Plaster Coving Bay Window

We are often asked if our plaster coving can be fitted around bay windows, where the angels are not 90 degrees, the answer is yes, but you have to know...

What Is Scrim And How Is It Used?

Scrim is used to strengthen plaster coving, and other fibrous plasterwork. Scrim is a type of open weave cloth and can refer to textiles made from cotton, flax, and Jute....

Plasterwork: A Short 4000 Year history

Plasterwork is not a new phenomenon it is actually an ancient means of decorating rooms. History shows that as civilisations developed so too did the use of plastered walls. In...

What Is A Cornice?

Cornice is a word that comes from ancient Greek. It refers to the upper moulding of the Entablature, which is the horizontal structural element (beam) that lies above the columns...

What Is The Difference Between Coving And Cornice?

Just as a hoover is the colloquial name for a vacuum cleaner, so too nowadays is coving used to describe any form of cornice. The commercial success of the ubiquitous...

Ogee Plaster Coving MPC039 - New House Essex

This customer originally planned for his builder to fit the coving as part of the price of building a new house, however when he saw the range of coving the...