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Cornice Paint Removal Cost Guide 2025 (London Pricing Explained)
Cornice Restoration

Cornice Paint Removal Cost Guide 2025 (London Pricing Explained)

  Quick Summary   Cornice paint removal costs in London (2025) vary depending on cornice size, condition, paint layers, and access. On average, prices range from ยฃ25โ€“ยฃ60 per metre. Complex projects, like multiple paint layers or listed buildings, can cost more due to specialist methods. This guide explains what affects pricing, whatโ€™s included, and how to budget effectively. When planning a restoration project, one of the first questions is:โ€œHow much

How Do You Fix Water-Damaged Coving? Step-by-Step Guide
Cornice Repair

How Do You Fix Water-Damaged Coving? Step-by-Step Guide

Quick Summary: Water leaks or damp patches often leave plaster coving stained, soft, or even crumbling. Fixing water-damaged coving requires careful assessment, drying, repair, and, in some cases, replacement using traditional methods. This guide explains the exact steps to restore coving safely and effectively.   Why Does Coving Get Water Damage?   Coving is made from plaster (lime or gypsum), which is porous and easily absorbs moisture. Common causes include:

Should You Remove All Layers of Paint from Cornices โ€” Or Only the Flaking Areas?
Cornice Repair

Should You Remove All Layers of Paint from Cornices โ€” Or Only the Flaking Areas?

When restoring plaster cornices, homeowners often wonder whether to strip all layers of old paint or just deal with the flaking parts. This blog explains the pros and cons of partial vs full cornice paint removal, highlights the risks of DIY and chemical methods, and shows why professional steam-only paint removal delivers the safest and most authentic results for period homes and listed buildings in London.

Cracked plaster coving repair in Victorian London home
Cornice Restoration

Coving Restoration

Professional coving restoration and repair in London. We match and replicate period plasterwork with traditional materials, delivering seamless results that protect your homeโ€™s historic character.

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Cornice Cleaning

Richmond Kew Jocelyn Road

  Richmond Kew Jocelyn Road 1870 London. Here you can see in the photos we stripped all of the paint from the cornice and ceiling rose, the light brown colour you can see is mainly staining from smoking from years ago and smoke from open fires.    

Millers Well Pub East Ham
Cornice Cleaning

Millers Well Pub East Ham

  The Miller’s Well Grade 2 Listed Public House Barking Rd East London. We were appointed to repair some sections of the cornice that had collapsed.  In the photos the lighter section of cornices are the new sections that were fitted and matched in with the existing cornice    

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Cornice Repair

Cornice Repair

We are experts in Cornice Repair, much of our work is carried out in old historic buildings, from the small Victorian terraced houses to the very large properties. Typically, the cornices are caked in many years of paint and many cornices have sections or parts missing. Having spent many years in the business of cornices there is nothing that we cannot fix, from cornice repair to cornice restoration to the complete removal of paint. read more….

Wellington Square Chelsea
Cornice Cleaning

Wellington Square Chelsea

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Arundel Gardens Notting Hill
Cornice Cleaning

Arundel Gardens Notting Hill

This is a contract we undertook at Arundel Gardens at Notting Hill they are aged circa 1860.  Great care was taken to remove the old paint using our steam method.  ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]