How much would it cost to get a textured ceiling smoothed over?

KaratePigeon

Hi,
Just a quick question I hope someone can give me a ballpark figure for. We've got horrible textured artex on our kitchen ceiling which I'd really like smoothed over. It's only a small kitchen, about 3m square at a guess. Do I need a plasterer to do this? Would really appreciate an approximate cost as I don't want to bother ringing around for quotes if it's more than we can afford! Thanks.

jason_s_2

Yes your going to need a plasterer and ball park figure is about £120-£150.

dreamlife99

http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/artex.htm

havent tried this but found it online

thoughton

We had our living room artex ceiling plastered over not too long ago. The room is about 20' x 15' and it cost £70 cash (we probably received a small discount, it was a friend of a friend of a friend...)

jason_s_2

Yer a big discount thoughton lol

catwoman

Thats a huge discount I was quoted £400 so we left it!

brownbake

thoughton wrote: »

We had our living room artex ceiling plastered over not too long ago. The room is about 20' x 15' and it cost £70 cash (we probably received a small discount, it was a friend of a friend of a friend...)

Yes I think they must have been quoting a job 10 - 15 yrs ago as that is a big room!!! LOL. It ain't easy and something that can be DIY done and even with materials that size room - what the guy was charging £50 for work - maybe in the 80s lol. Complete BS IMHO unless he lives in the Eastern block.

We recently paid £240 for a 30M2 ARTEX ceiling gone and a bit of other work about 33m2. It was all our budget could stretch to. And that ain't all that cheap m2. I would have rather paid a bit extra and got a perfect job in all honesty.

Jason S has been helpful when I have asked questions and would have rather got someone proud of their finish but cost a bit more.

Don't know the guy, but he is on a MS website and has been helpful for free, advice for me, so ... I don't know!! £70 for the job u said seems ridiculous to me lol!!

atlantic04

Try this site
http://www.myhammer.co.uk/

brownbake

thoughton wrote: »

We had our living room artex ceiling plastered over not too long ago. The room is about 20' x 15' and it cost £70 cash (we probably received a small discount, it was a friend of a friend of a friend...)

Yes - this is my 2nd post LOL - keep that in mind!! Personally I wouldn't trust anyone with under 30 posts as it is too easy to spam.

This guys post is BS have no doubt

Marg

Be very careful!

It's not a DIY job I suggest you ask for recommends rather than yellow pages pin stick selection.

Having a job done like that isn't only about the cost - Plastering is a very messy job even done by careful professionals and you need to be prepared for a lot of dust.

I've had plastering done by 'not so cheap & cheerful' and also by very good clean & tidy workers but in both cases the dust was horrendous so make sure you really really want it done first.

Good Luck!

bigdoozer

We had same, and used a steam wallpaper stripper to remove it and painted over with a heavy based emulsion