artex

Hi, So a month ago we moved into a house built in 1991. Ceilings are artex so fine as long as not disturbed but in order to upgrade extractor fans and lighting the electrician removed the old extractor fan/shower switch in the bathrooms leaving an exposed hole. Tonight our painter and...

I have a hole in a ceiling from a water leak. See image below. Ruler is 30cm. What would you suggest to fix? Would you patch in the flaps or artex and paint, and try and make it invisible, after repairing the split between the plaster board? Or perhaps skim over the entire ceiling with plaster...

I am in the process of removing a partition wall which after some research appears to be a paramount partition. It has a cardboard egg box like structure between 2 sheets of plasterboard inside. On inspection, there seems to be a textured coating on the inside on the plasterboard sheets (see...

Last week I painted the artexed ceiling in our lounge with Dulux Brilliant White Mat. The paint is peeling in patches and flaking off. The ceiling hasn't been painted before. I've painted other artexed ceiling without bother. Is the paint the problem or is there likely to be another reason?

Hi. Working on a house in Spain and all the non tiled walls and ceilings are covered with a white bubbly coating. I need to duplicate it to repair a small section. I don't think it is artex as it is very thin approx 1mm. It may be textured paint. I want to know how to create the tiny bubbles. I...

I recently had a survey done on a house we are looking to buy. The report on the ceiling said this: "Ceilings are of plasterboard. A textured finish has been applied to some ceilings. It is now known that such finishes may contain low levels of asbestos. These appear to be in satisfactory...

Hello, we just bought a house and I'm looking for advice as to what is covering the ceiling and upper wall (see picture attached). On the ceiling you can see what look like join lines, making me think it's some kind of textured wallpaper. But no lines very visanle apparent on the wall (though...

Hi. I'm new to this forum and looking for some guidance on a subject that has made me worried sick.... A few years back my wife and I bought a mid 1930's house that needed a fair amount of work. We had a back of house extension done for a new kitchen/diner, however to save money my father in...

The house we have recently moved to has the most intense artex walls I have come across. I know many people love the style but I really do not (my wife does on the other hand!) We were also warned by the surveyor that it is highly likely to contain asbestos given that the house is 90 years old...

Forgive me if this turns out to be a stupid or pointless post.. About 18 months ago we had the bathroom decorated. My Dad and brother did it. We had some foul artex that my dad and brother removed with a sander (yes, I know..) It was SO messy. I remember it was absolutely EVERYWHERE like a...

Hi everyone. First post here. I will be stripping the paper off the ceilings on a flat I have just bought. Though to me it looks like some sort of artex? I know this stuff could contain amounts of asbestos which is my main concern. So first off is one of the bedrooms. It's thick wallpaper though...

I have looked around the forum but I can't find a similar case to mine. I caused a gate valve to leak in the airing cupboard. A small amount of water leaked before I could get the valve repaired. The water flowed to an old crack in the ceiling where it dripped through the artex causing a...

Hi all, I've just bought a new house. There is artex in the downstairs toilet but iv now just noticed that the finish on the bedroom walls is not smooth, I'm wondering if this is artex (or artex that has been plastered over). My main concern is the potential asbestos in it since I'm likely to...

Hi all, Another year, another set of projects planned. I have a house that was built in 1989 and first sold in 1990. It has artex in every bloody room on the ceilings. My plan (over time) is to have completely smooth ceilings in every room. Upon reading about the removal of artex, I came...

I was ripping down an Artex ceiling on an outside porch when a neighbour warned there was Asbestos Insulation Board above the Artex (It was built in mid 1970s). I had a mask on and soaked the Artex ceiling first but I know that would not be enough protection if AIB was above it. The board I...