How To Install Plaster Cornice 

Its nice cornice that. All the new builds use shadow line system but its a bit of a pain to paint. Give me old fashioned cornice.

An excellent demo and lesson. You made it look so easy, it showed your 'skill level', and professionalism Well done to both of you.

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing! EPS plaster-coated coving is absolutely the way to go for DIY jobs. It's budget-friendly, moisture-resistant, easy to install and paint. I've used Homemerce for coving and trim in my whole house - top quality, huge range of styles, and the best value around. Everything they sell is meant to simplify DIY projects and provide a high-end finish.

Good job,I'm a plaster in morocco that's a nice work good luck

Plasterer a top bloke. Great video

Ha. I know the apprentice Benny. He worked with us quite a few years ago now. Good to seeya back at it mate. Me and my Mrs do it on our own now. Geez that manly/sydney cornice is a bit of fun. Lol.

Great work! Some good tips! Small tip from a plasterer to a fellow bro plasterer! Try a gauger trowel instead of the plastering trowel, easier & quicker to lick the cornice with the mud!

Very clean workmanship.

Nice work. And so much better than all the American ones with all that feet and inches nonsense 😂

This is good shit; I need to do one wall of cornice at home and hopefully wont make too much of a mess after this vid

Now i know what is cornice..thanks for sharing this video ..i like it..

The guy in the pink shorts is just so cute. Nice info also

Hi James, nice video. I’ve muddled my way through installing a fair bit of 90mm Sydney cove cornice on a large owner build project. This included two challenging rooms that had walls at odd angles ( both 112.5 degree and 67.5 degree corners ) but also raked ceilings at 30 degrees. Took me a while to work out the correct way to joint the corners so they looked perfect, this involved small wedged shape pieces in the corners to adjust for the odd angles. Anyway my question re your vid. You say to mark down 90 mm on the wall. Wonder if this should have an extra couple of mm added to account for the cement thickness. Obviously a 90mm cornice will project onto the ceiling and walls by 90 mm plus cement thickness. I assume if you do an exact 90 mm mark on the wall and put a nail in at that point to sit the cornice on , then you’ll end up with a slight rotation of the cornice getting more than 90 mm projection onto the ceiling but importantly the corners won’t exactly align. Cheers.

This is awesome, thanks so much. Don't mind taking the extra time to get it right, what's a few hours compared to the lifetime it will look good? Top video and very clear, thanks for the real, constructive help!

Great video ! Thanks a lot !! Quick question, I need to install a plaster cornice but the wall is in Brick. What would you recommend to hold it in place during the drying time ? (considering I may not want to actually drive screw into the brick wall everywhere, looks a bit tedious)

Thanks guys first class job bob uk.

I am randomly looking around to find home repair vids. Just in case the Poop show in Texas turns bad. So far no busted pipes for me. Anyways, I had to do a double take because you kinda look like an actor called Grant Bowler lol.

Hi was wondering how I would do this on a tiled wall? Obviously I can't drive screws in to brace the cornice

Great informative video

If you are marking out using your coving offcuts at the start - doesnt this rely on a perfectly level ceiling? shouldnt this be done with laser level so that the bottom line of the coving is true level. Any discrepancies can be made up against the ceiling where everything will be painted white ( usually) . Im looking at a big renovation job as a DIYer so this video is great thanks!

Which brand of mitre box do you use ?

Very nice video sir.. Thank you for sharing 😁 keep safe always 😁😁

Why not drill in the screws into the cornice?

You’ve confused me on the long & short points. Does long go 20 to nothin or does the short?

Very slow way if doing it.laser measure two short ladders and a plank to cut on and a tapepro cornice head will speed thing up about 50%

He installed it upside down. lol. A cornice like this should be oriented as a cyma recta, but it was installed as a cyma reversa. Most people won't know the difference, but it's not correct according to classical rules and tradition.

That process is way to slow for me,be there all day

It's Witch Craft, I've never been able to get it right. Thanks for the vid.

must be expensive install

Not sure if it's been mentioned but that is not Plaster Cornice that is Gib Cove. Plaster Cornice is made out of 100% Plaster, not with a paper surface and actually takes real tradesman skill. That Cove was made so anyone could hang it, just like sandable plaster, when I started they were still polishing 3 coats wall paper finish 4 coatrs paint. How things have changed.

the answer at 1:39 made no sense at all, sorry

What's with the large tool belt and professionals will do a mitre joint in the middle of a long run and not a butt joint,!!

This method is so slow 😂

Pink shorts n white socks,nooooo!!!!!