Need help identifying Coving Profile

8 years ago

I need help to identify what style this coving is or a link to a website with competitive pricing. We were hoping to save the ceiling and cornicing but it came crashing down!! I'm getting slightly bamboozled at looking through sites when I know someone out there would be able to tell by just looking at it! Luckily we managed to salvage some of the ceiling rose before the ceiling came crashing down!! Any help would be so appreciated.

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Jonathan
8 years ago
I had the same issue in a previous house. You can get molds made so that you can faithfully reproduce what you have. As long as you don't have a listing that compels you to retain the original I would rip it all down and replace it which will save massively in labour. I have done this in my own house- I think the trick is to choose something that is the same proportions as what was there so it suits the proportions of the room.
I bought online but Trade decoration centers also sell coving by special order. Including fitting you should budget £400 for an average room.
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Lauren
8 years ago
These are lovely and I can see why you wanted to keep them. Unfortunately the chances of you finding an exact match 'off the shelf' are pretty slim. They were almost certainly produced using wet plaster in situ by a local craftsman using moulds and templates unique to them. So realistically your options are to either remove the remaining cornicing and choose something similar to replace (easy and relatively affordable). Or to find a company who will come out and create a custom template from one of the existing sections. They will then either create new sections and repair or remove completely and start from scratch. Fortunately you have enough of both the rose and cornice to do this if you want absolute accuracy.

If you decide to replace with similar styles I would look for places that can provide 'wet' plaster as this is easier to work when installing.

I've used this company before to order samples and they were very helpful. They also do a restoration service :

http://www.victoriancornice.com/page.php?id=9&action=cct

Her is a similar style cornice if you decide to replace:

http://www.covingshop.com/dm3069-coving-late-victorian-edwardian-cornicing.html

The rose looks quite unique though and probably would have been made out of several different components. It does have an 'adams' styling to it which may help you search for similar ones though.
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Lauren
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One other thing you can try is to look up local plaster restorer's as its possible they may have the same templates and moulds from repairing other houses nearby as chances are they were done in the same style.

Personally I would probably split the difference - take the easy road on the coving and find a similar profile in the same proportions to the original thats available online to replace. Then get do the pricier option of having a mould made for the ceiling rose to get exact reproductions.
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bebeblubelle
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8 years ago
Think I may take the easy road and get a near as damn it copy! I would love to get a mould made but our budget will be eaked out elsewhere to get the cast iron rads we want to replace the nasty standard white ones!!
Lauren
8 years ago
I don't think there's any problem with doing replacements. They'll still look great :).

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