Polyurethane Coving.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Anyone fitted polyurethane coving and if so any comments? Does it look as good as the real thing? Easy to cut/fix?

[S Viemeister]

We did this a year or two ago - it was some sort of lightweight composition, though - I don't know that it was actually polyurethane. It came encased in paper, and once in place and painted, looks identical to the plaster stuff. Easy to cut and fit, easy to fasten in place.

We'll be using it again.

[The Medway Handyman]

Is that the same as polystyrene coving Dave? I've only ever seen polystyrene or plaster in the sheds.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

The stuff I've been researching is made out of dense polyurethane - so I'd guess a somewhat better version of the foam we all know and love. ;-)

It's not cheap - the style I'm interested in costs 28 quid for 2.4 metres.

[Kevin]

google and you would know

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Is there a website etc where I can see their designs? I'm after a reasonable match to a Victorian design - so it's quite complex. I can't find an exact match in ready made plaster from a specialist - and having it made is rather expensive. So I'm thinking of changing it all.

[S Viemeister]

stuff we used is at the bottom of the page. The service was pleasant and efficient.

[dmc]

If it's the stuff I've seen a friend us - it's a denser version as far as I could see. Looks excellent - no idea where he got it from though. I suspect this is the stuff Dave is talking about.

I've used the lightweight stuff from wickes and it's brilliant IMO. Not quite the same stuff though - and only in real basic designs.

fact.

Cut it with a bread knife, stick it up with solvent free nonails. Excellent :)

Darren

[GMM]

=A0 London SW

I don't know if it's the same thing, but I did a couple of rooms in something plastic made by Arthouse (from Homebase) and it's identical to a range that Wickes have just started doing (can't find it on their website, but I bought some last week). It's a kind of rigid plastic surface with a foamed core. I have put up plaster and polystyrene in the past but this stuff is way better: It has a little bit of flex, to follow a less than straight wall (ie all of them) and cuts very well (fine hand mitre saw), leaving a tiny bit of a burr, which comes off easily. Joints along the length are easy to do as a scarf and fill well.

The only thing I found was that the adhesive I used (Screwfix coving) seemed to shrink back at the edge after a little while, but I think that's the adhesive not the coving.

Although it's quite a bit more expensive, I thought the ease and finish was worth it over the alternatives.

[Simon Stroud]

As "dmc" has noted, they have a small range of something that looks like this in Wickes. Strangely, all their sizes seem to have changed at some stage. I thought "standard" plaster coving was always "100mm" or "127mm" but in Wickes they have gone over to "90mm" and some other size. Not very handy for matching up with existing stuff. Haven't bought any for a while, but I think I last bought proper "Artex" coving in B&Q, and that was still the traditional size.

Simon;

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'm actually talking about highly decorative Victorian stuff. Usually more like 175 x 175mm (approx). For the plain coving the 'plasterboard' stuff is ok. Although I suppose a lighter one would be easier to fix.