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These tasks may be tricky so will suit you if you're experienced in DIY, or simply love a challenge.
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If your walls are slightly bowed, you can still add coving as styles are flexible enough to give slightly to match the wall. To hold coving in place, fix it to the walls with brass screws. Countersink the heads and fill the holes with filler.
Coving can be a lovely feature for any room and here are some easy steps on how you get the best finish.
Fix very heavy plaster coving with brass screws at 1m intervals. Hold the pieces in position and drill carefully through the coving and into the wall. Add wall plugs, spread on the adhesive and screw into place. Use filler to conceal the screw heads.
When removing old skirting boards, tap the blade of a bolster chisel between the wall and the skirting with a hammer. Prise the skirting far enough to insert a crowbar. Using a thin piece of wood under the crowbar to protect the plaster, lever the skirting board away from the wall.
Like coving, skirting gives a lovely finish to any room and is really easy to fit when you know how. Here are some top tips.
Try to make as few joins as possible on the walls. It's worth buying an extra full-length piece of coving or skirting board rather than use up two shorter sections. It will look much neater.
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