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

brownbake

KaratePigeon wrote: »

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.

I think best just to knock this post on the head. The Op can't be arsed to phone up for quotes or thank anyone for taking the time to respond - almost as annoying as people who don't bother coming to quote.

Would be nice if the mod could remove this one lol.

brownbake

bigdoozer wrote: »

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

No and no - I can't begin to imagine the work involved in scraping artex off and don't want to. 1 option - platstering over it.

Let's kill this OP please

frankie

Had a patterned artex ceiling (30 m2) flattened for £165. Plasterer bonded and skimmed ceiling. He had to work around existing downlighters which were lowered. Its smooth as glass now. It was a full days work for him, he was very careful. Have had rooms done by him before and will use him again when its time to do other rooms.