History of Lancashire Plaster
Founded in the late 19th C. as a family decorating business by Owen Hope, the Business was officially born in 1985.With a passion for high quality plaster mouldings it is now run by a third generation family member, Graham Hope. With showrooms, design offices and production all in the North of England, the business has grown in both size and capability. However the traditional family values of putting the customer first, have not been forgotten. Over half of all the business still comes from the house builder and home improvement market.
Graham's works have appeared in Magazines like BBC home & Antiques, and been fitted in numerous local stars homes including Recording artists, England footballers homes and several of the cast of Soaps etc. His work can be enjoyed in as diverse places as Gucci store in St. Martin Lane London through to the impressive interior of the De Vere Whites Hotel at Bolton Wanderers FC award winning Reebok Stadium.
MARCH 2008, We recently acquired the mouldings portfolio of "Plasterproducts" of Westhoughton, which increases our production capabilities.
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Our Sevices
Insurance services
We are experts in flood and fire renovation. We currently work with insurance agents , builders and insurance companies throughout the UK.
Architect and house builder services
We offer full technical and project management support in supplying and fitting of our products, including CAD drawings. Our dedicated site installation teams have fitted our products in retail, leisure, office and prestige home developments and our New Brochure is available by download or post.
Building Merchants reseller services
With full merchandising support and a reputation for excellent service, our products offer an additional revenue stream for your business. Call us today to discuss our reselling options for your business.
Fully stocked showroom and warehouse
We carry over 3000 items in stock. Our showroom is only 5 minutes from J6 of the Reebok stadium, call in today to discuss your next project. We are happy to offer advice on self installation should you require it.
Fixing Cornice
Fixing Cornice
Coving or Cornice is the concave or convex moulding that runs around a top of your interior walls neatening the join between the wall and ceiling while simultaneously giving your home an injection of period or modern elegance.
Traditionally coving is made of plaster, hessian & wooden laths, although there are modern examples made from polystyrene and lightweight paper-wrapped material. If your rooms have had the original coving ripped out, Real Plaster coving will restore the room's period feel and add value to your home (picture rails and ceiling roses have the same effect).
When shopping for coving bear in mind that smaller rooms require narrower coving. Always buy more than you need. Room corners are particularly tricky and involve "mitres" - angled pieces of coving you have to cut with a panel saw, ideally on a mitre block.
To put up a section of coving, you'll need "coving adhesive", which either comes ready-mixed or in powder form you mix yourself. Make sure the surfaces of your wall and ceiling are dry, clean and sound, and then create guidelines around the room by marking the walls with a chalk line or drawing a pencil line above and below where the coving is to go and having checked that there are no cables or pipes behind the wall, tap nails onto the wall guidelines ready to rest the Cornice onto.
Now use a trowel or scraper to spread the adhesive around the back edges of the coving. Push the section into place onto the nailed wall guidelines; now tap nails into the ceiling, just above the top edge to support the coving as the adhesive dries (any excess can easily be wiped off with a damp sponge). Make sure the entire length of the coving makes contact with the wall and ceiling.
Use the surplus adhesive to fill any gaps in the corners or the joins at each end. If the coving moves under its own weight, you've spread the adhesive too thinly, so apply another generous coating; you can remove the nails later. If you are fixing coving on an uneven surface you may have to reinforce the glue with countersunk screws driven into wallplugs. When you're done, go around the room filling any gaps with adhesive, then sand the joints and corners using wet or dry abrasive paper 180s or 120s grade.
The above should only be used as a guild, if is doubt contact a professional fitter.
