Plaster cornice - repair

[Skiddley]

So we're knocking through between 2 reception rooms week after next (2x load bearing walls down, 3x steels going in).

Upshot, is that we're going to mash a load of decorative plaster cornice in a Georgian house (1910) in the process.

Has anyone any experience in having it repaired, what the process is and costs involved. We'll have ~3-4m to completely replace.

Ta.

 

[a1ex2001]

So we're knocking through between 2 reception rooms week after next (2x load bearing walls down, 3x steels going in).

Upshot, is that we're going to mash a load of decorative plaster cornice in a Georgian house (1910) in the process.

Has anyone any experience in having it repaired, what the process is and costs involved. We'll have ~3-4m to completely replace.

Ta.

Pretty expensive as it will need to be custom made, get a specialist in before and during the removal of the wall keep as bigger bit as you can as this will make the creation of a mould easier. We had two meters or so repaired about 7-8 years ago up north and it cost 300ish this was up north pretty plain coving and only the section in the plane of the ceiling needed replacing the bit on the wall was still intact

Your best bet would be not to damage it when you remove the wall but I assume this isn't possible!

 

[Skiddley]

Pretty expensive as it will need to be custom made, get a specialist in before and during the removal of the wall keep as bigger bit as you can as this will make the creation of a mould easier. We had two meters or so repaired about 7-8 years ago up north and it cost 300ish this was up north pretty plain coving and only the section in the plane of the ceiling needed replacing the bit on the wall was still intact

Your best bet would be not to damage it when you remove the wall but I assume this isn't possible!

OK, that is quite a lot. I'll speak to this with the builders. We should be able to minimise damage in some areas, but in one area we're building a new wall.

I wonder how feasible it is to remove a section intact (about 8m of cornice is being completely removed when a wall is removed), and transplanted elsewhere.

 

[Skiddley]

Pretty expensive

First quote in. Not bloody wrong!!

I am shocked by the cost.

 

[BigBoy]

It's actually quite simple to make a mold from existing cornice especially if your handy with a jigsaw or scroll saw or know someone who is.

Also total down a length and re cycle it there are load of different ways but best I've found is to use fiberglass sheets and a wooden frame.

 

[a1ex2001]

OK, that is quite a lot. I'll speak to this with the builders. We should be able to minimise damage in some areas, but in one area we're building a new wall.

I wonder how feasible it is to remove a section intact (about 8m of cornice is being completely removed when a wall is removed), and transplanted elsewhere.

Should be possible to get it down reasonably intact and re use if you builder is any good! They will of course hate it as builders like smashing old stuff out of the way and jucking in new!