Best way to cover artex?

wallofbeans

I'd love to have his details. I can send a message and see what he says. I'm guessing I'm probably too far for him to travel though. I'm in South East London... 

Gavin83

I think it might be a bit far (I live in Ely) but I've PM'd you the details anyway.

hudson2012

Gavin83 said:

To give you an idea we had our living room artex ceiling skimmed a few months back. Was definitely plasterboard though and no where near as old as yours (mid 90s). The room is around 5.5m x 3.4m and this included scraping the larger artex bits off plus a bay window area with a lower ceiling, so essentially a second small ceiling. It cost us £320. He did a great job too.

This is in the South East too, although location doesn't make as much difference as some would suggest.

If you're anywhere near the Cambridge area I'd be more than happy to send across his details. He is in demand though so I expect you'll be waiting 4 months or so.

Hello, I'd also love to have his details if that's OK?

Deedoodee

I got three quotes for one room with thick lumpy plastered ceiling
- add baton frame and overboard ( approx £1200)
- remove lumpy plaster , cut out and patch repairing the ceiling where required, and skim (approx £1500) 
-remove whole ceiling and new boards to the joist and skim (approx £1700)

Feels very expensive but I called 30 plasterers over a few weeks and only managed to get 6 in to quote. Then one of them said they were actually too busy and can’t take the job. Other two never replied with their quotes.

DRP

Was going to suggest a baton frame and overboarding is the 'safest' option (asbestos, stability) other  than pulling whole thing down & replacing

wallofbeans

Deedoodee said:

I got three quotes for one room with thick lumpy plastered ceiling
- add baton frame and overboard ( approx £1200)
- remove lumpy plaster , cut out and patch repairing the ceiling where required, and skim (approx £1500) 
-remove whole ceiling and new boards to the joist and skim (approx £1700)

Feels very expensive but I called 30 plasterers over a few weeks and only managed to get 6 in to quote. Then one of them said they were actually too busy and can’t take the job. Other two never replied with their quotes.

Where are you based?

I have the same trouble finding people, have called many and only managed to get a few to even quote. Prices jumping around between some saying around £700 to others saying 2k - for the same job.

wallofbeans

DRP said:

Was going to suggest a baton frame and overboarding is the 'safest' option (asbestos, stability) other  than pulling whole thing down & replacing

That's interesting. Nobody has mentioned that. I've mostly had skim it. Some overboarding. And one skim if asbestos free OR pull it down and replace it. 

Deedoodee

Where are you based?

I have the same trouble finding people, have called many and only managed to get a few to even quote. Prices jumping around between some saying around £700 to others saying 2k - for the same job.

I’m based in the North West. My quotes for the whole job (all bedrooms and kitchen ) have been between £4000-£5000 (3 quotes and 1 estimate) 

DRP

wallofbeans said:

DRP said:

Was going to suggest a baton frame and overboarding is the 'safest' option (asbestos, stability) other  than pulling whole thing down & replacing

That's interesting. Nobody has mentioned that. I've mostly had skim it. Some overboarding. And one skim if asbestos free OR pull it down and replace it. 

ONe of our ceilings was done that way, because it was a hallway under a stairwell.

Helps to have plenty of head height which you should in a Victorian place

TY91

pmartin86 said:

You really need to find out if you have asbestos or not - you can get some kits from various places and self-test easily enough.

As for the "solution" - depends on several factors - Do you want the "best" job for the long term or the "that will do" job? Assuming asbestos, and over skim is the easiest, any decent plasterer can do this for you. If you plan to live there "forever" and want it perfect (and no asbestos) you can pull the whole thing down, stick now boards up and skim that (while adding/changing any cabling/water pipes etc and adding insulation etc at the same time

Can you recommend any asbestos testing kits?