water damaged ceiling question

Tr1pp

hi guys.

Im having my ceiling repaired from recent water damage.

the ceiling will be skimmed however I have coving along the edges.

I would like to think good practice would be to remove the coving, skim the ceiling then replace the coving? some of my quotes seem to think its ok to skim up to and feather into the coving (I have suggester they remove the coving before skimming). I dont personally like this as if I ever remove the coving then im left with a 'step' in the ceiling edge.

what is your opinion on this

McKneff

Cant see any reason in the future why you would want to remove the coving, can you? Just make a decision that you wont, job done.

But, if you remove the coving and plaster up, put the coving back up, its going to cost you a lot more in labour charges, and thats if the coving comes down in one peice. You may even have to buy new coving, apart from that you may damage the wall taking it down and putting it back up again.....................

cyclonebri1

Depends entirely on the extent of the water damage. I accept all of the above, BUT, if the paster is blown in any significant area of the roof the ceiling needs reboarding , the corniche ditching then reskimming and corniche replacing.

Tr1pp

McKneff wrote: »

Cant see any reason in the future why you would want to remove the coving, can you? Just make a decision that you wont, job done.

well this is the thing. the bathroom is one place that I plan to fully decorate once the ceiling is repaired and as the coving in their is stuck over the tiles (done by previous owner) then I WILL have to remove the coving to remove all the old tiles.

McKneff

Tr1pp wrote: »

well this is the thing. the bathroom is one place that I plan to fully decorate once the ceiling is repaired and as the coving in their is stuck over the tiles (done by previous owner) then I WILL have to remove the coving to remove all the old tiles.

Ah, well, that's a different matter altogether.

Take it all off then, job don.

aliasojo

I'd remove.

Is the ceiling getting new plasterboard before skimming? Is it just a small patch or a wide area? If it's just a small patch you could get away with feathering up to the coving but given that you will be decorating in the future anyway why not just remove and leave off?

phill99

If the coving was undamaged, then its perfectly acceptable to skim up to it. If you plan to take the coving down, then you need to taqe it down. However, don't expect to be able to reuse it. Also, the quote will go up if you want it removed as it will take time and there will be waste disposal charges.

ListysDad

If it's an insurance claim (which it should be given it is consequential damage) they would NOT take it down unless there is evidence it's damaged. If the boarding is damaged very close to the coving then (insurance wise) it would be would be replaced.

TBH if you are staying in the house my opinion is to remove and replace it. Otherwise it will be a weak point and it WILL split/crack there and you'll be continually filling it and decorating.

Just my two penneth.

Leif

Take it off then get the ceiling skimmed. Coving is cheap, £20 for 6 x 3m last time I looked and it is easy to put up.

cyclonebri1

I think all agree, get it done properly, re-cove afterwards.
As you thought anything else is really compromising to be honest.