I’m not going to tell you.

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Cor, nice coving!

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i dropped a tin of pain on the carpet once and the lid fell off and it was pretty bad

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We’ll assume that it’s a cornice, then.

That does sound bad actually.

yes a tin of pain!

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You shouldn’t have done that.

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Can we make this thread sticky?

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These geezers say cornice coving

https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Cornice_coving_and_architrave_definitions

that is the last thing you want to do!!!11

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Plain cornice or coving

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I prefer “skirting boards but for ceilings”

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That’s coving, which is a type of cornice.

(plain, unadorned)

is this now the diy thread?
Got a roofer coming round later. The most scary of the trades

Roofers always seem like they’ve seen some shit

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going to mention the weather to him as is nice and sunny. What will he prefer?

  • the sun, because nice and sunny for working
  • hates the sun because wants rain and wind so roofs fall off

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the fear of a comedicish death every day, innit?

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Fucking hell. I’m going with skirting boards for ceilings.

(turns out I have meant coving for coving all along, folks!)

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How do you get your painting flat and even? I am inherently not neat even when I am trying my hardest.

I use masking tape, Ronald.