Fixing a multi-piece ceiling rose
Fixing a multi-piece ceiling rose
Context: I recently installed a multi-piece fibrous plaster ceiling rose (i.e. not a complete disk but several independent pieces/leaves radiating outward), around a light fitting. The ceiling is lath and plaster, c. 1910. In the position where each piece would go, I scored the ceiling with a stanley knife to expose some plaster under the paint, and attached the pieces with plaster adhesive given to me by the firm that cast the rose (herculite fibrefix I think). I also put a drywall screw...
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by gmwill
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Fixing a multi-piece ceiling rose
Context: I recently installed a multi-piece fibrous plaster ceiling rose (i.e. not a complete disk but several independent pieces/leaves radiating outward), around a light fitting. The ceiling is lath and plaster, c. 1910. In the position where each piece would go, I scored the ceiling with a stanley knife to expose some plaster under the paint, and attached the pieces with plaster adhesive given to me by the firm that cast the rose (herculite fibrefix I think). I also put a drywall screw...
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by gmwill
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum