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Has anyone got any advice for removing large areas of thick artex? I have tested small areas with limited success. Its not bad where there is plaster backing it but most of it is on cement and just seems to be endless scraping with little to show for it.
Alternatively can anyone recommend a plasterer near chorley?
Step 1 : get it tested for asbestos.....
Do not proceeed to step 2 until step 1 is complete.
If you insist on removing it then a wallpaper steamer will help. You can also get paste that will soften it for removal.
Eaisist solution is to plaster over it.
A good plasterer will be able to skim it easily.
I have had all of my artex ceilings plastered over.
There used to be a product called x-tex don't know how good it is.
Also, if it's coming off, don't bother trying to remove it from plaster, take the lot off and start again from brick. Could be worse though, could be Lincrusta, that is a bugger to shift.
My plastering mate would tell me to overboard it but then he's not that good. As said a wallpaper stripper will soften it enough to come off in decent sized pieces.
I had the artex in my 1960s built house tested and it contained asbestos, the comment above about testing is important if attempting to remove.
As said already, "most" artex will have some form of Asbestos in it (artex went out of fashion at a similar time to asbestos)
A decent plasterer will skim it easy enough.
Just remember, if you do cover it, the asbestos is still there in case you go drilling holes on the surface covered.
One of the benefits of steaming it off is it reduces the dust if there is asbestos in there.
Asbestos is crap to plaster over. You can blue grit it to high hell but there is a chance the plaster will fall off.
Either:
Scrape it off - after testing for asbestos.
Board over it.
Rip the boards down and reboard it.
Last option for me would be skimming straight onto the artex itself with blue grit, bonding it out then multi on top.
It's known to let go often and come off in sheets. Though my dining room artex ceiling is skimmed over.....
Source: did a plastering course, worked with established plasterers and plastered a lot of rooms.
We just got someone in to have ours skimmed over. Been fine for a few years now.
You can get drywall sanders...
Just board over & skim, done a few now, quickest & easiest solution
yeah board over and skim best way by a mile. i have skimmed straight over it in the past but sometimes it needs a really thick covering of skim to cover it.
a decorater got me to do one on friday, he stripped it off with a wallpaper stripper then blue gritted, said it came of really easily.
Overboard. A former partner had her whole flat's ceilings taken down, not directly at her cost, as part of a much larger scheme of roofing work due to neglect and long term poor management. I believe the quote just for the removal of the ceilings was circa £2k due to the asbestos.
I had it tested for asbestos before we bought the place and it came back all clear.
It looks like its been put on by throwing a big blob at the wall and then spread it a bit so there are half inch steps in it. The only quote I've had so far is £950 to plaster over it and that was based on me going around and taking off all the high bits first to create a flatter surface. I was thinking of over boarding but didn't like the idea of all the hollow bits it would leave underneath due to how uneven the surface is.
I might look into the commercial removal products next.
Hollow bits is no different to normal plaster board on battens or dab and dot on a clockwork wall.
And will provide a nice wee bit of insulation too. Also if overboarding, gives you the opportunity to add in more sockets easily, no messy raggling.
ExTex works.
Used it 2 years ago and was surprised how well it worked, it scrapes off like gooey sheets of lasagne which is far preferable to clouds of dust.
If you plaster over it it can come down in slabs, especially if there's a leak from above or dampness.
Just skim over the top. I've got a mate who's a decent plasterer and he wanted this option for the acres of ceiling I has. Worked with perfectly and of course easier.
Had most of our rooms skimmed over. One room wasn’t as it was too thin and not well adhered. We had it tested for asbestos but none was present (mid ‘90’s build) and they scraped it off. Was a horrendously messy job and if we were not already redecorating then whole room we’d have to have done.