Coving fallen down...

[David Hearn]

The coving in our bathroom has fallen down in 1 corner (affecting the 2 pieces meeting at that corner). The other ends of them are sill attached by whatever joints them together.

It looks like a simple job of just applying some adhesive to the dropped coving and stick back on again however I've got 2 questions.

1.) What adhesive should I use? Top edge goes onto what appears to be plasterboard. Bottom edge will go over tiles. I was thinking something like the Evostik cartridge glue I've used before (I think it's high grab and smelly) - but I'm not sure whether if we tried removing it in the future, whether it would do lots of damage to the ceiling. Is there anything better suited to this application? There's such a wide range of these adhesives now, that I'm not sure which would be best.

2.) (Probably affected by 1) How should I hold it in place, and for how long? I don't fancy trying to hold 2 piece of coving in place whilst standing on the bath for too long...

Thanks

D

[David Hearn]

I should have said, the coving is plaster based, rather than polystyrene.

D

[geraldthehamster]

Personally I wouldn't use Evo-Stick, I'd use No More Nails or an equivalent own-brand product from the sheds. I'd hold the coving in place by wedging it with a couple of long lengths of timber, and I'd leave it like that for several hours.

Regards Richard

[Harry Bloomfield]

David Hearn laid this down on his screen :

Probably the reason it became loose is the fact that it was stuck on the tiles and the same might happen again. I would use something like no more nails after cleaning off as much of the old adhesive as possible.

[The Medway Handyman]

Any good grab adhesive should sort it, Gripfill, Pinkgrip etc.

No More Nails Ultra is especially good for this

[Ian_m]

Coving adhesive ?

Available B&Q, I used the ready mixed when applying new kitchen coving and putting back the hallway coving after having removed to get a telephone wire behind.

Grabs almost instantly.