Beau Posted March 1 Posted March 1 We are doing up an old place on a limited budget. In the ideal world we would be replastering all the walls with lime but we simply dont have the budget but we dont want to make the place characterless either. Can we recreate this relatively easily with pink and plasterboard? I'm a woodworker by trade so can make most things if needed. I'm presuming it's not just a of making some dowel and bonding it in on the corners.
G and J Posted March 1 Posted March 1 I thought that was exactly what it was. Sort of Victorian angle beading. Used to have that in an 1850s property we owned. 1
Mike Posted March 1 Posted March 1 (edited) Traditionally it would have been run in plaster using a profiled sledge. I found a video of the technique for you, though the quality is low - see below. Not sure about running it in pure casting plaster though - it may be too brittle. Normally fibres are added for mouldings, but on a wall probably just fibre-reinforced lime plaster, at a guess. It's not something I've tried, but if you were to use a double layer of plasterboard and leave the second layer short of the corners, in theory that would provide the space. Try some experiments... Edited March 1 by Mike 2
Super_Paulie Posted March 2 Posted March 2 I have exactly this in the original 1930s part of the house. It's what you think it is, a long wooden dowel that is nailed to wedges in the corners of brick work. I have exposed a wall and recreated the detail with the original method, see attached in an awful photo you can see the wedge top right. Brought back memories of painting that wall that blue/green and then 2 days later painting it back over again with something less sh1te. 1
Beau Posted March 2 Author Posted March 2 (edited) On 01/03/2025 at 16:32, G and J said: I thought that was exactly what it was. Sort of Victorian angle beading. Used to have that in an 1850s property we owned. Reading more about I think you are right. I was overcomplicating things as ever haha I will see if my plasterer is happy to do this if I make up the wooden 'quirks' which seems to be the right term Edited March 2 by Beau
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