Advice on damaged ceiling

shopbot

I was hoping someone would be able to advise on possible solutions for my damaged ceiling.

I've uploaded a photo here:
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj167/Armstrong2008/MSECeiling.jpg

Is this Artex or just a paint effect?

If it is Artex is there an asbestos danger? The building was constructed 1988.

Is this easy to repair or would it be easier to strip whole ceiling (2m square)? I'm don't mind having the current finish or a plain ceiling.

Many Thanks!

SB

Leif

What are the dimensions of the area in the photo? Is that central area proud or sunken relative to the wrinkly stuff? Assuming those are screw holes, that could be where something such as a light rose has been screwed through the ceiling and onto a joist.

To strip artex, try here:

http://www.stripperspaintremovers.com/I_want_to_remove.htm

I have no financial connection with the above people, but I have tried some products and they are as claimed. They supply specialist chemicals which work better than the stuff in B&Q etc. BUT ... if you do buy from them, buy a sample first, and try it out on a small area to check it works on your ceiling. Also take care as the chemicals are not nice and will burn you if touched. So wear protective clothing, especially eye protection if doing a ceiling. And keep animals and children away. Oh, and the chemicals WILL damage furniture etc.

evoke

Get the whole ceiling skimmed and painted. I had three of those vile Artexed ceilings and got decorators to skim and paint the whole lot. The other option is to overboard it (screw another layer of plasterboard over it) and the 'sledgehammer' approach is to pull the whole lot down and put a new one up.

I'd skim it.

shopbot

Thanks Leif and Evoke,

Leif wrote: »

What are the dimensions of the area in the photo? Is that central area proud or sunken relative to the wrinkly stuff? Assuming those are screw holes, that could be where something such as a light rose has been screwed through the ceiling and onto a joist.

It's about 10 cm across. The central area is slightly (few mm's) sunken. The central area is plaster board. It's where a smoke alarm has been attached.

SB

Leif

evoke wrote: »

Get the whole ceiling skimmed and painted. I had three of those vile Artexed ceilings and got decorators to skim and paint the whole lot. The other option is to overboard it (screw another layer of plasterboard over it) and the 'sledgehammer' approach is to pull the whole lot down and put a new one up.

I'd skim it.

That MIGHT be the best approach. Artex is sometimes there for a reason and that reason might be to hide the seams in the plasterboard. So if you do strip, buy a small quantity of stripper first, remove some artex, and examine the seams. If they are bad, you know why you have artex, and you have not wasted money buying large quantities of stripper because you might need to overboard.

As for asbestos, no idea. You can get it tested though.

keystone

It doesn't look like Artex for one minute. It does look like ceiling paper. If it is paper and you skim over it then you can guess what will happen in time. You need to strip some back to find out.

It looks as though the light fitting has been glued up there as well as the use of screws.

Cheers

27col

It certainly looks like Artex to me. if it only 2mx2m then I would be inclined to completely redo the ceiling. It would be quite difficult to get a good match if you tried to patch the Artex. It only the easiest stipple pattern, but quite difficult to match with the existing.

shopbot

If it was Artex would it have a very hard texture and be difficult to remove? The reason I ask is that I think that I could probably take portions of this off with a flat scraper.....it doesn't look very tough at all!

Thanks
SB

keystone

27col wrote: »

It certainly looks like Artex to me.

Fair enough but its still looks like textured paper to me.



Cheers

shopbot

Here is a link to a high res photo if anybody wants to see more detail:
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj167/Armstrong2008/Upload-20110824-P1010340.jpg

Thanks
SB

evoke

Artex. Skim it. End of.