Artexed walls ?

sabelu · 8 October 2005 at 4:07PM

We several years ago made a mistake and artexed our hall, stairs and landing. Ok its been there 14 years but we have gone off it. Would we be better getting it reskimmed by a plasterer or what ?

cargo · 8 October 2005 at 4:10PM

Yes Providing there is enough room to take the extra thickness.
Eg,Around the doors/windows/skirting boards.

windym_2 · 8 October 2005 at 4:22PM

I would rather move house than tackle this one :eek:

mrbadexample · 8 October 2005 at 4:48PM

windym wrote:

I would rather move house than tackle this one :eek:

I'm seriously considering that. Some previous idiot (no offence OP) who lived in my house decided that artex on the kitchen walls was a good thing. Artexers should be shot. All of them. :mad:

Katykat · 8 October 2005 at 5:15PM

We had a plasterer go over ours on stairs, also on a ceiling. Then we papered over it, but you could just paint it with emulsion. It was all done in a day.

Katykat · 8 October 2005 at 5:17PM

Just read that, we [email="DIDN@T"]DIDN'T[/email] paper the ceiling. Though come to think of it, when I was a nipper ( during the crimean war) all our ceilings were papered to match the walls. My parents must have been bonkers

raeble · 8 October 2005 at 6:01PM

My house has got the living room ceiling papered in patterned wallpaper, which is different to the walls. The previous owners were a bit obsessed with patterned wallpaper.

ginger_nuts · 9 October 2005 at 5:01AM

I was told by a decorator many moons ago ,if you want to put artex on the walls put lining paper on first . then when you want to remove it pull the lining paper off. This is exactly what I did .

squiggles · 9 October 2005 at 4:43PM

If you use a steam stripper the artex will come off.Firstly the emulsion turns into like elasticy type of stuff and can then be pulled off bit by bit.Then take a scraper and make criss crosses(not too deep or you will damage the underneath wall) all over the walls so the steam can penetrate quicker.Just hold the steamer over a patch untill it softens and scrape away.Very time consuming and very messy job so i would cover your carpets good and even tape down the sheets to prevent them moving.

Maximum cost would be £30 for the steamer or a couple of hundred pounds for reskimming a staircase,huge difference in costs,let us know how you get on or what you decide to do.

mellyp · 9 October 2005 at 6:56PM

Husband has just read this post and agrees with squiggles above, will save you a lot of money. Although it does smell a bit!

Good luck

dinkylou · 10 October 2005 at 1:59PM

Think yourselves lucky.

My dream house (which i now live in) has artexing in every room! (looks like a xmas cake!)

Only the previous owners were too cheap to pay a professional and so did it themselves... with plaster!!!

And I only found this out when I had someone come and give me a quote.

Wish they d used paper underneath.

Ah well.

Artexed walls ?

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