We are renovating a weatherboard house prior to getting it removed to a new location. Like many weatherboard Qld houses of this age (built 1947) the back rooms were fibro, now plasterboard, but the public rooms have plaster ceilings with attractive moulded cornices.

We have visions of chunks of this moulding falling out during the removal. Are there any suggestions of ways to stabilise the plaster moulding for its trip up the highway?

Comprehensive insurance?

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Why renovate and then move? Wouldn't it be better to move and then reno?

Any problems with the move will only need to be fixed at new location, and it may end up being more expensive.

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Regards,
Geoff

What Geoff said. One cycle of repairs would likely be less dear than two. But still a good idea to secure the cornice for the move; at least the cracked pieces would be in the right place, instead of in small shatters all over the floor. My first thought would be to wrap across the cornice from wall to ceiling with something like filament tape, about 300mm on centres, and attach the tape to both surfaces with screws. Patching the screw holes would be easier than rebuilding the cornice from scratch.

Joe

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perhaps running a bead of silicon all along the edge on both edges will help hold it in place ...(partially glue it) when your settled just grab one end and peel it off ...