Frequently asked questions about Plaster Mouldings
General questions
- What can I do if I'm not happy?
- How can I visualise my mouldings?
- I have some plaster mouldings that have become damaged. Is there anything I can do?
- I want to add value to my property using plaster mouldings, what do you suggest?
- I need to improve the look and the feel of my room on a small budget
- I have a large room – what would suit it best?
- What are your delivery terms?
- Can I fit your products myself?
- What materials should I use to fix my plaster mouldings?
Product questions
- What is Coving and what are Cornices?
- What are Corbels?
- What are Ceiling centres?
- What are Dados?
What do your measurements mean?
- Measuring coving and cornices
- Measuring corbles
- Measuring ceiling centres
- Measuring dados
General questions
1. What can I do if I am not happy?
Well we take the supplying and selling of plaster mouldings very seriously. So the first thing to do is give us a call or drop up an email. Please drop us a line on 01278 439218 or contact us here.
2. How can I visualise my moulding before I buy?
To help you to visualise our coving and cornices we have created a 3d view of many of our products, so you can see them spinning in 3d and get a much better impression of how they will look over standard flat imagery. Click here to see a 3d plaster coving example.
3. I have some plaster mouldings that have become damaged. Is there anything I can do?
We provide a full restoration service and can restore anything from slightly damaged plaster mouldingsto replacement of all your plaster coving or cornices. View our restoration page to view some of our past restoration work. Please drop us a line on 01278 439218 or contact us here
4. I want to add value to my property using plaster mouldings, what do you suggest?
When looking to increase your property value, any good estate agent will tell you that style and impressions will make a massive difference to the saleable value of your home. A well designed house will help to increase the potential value of your home and give it a classic feel.
If you are in possession of an older property, look at the existing fittings and fillings and try and match them to our products. Usually most properties choose to use either Victorian plaster coving or Georgian plaster cornice. More style oriented people will often choose something with a little more flair from our Ornate and decorative coving range
5. How can I improve the look and feel of my property on a small budget?
Coving and Cornices are a good way to improve the look of your property. Even simple designs such as Victorian covings can instantly give the room a better feel. For example a 16 square metre room would cost you approximately £120. So this would help to bring your room to life without breaking the bank.
6. I have a large room - what would suit it best?
Corbels would be good to have on a large space of wall where they would make a strong impact on the room. Also recommended would to have coving / cornices with a ceiling rose as they will both compliment each other well.
When dealing with larger rooms, you have far more options, try something larger that makes a statements, with smaller, complimentary mouldings around this. Depending on the property a plaster moulding archway would be complementary to any room especially main entrances and hallways.
7. What are your delivery terms?
View our ordering and delivery pages for our terms and prices. If you wish to contact us in regards to delivery options, please either call 01278 439218 or contact us here
8. Can I fit your products myself?
Yes you can. We also provide fitting materials on our site which we recommend strongly to help you do it yourself.
9. What materials should I use to fix my plaster mouldings?
We recommend the plaster moulding products shown on our site . These materials are those in which we personally use and they are of good quality.
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Products
1. What is Coving and what are Cornices?
Coving, also known as cornices; are plaster mouldings that are horizontally mounted around the top edges of rooms (see example). Coving / Cornices can vastly improve the quality and value of your home as well as acting as a decorative method of improving the design of your room. Coving is generally divided into five sections: Victorian coving, Georgian Coving, Cove and straight run coving, Modern and art Deco coving and Ornate and decorative coving. The style of plaster coving you choose will depend greatly on your room style and budget. If you wish to talk to us about what would suit your home best, please call us on 01278 439218 or contact us here
VIEW OUR PLASTER COVING AND CORNICE RANGE HERE
2. What are Corbels
Historically in architecture Corbels would be used on the side of buildings to hold any projecting walls. Nowadays they are used to support ceilings, arches and mantels as examples. In many cases corbels can be used just a decorative feature for the home.
VIEW OUR CORBEL RANGE HERE
3. What are Ceiling centres
Ceiling centres are plaster mouldings that are mounted on the ceiling to serve as a strong feature to the room. Ceiling centres are good to compliment a room that is also decorated which cornices to the same or similar design. They are also good for highlighting light features in rooms with high ceilings or just a general design.
VIEW OUR CEILING CENTRES AND CEILING ROSES HERE
4. What are Dados
Dado rails are plaster mouldings that run around the edges of the room and breaks up the walls. In some cases the lower part of the way would be decorated or furnished differently. In which the Dados then nicely breaks up the two sections. The use of dados are mainly aesthetic in modern homes though they still provide protection for the walls against furniture damage. For large room dado rails would instantly break up the wall space and would also compliment cornices installed.
VIEW OUR DADO RAILS HERE
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What do your measurements mean?
1. Cornices / Coving
Length - this is the length of the cornice / coving when it arrives to you. This is the longest side and would appear left to right if placed in position on a wall.
Projection – This is how far the coving or cornice projects outwards from the side of the wall.
Depth – This the length of the back of the cornice that is fixed to the wall.
2. Ceiling centres
Diameter - A diameter of a circular ceiling centre is any straight line that passes through the centre of the circle. For Oval ceiling centres the length is measured in the same way although the points are from the longest length of the oval shape.
3. Corbels
Shelf projection – the measurement of how far the shelf projects from the wall.
Shelf width – the width of the actual shelf of the corbel on the top.
Width – width of the lower part of the corbel
Height – height of the corbel.
4. Dado rails – These measurements are the same as coving and cornices
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