't he do it.

I still think it's a requirement under part P.

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Ha Ha. Good point - I guess he thinks it's up to the plasterer to fit.

I've just asked the question in the sparkies forum.

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I would say just put a bit of batten at the bottom and use bonding plaster to give yourself the basic shape. Then multi-finish plaster skimmed over the top at the end. Keep the bonding plaster below your finished plaster level. Remove batten at the end to give you your edge/lip back.

Thanks Lagi. I'll give it a go..