I'm considering placing an order for composite coving from Decorating Direct.
I have some questions -
a. has anyone here dealt with them? Are they a reputable firm?
b. they claim delivery time of 3 to 5 business days - is this likely to be accurate?
c. as this stuff is so lightweight, would decorators' caulk be suitable as an adhesive for it? If not, can anyone suggest something which _would_ be suitable?
They are a reputable company and do deliver on time.
I've had two tubs of plaster coving paint remover offa them.
This stuff works very well and is easy to use:
Thank you.
We bought coving and adhesive from them and they were fine.
However, the adhesive, over the next 2-3 years, has cracked off the coving so it will need a lot of remedial work to fix. This has never happened to me with other types of coving. You may be wise to glue.screw too.
Hmmm. Which coving and adhesive did you use?
Thanks - I'll have a look at that.
I am afraid I don't recall. It was the one they sell directly. The only other thig I would add it to allow 50% more adhesive than they suggest is necessary. If you can avoid any distortion when putting it up then that may help - it depends on what your walls/ceiling are like and whther they are straight.
Even if they are not striaght it often looks better to put the cove up straight and then fill above / behind as required, rather than have it follow a curve. The cove makes it very easy to "eye up" the lines, and anything not straight will be far more noticeable that a bit of extra filling on the margins I find.
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