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just bang em up with clouts mate one each end .......if it saggs in the middle tell em its the old ceiling ;)
 
not on standard coving, the big decorative coving I do but I have only done that once in the last two years
 
;D....good job i'm too stupid to listen to my own advice!......on a serious note ive been chatting to a lovely bloke who uses acrylic sealant ....if you dont believe me try sandwiching two boards together and try getting them apart in the morning!
 
skirtings sorry mate shouldve said ........apparently you can use artex or coving adhesive mixed with drywall adhesive will set quicker for coving
 
yeah ive seen chippys stick skirting on with all sorts....... usually what ever's on the van.(clear silicon)
 
thats the kiddy ......i bet its a pain in the arse to paint when it squeezes out onto the wall!
 
yeah.. u could say that. my favorite 1 is when the customer wants the woodwork to be stained, and the chippy sticks the skirting and picture rail with white silicone. :'(
 
if they used 6 inch lost head nails right through the middle of the bastards and blow the other side of the wall you'd have a makin good job aswell ..........ahem just a suggestion not that i'd do it myself like ...errrm ......
 
You shouldn't need to nail coving if the walls are straight. If a nail is required, use 30 or 40 mm sheradised pins. Their heads are tiny so only minimal filling over is required.
 
Never nail through the cove normally , i just put clouts underneath it to support it till the adhesives gone off then pull em out and fill, but sometimes like Tony says if the wall are out you don't have much choice :-\
 
I generally try to nail right through the cove into either some wires or a pipe. This way you don't run the risk of bending your nail on a hard bit of block
 
I tried coving the other day and got myself in a right mess, I just couldnt work out how to do the external angles. I have never minced a job up so bad in my life ........

Rich
 
TonyM said:
I generally try to nail right through the cove into either some wires or a pipe. This way you don't run the risk of bending your nail on a hard bit of block
well you learn something new every day, no wonder i'm using so many nails , cheers Tony ;D ;D
 
After watching tackers make it look so easy , i tryed to tack a 8x4 plasterboard sheet up on my own back in the day when you nailed it..... sheet snaped in half and smacked me on the beak and around the back of my head :-[ never tryed it again.
 
church said:
After watching tackers make it look so easy , i tryed to tack a 8x4 plasterboard sheet up on my own back in the day when you nailed it..... sheet snaped in half and smacked me on the beak and around the back of my head :-[ never tryed it again.
i know mate, one tacker showed me how a 8ft board can stay up with 3 tacking nails in the right place !
 
use joint filler,{fast set} paste the back of the coving and the suction holds it in place,wipe off then sponge clean,job done
 
hp71 said:
use joint filler,{fast set} paste the back of the coving and the suction holds it in place,wipe off then sponge clean,job done

Welcome to the forum HP71 Where abouts you from mate
 
TonyM said:
I generally try to nail right through the cove into either some wires or a pipe. This way you don't run the risk of bending your nail on a hard bit of block
;D ;D ;D
 
Ha ha, love it. I think i know what your talking about. The first time i saw coving being cut it was done with something like what your talking about. It looked dog shite, the bloke said the walls were all out so it wasnt his fault it was bad!!
 
You can use a normal plastic mitre box to cut the mitres from b&q just make sure you put it in the box how it sits on the ceiling and walls probably cut some templates first so you know which is internal and external left and right. Have been using board adhesive to put the coving up myself as always have some left over from other jobs and dont use any nails only for underneath to hold the coving while im struggling to put up a 4.2m on my own.
 
I use one of those triangle thingys, bit of trial and plenty of error when i first got it, good as gold now though.
 
I bought a template and it was in the skip within 10 mins. I always use a mitre box. Those Easy cove things are a bit DIY, and mean you cut from the back, fraying the surface paper. Nothing a bit of sandpaper won't sort out - or not if you are a rough c**t.
Those 4.2's are great fun to put up, but you need a long van to carry them.
 
"Those 4.2's are great fun to put up, but you need a long van to carry them." qoute Tony m
No mate not if you cut em in half :D :D
 
Pug said:
I use one of those triangle thingys, bit of trial and plenty of error when i first got it, good as gold now though.

same as ive bought a metal one sick of standing on the plastic ones usually half way through a job.
 
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