Introduction
Showing a selection of our Products, which will hopefully assist you and our clients: architects, builders and the public requiring our services. All products illustrated on our site are hand made plaster products using traditional methods, and linking these with today's moulding materials/methods available, showing the quality and crispness in detail along with deep undercuts that are achieved using high quality silicon and glass moulds,
Formed and fabricated in house by our own Craftsmen. We have taken our Company to the forefront and set a new Standard for the Industry
We Manufacture & Reproduce your existing Plasterwork needs
can make almost anything out of plaster/GPR. Custom made mouldings in fibrous plaster, for DIY/ trade
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News
Shipment 1, same size as 2nd shipment
Supply of 1500.m of CN119 Cornice which went to Scotland
Click Photo to see CN119 Cornice
Specials Page
A Growing amount of our work is "bespoke works" for clients i.e. Insurance Companies & home owners,
Its now so easy for anyone to get a quotation by doing one of the followings:
If you have damage Cornice in your Property:
1. Take a digital photo of the damaged Cornice with your Camara or Phone then go to our Upload photos page or you can email it to us, along with the amount required, we will be able to give you a costing for the work
Or:
2. Saw cut through near your damaged cornice, slide a piece of paper or card up through the cut, then carefully using a pencil trace the contour marking the ceiling and wall edge on your template, fax or post it, we will give you an instant quote for the job
Click Photo to go to Upload photos page
History of ukplaster
Founded in the mid 19th C. as a family of decorators, first by Owen Hope, this Business was officially born in 1985.With a passion for high quality plaster mouldings it is now run by the third generation. With production areas in 2 locations, design offices all in the North, the business has grown in both size and capability. However the traditional family values of putting the customer first, have not been forgotten.
Our works having appeared in Fims, TV and Magazines like BBC home & Antiques, and been fitted in many prestigious homes. Our work can be see in London's Gucci store in St. Martin Lane & Canary Wharf
We acquired the portfolio of "Plasterproducts of Bolton" and other acquistions which increased our range & production capabilities
Our Services to the Insurance Sector
English Heritage qualified and we have earned a trust throughout the Industry to give expert advice in this specialist Industry, We are experts in the renovations field. We work with all major insurance companies throughout the UK
Architects and house building services
We offer full technical and project management support supplying and fitting of Plaster products/GPR. CAD specs for each of our main lines
All Brochures and price lists are available Onlie or by post
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 option structures for your business
Workshop and storeroom
We carry over 3000 items in stock. Our showroom is only 5 minutes from J6, M61 Motorway, call us to discuss your next project. We are happy to offer advice on installation
Fixing Cornice
Fixing Cornice
Cornice or Coving is the concave or convex moulding that runs at top of intersection between the wall and ceiling mostly internally giving your home an injection of period or modern elegance.
Traditionally coving is supplied and made of plaster, hessian & wooden laths, although there are modern examples made from polystyrene others paper-wrapped plaster, some are dangerous with regards to Fire risk! If your room had the original Plaster Cornice removed, Our Cornice 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 a smaller size. buy 10% more than your room size. The rooms corners can be particularly tricky and involve "mitres" - angled pieces of coving that need cutting with any normal wood saw, ideally also using a mitre block.
To put up a section of coving, you'll need "coving adhesive" which come either come ready-mixed or in powder form. 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 where the coving is to sit, having checked that there are no cables or pipes behind the wall, tap nails partially onto the wall guidelines ready to rest the weight of the Cornice on.
Now use a trowel or scraper to spread the adhesive on the strike off back edges of the coving. Lift the section up onto the nailed wall guidelines; now tap nails into the ceiling edge, trapping the top edge of Cornice to support it 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 any surplus adhesive to fill any gaps in the corners or on the joints, apply a generous coating; you can remove the nails when the adhesive becomes set. If you are fixing coving on an uneven surface you may have to reinforce with countersinking screws into wall. 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 be used as a guild line only, if in doubt, contact us or any professional fitter.