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Professional Artex Removal

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  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    its fairly thin. its more like thick emulsion. with knobs on.
    Get some gorm.
  • nickj_2
    nickj_2 Posts: 7,052 Forumite
    i've painted loads of houses where the artex has just been skimmed

    2 words

    get it skimmed ;)
  • nickj_2
    nickj_2 Posts: 7,052 Forumite
    Brallaqueen wrote: »
    how thick is Artex usually? I only ask because overboarding and skimming will take a couple of inches off the height of a ceiling. Not a problem in period properties perhaps but a bleeding pain in newer houses with lower ceilings.

    unless you are peter crouch then you should have no problem with newer houses , most ceilings are well over 7ft , and period properties tend not have artex
  • dave82_2
    dave82_2 Posts: 1,328 Forumite
    nickj wrote: »
    i've painted loads of houses where the artex has just been skimmed

    2 words

    get it skimmed ;)

    Thats 3 words ;):rotfl:
  • themacster
    themacster Posts: 199 Forumite
    OP says he has plaster mouldings on some ceilings, so overboarding may not be feasible. I'd skim over it but check how well its attached first.
  • nickj_2
    nickj_2 Posts: 7,052 Forumite
    dave82 wrote: »
    Thats 3 words ;):rotfl:

    that's irony :)
  • BeauBelle
    BeauBelle Posts: 138 Forumite
    We have had all of the ceilings in our house skimmed over because of the Artex. Look loads better and done quickly, its made a real difference in our house.
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    nickj wrote: »
    that's irony :)

    Now that's 2 words. :rotfl:

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • anotherbaldrick
    anotherbaldrick Posts: 2,335 Forumite
    White asbestos was part of Artex up to the mid 80's so anything applied in the last 30 years is OK. Before that date get a professional in to remove it.
    You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe (Henry IV part 2)
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    anotherbaldrick wrote: »
    White asbestos was part of Artex up to the mid 80's so anything applied in the last 30 years is OK. Before that date get a professional in to remove it.
    I thought it was in the 70s but you could be right. Skimming it is still the quickest and cheapest solution.

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
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