Plastering over artex

Ellie2758

goldentouch wrote:

Very true.

We had ours plastered over. Cost about £400. DD slammed door and one wall fell off :eek:

After that we peeled the rest off like an egg shell and did it the hard way using the product quoted above.

Just hoping now we weren't all exposed to toxins along the way.

do you have any idea WHY it fell off?

Ellie

goldentouch

Not really because it was bonded etc.
The artex was a particularly deep pattern though so that can't have helped.

Moneyfornothing_2

Plasterers command anything from £15 per hour upwards + Materials.
I think I'm in the wrong job!

Poppy9

Moneyfornothing wrote:

Plasterers command anything from £15 per hour upwards + Materials.
I think I'm in the wrong job!

£15 per hour isn't much when you think they have other expenses i.e. keeping a vehicle on the road for business purposes, liability insurance (hope you ask to see certificate before letting them work on your house). They also have to pay their own NI. Full time work is also not guaranteed every week and they don't get paid holidays or sickness.