Putting up coving

[Cursitor Doom]

Hi all,

I spent this morning mitre cutting four lengths of plaster coving to put up in the d/stairs WC. Then it suddenly occurred to me that the walls are tiled so I can't use my usual trick of banging in a few nails to support the stuff whilst the adhesive cures. Actually, I guess those rubber suckers you see on kids' toy arrows might do at a pinch, but quite possibly they're no longer made (elf & safe tea presumably). So, what can I do to keep the lengths in situ until the goo goes off? cheers, cd

[The Natural Philosopher]

angled stick? duct tape? double sided tape?

[Andrew Mawson]

Pack the loo with helium balloons ..... ok I'll get my coat :)

AWEM

[Cursitor Doom]

Hmmm. Expanding foam might be better....

[newshound]

Or, if you have them, those trigger-action "jacks" for supporting plasterboard prior to screwing (no-one nails any more, right?)

[stuart noble]

Little dabs of 2 part filler at intervals. Hold the coving in place for a couple of minutes, and the normal adhesive can do the rest I'll retrieve my anorak from the cloakroom

[meow2222]

bamboo sticks, preferably with something on top to avoid marking.

NT

[Weatherlawyer]

Clear silicon should do the job. Draw a chalk line around the room for your levels and it will be cup of tea and a piece of cake time in half an hour.

If that fails miserably, I apologise. The silicon will peel off no problem.

Get four lengths of roofing baton, an eighth of an inch longer than the len gths of the walls and spring them into place at the appropriate height. You will then have a temporary shelf to support the coving until you can work out what will stick them in place.

Or you can use PAR and leave them there. You could even put them over a rou ter and dispense with the coving and glue.