What is duropoymer coving and how does it compare with traditional coving.
Difference between coving and cornice.
The commercial success of the ubiquitous concave paper coated plaster strips sold by diy supermarkets and builders merchants.
Cove molding has a concave profile which bows inward while crown molding has a convex flatter appearance that projects out from the wall.
It projects across the ceiling say 100mm 4 and the drop down the wall is also 100mm.
Posted by bryn williams on july 05 2017.
Cornice cornice cornicing or coving is the plaster trim that covers the transition between wall and ceiling.
Just as a hoover is the colloquial name for a vacuum cleaner so too nowadays is coving used to describe any form of cornice.
A cornice is a profiled moulding used to conceal the joint between a wall and a ceiling so that it does not have to be finished and any cracking along the joint is hidden.
A cornice can be plain or highly decorative.
It may be elaborate or plain and in more modest homes is often absent altogether.
Plain cornice may be referred to as coving.
What is the difference between coving and cornice.
The main difference is the profile.
Coving also tends to be much simpler in design than cornice and is typically formed around the traditional quarter circle or c shaped profile.
Coving is the term that is usually applied to a moulding that is uniform in profile i e.