Replacing Old Cornice

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Replacing old cornice.

Original cornice may have become damaged over the years or you may find cracks that have been covered with paint once you ve stripped it back. If you re painting. It s more than 100 years old over the past few years we ve patched the particularly bad spots but we re now at a point where we ll probably have to replace some sections of the cornice and possibly the entire thing. How to remove replace and restore cornices.

19th aug 2006 07 57 pm. First use a small chisel to carefully chip away the edges of the crack resulting in a more even surface and then sand away any lumps so that the area is smooth. If however larger areas have been damaged and you need to source replacement lengths of coving the process is fairly simple. I have gone up in the ceiling and the cornice thatt i want to replace looks like it is constructed of fine straw like material.

Fill any holes and cracks and remove old adhesive with a chisel or filling knife. The original terra cotta cornice on our park slope cooperative has steadily deteriorated. Needless to say it looks pretty crappy in a hallway. Cornices come in standard sizes for the best finish i would recommend removing the old cornice and replacing with new.

24th may 2006 09 46 pm. You ll get a better finish and it is near impossible to fit new cornices over existing unless increasing by at least 2 3 sizes up. The cornice i want to replace is the old style cornice that was used in bathrooms it has a large ventilation gap between it and the plasterboard ceiling. By tk1 in forum misc boat related stuff replies.

Using a standard timber saw cut straight in to the cornice face.