Project description
Our living room has high ceilings, and the bare slab feels empty in that volume. I want a classic look without heaviness: a slim, restrained cornice running around the whole perimeter, and a round ceiling rose about sixty centimetres in diameter framing the chandelier. Before any work starts I would like a site survey and a drawing with the layout, so I can see in advance how many linear metres are needed, where the joints will fall, and how the profile meets the window reveal and the alcove. Corners matter to me: I expect mitres cut properly and the pattern matched across the joints, because corners are where sloppy work shows first.
Fixing is the part I want agreed in writing. A plaster rose is heavy and it hangs directly above where people sit, so adhesive alone is not acceptable: it must be adhesive plus mechanical fixings into a sound base, and I want to be told what that base actually is. The chandelier itself is to be suspended from the structural slab on its own anchor, completely independent of the decoration — its weight must never rest on the rose, which only frames the outlet. Anything involving the wiring at the chandelier point is for a qualified electrician, not for the moulding installer. All overhead work is to be done from a stable platform or tower, not from a stepladder balanced on a chair or a table.
We are living in the flat throughout, so dust is a separate condition. Furniture and floors get covered, doorways are sealed off, and sanding is done with dust extraction and a respirator: filler dust is fine enough to travel into every room and settle for weeks. After installation the joints are filled, sanded flush and the whole decoration is painted to match the ceiling so no seams are visible. Waste, offcuts and bags are to be removed by you.
Scope of work:
— site survey, sketch and layout with the material take-off;
— cornice installed around the perimeter with mitres and pattern matched at corners;
— ceiling rose fixed with adhesive plus mechanical fixings into a sound base;
— chandelier hung separately from the slab, wiring connected by an electrician;
— joints filled, sanded with dust extraction, everything painted to match the ceiling;
— furniture and floors protected, room cleaned, waste taken away;
— fixed quote and timeline agreed before the work begins.
Fixing is the part I want agreed in writing. A plaster rose is heavy and it hangs directly above where people sit, so adhesive alone is not acceptable: it must be adhesive plus mechanical fixings into a sound base, and I want to be told what that base actually is. The chandelier itself is to be suspended from the structural slab on its own anchor, completely independent of the decoration — its weight must never rest on the rose, which only frames the outlet. Anything involving the wiring at the chandelier point is for a qualified electrician, not for the moulding installer. All overhead work is to be done from a stable platform or tower, not from a stepladder balanced on a chair or a table.
We are living in the flat throughout, so dust is a separate condition. Furniture and floors get covered, doorways are sealed off, and sanding is done with dust extraction and a respirator: filler dust is fine enough to travel into every room and settle for weeks. After installation the joints are filled, sanded flush and the whole decoration is painted to match the ceiling so no seams are visible. Waste, offcuts and bags are to be removed by you.
Scope of work:
— site survey, sketch and layout with the material take-off;
— cornice installed around the perimeter with mitres and pattern matched at corners;
— ceiling rose fixed with adhesive plus mechanical fixings into a sound base;
— chandelier hung separately from the slab, wiring connected by an electrician;
— joints filled, sanded with dust extraction, everything painted to match the ceiling;
— furniture and floors protected, room cleaned, waste taken away;
— fixed quote and timeline agreed before the work begins.
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