We are trying to put coving up in or living room,was going ok until we came to the chimney breast where we need external corners. We have spent HOURS trying to get the angles right but are getting nowhere. We have a mitre box but still can't get the angles right whatever we do. Has anyone got any tips?
2007-09-19 08:35:59 · 16 answers · asked by Martini 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Sorry to hear your having problems. I know you have a mitre board but B&Q sell a plastic mitre box there only a couple of pounds and do internal and external cuts especially for coving. Good luck.
2007-09-19 08:50:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Coving Mitre Tool
2016-12-17 14:56:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the coving plaster coving? If so Artex has a tool for cutting the angles. The angles won't be exact but you just fill in the small gaps with the adhesive.
2007-09-19 09:06:27 · answer #3 · answered by Goat Whacker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a spare piece of coving in place projecting past the corner.
Draw a line on the ceiling along the edge and going past the corner .
Do this for both sides of the corner.
The lines should meet where the coving pieces form a point.
Draw a line from the corner of the wall to the point on the ceiling where the lines meet.
Put your piece of coving in place and mark the point on it where the lines meet and at the bottom where the coner of the wall is.
These are the points you cut to.
2007-09-19 08:52:40 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
With no offense to any of the Numerous answers,,, you can buy a TOOL, CHEAP, that pretty much looks like/ acts like a "Folding" Pocket Knife. It pivots at one end, has a sliding blade often, that will fold back into the handle, perhaps a wing nut to HOLD it fast, and can gauge ANY angle that isn't at the degrees of a usual miter box.
Then you can rent/buy/borrow/steal a CHOP SAW/ Miter saw and on its plate can use the TOOL to determine the fixed.... actual angle, set the blade/saw and make your cuts.
With NO offense to YOU...PERFECTION is always something we might strive for yet never achieve,,,whereas the axiom about HandGrenades won't strictly work either.
Certainly with THAT tool, and SCRAP material, you can TEST and determine; that CLOSE ENOUGH, might just be close enough. OR you might accept some level of compromise in that the GAP; at the angle, might have to be filled. This is most effective and invisible if the Cove base can be painted or stained.
Steven Wolf
2007-09-19 09:40:40 · answer #5 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
put the coving face down in the mitre box and cut from the back this will give you the right angle
2007-09-19 10:39:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-04-30 18:20:36 · answer #7 · answered by layla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B&q Coving
2016-10-06 00:16:16 · answer #8 · answered by dotterweich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use an angle finding tool. They are available at the home improvement store. It resembles a small piece of wood, with a slot cut in the middle. In the slot, is a piece of metal, resembling a ruler, that slides on a bolt, fixed with a wing nut. Use the tool to find the angle, then measure it. Divide by two. set the miter saw or box to cut the angle. Dont forget to allow for the width of the saw blade before cutting. You can use a sharp knife to make any fine tuning that needs to be done after the cut.
2007-09-19 08:49:11 · answer #9 · answered by Ben H 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
get a plasterer or decorator to do it. Coving looks fab when it's done well but can ruin a whole room if it's not quite right and it'll get on your nerves too. Not worth spoiling a room for. - yep def get someone in.
2007-09-19 09:16:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋