Years ago, in the dark ages before we renovated 8 Finlay Street, we had major water ingress in the hallway during a thunderstorm. The old, original cornice in the front hall was damaged, as was several feet of paint on the wall below. And the new cornice in the second part of the hall became loose. When we had the reno done, getting all that fixed was supposed to be part of the job, but somehow it just didn't happen.
So when the plasterers return to do 1A Little O'Grady, we ask them back to inspect the hall. The plasterer has coniptions as he is certain that the loose cornice is about to fall down any minute. I point out that it has been like that for at least four years, but he insists on coming in immediately with his mate to take it down. And we arrange to have the whole lot fixed, and this two-day job fits nicely into a gap that they have this week.
On Friday they arrive, put up a channel about 150mm lower than the original ceiling, put in new plasterboard, then redo the cornices. This is a long job as it's a large, fancy Victorian cornice, so they don't quite finish and will return Monday to do so. But even unfinished and unpainted, it looks so much better than it did.
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