price for coving
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essexandy
The Lake Governor
No, yes, no, yes, maybe and I don't think sooooooooooooooooaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Ill giv you a hand iff yo wont Darkie
nickelarse
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i just did some coving today. i forgot how G** it is
nickelarse
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3.6m too!
essexandy
The Lake Governor
Don't they make 4.2s anymore or did you just want an easy day?
nickelarse
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i love coving when its so big it nearly snaps when u pick it up. was nice only doing 2 lengths a wall tho. was a 30-40m lid aswell. never had the pleasure of 4.2. bet its orgasmic
TonyM
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I can, but I am the big G** god of coving.
nickelarse
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do u enjoy it tony?
essexandy
The Lake Governor
You're wrong Steve I used to put the 4.2 up myself, and Nick the feeling you got when you slapped those bad boys into place really was special.
nickelarse
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140m is going some. that on your own? what sort of work is that? me and my old boss used to do about 8-10 boxes a day on site. and i found that a chore. he used to cut whislt i marked and measured, then i buttered, he stuck, i cleaned and filled. oh and i mixed. and cleaned up.
do u use a box or little triangle thing? think its a magic mitre or something.
do u use a box or little triangle thing? think its a magic mitre or something.
TonyM
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On my own yes. 100m is an early day. I use an Artex mitre box for 4&5 inch (100&127mm) and one I made for Sculptured coving. That is on empty new houses though. Most I ever put up was 169 mtrs but that was a 10 hr day and an empty large house.
nickelarse
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fair play on that mate
essexandy
The Lake Governor
169mtr bloody hell that's impressive Tony
TonyM
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Because in my honest opinion, those template things that sit on the cove and you slant your saw to make the cut are utter s**t. I bought one to try and it was in the skip in less than 10 minutes. How would you cut an angle that was a bit off, with that tool? Would you just cut a 45 and move the two pieces of coving either up and down the wall until the mitres met? With a mitre box, at least you can sit the coving in the correct position, albeit inverted, and cut 'off angles' outside of the box. The cove is then still the correct distance down the wall. Hope this answers your question.
TonyM
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Nice meterage. Charge what you can mate, but i'd be looking for £2 and a clear run.
I see what you mean tony. What do you use to fill your joints etc? Would be interesting to see how someone does it day in day out. Do you put pins up or just stick it up freehand? I've often thought of getting a flat square piece of metal for using to fill any internals, but always end up using my small tool.
TonyM
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I use a 10" Artex caulker and a 4" taping knife to butter up the cove and clean off with. Then I use a Harris tiling sponge, as it has 2 different grades of abrasion on it, and a small paint brush to wash off with. The adhesive should hold the cove in place on its own, but I do put a couple of 30mm sheradised pins through the full lengths to be safe. When i'm using the 4.2s I put a nail in the corner to rest it on while I push the rest of it into place.
essexandy
The Lake Governor
Same as this exept I'm to tight to throw that mitre tool away and it's still a drawer in the unit.
Tony have you noticed that the quality of the paper on BG cove is poor now and if you rub just a little to hard with the sponge it peels?
TonyM
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Not really. The Sculptured cove paper has never been that hardy though.
nickelarse
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iv never used a sponge for cleaning. always a brush. and only ever 2 scrapers.
TonyM
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I used to just use a brush, but find that the sponge leaves less adhesive residue on the cove and plaster.
nickelarse
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u just sponge the joints or the whole lot?
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