artex

Hi. We had a pipe leak recently and now we have the Artex ceiling below coming down due to the leak under its own weight. We have been keeping it up using duct tape and a pole. 2 sides are completely separated from the ceiling. The right side is off the edge, and the end is off the panel next to...

Hello, I bought a 1930s house a few years ago and all the walls had been newly skimmed. However on one wall there were small circular patterns slightly showing through. It had been painted onece also and only visible when close up. When coming to decorate I sanded down the walls where the...

Our bathroom ceiling has been peeling for a few months maybe a year. I always thought it was textured paint but now I'm not sure after reading about artex. Is there anyway to tell if it's artex or textured paint? It's very thin? I'm absolutely scared now of the dangers of asbestos as we have...

Hi! We are buying a house and we believe this is artex but I'm kind of hoping someone can tell me its textured paint or something! Its flaking away in places. We'll have an asbestos check done when we get the keys anyway but I'm getting impatient and doing as much research as I can beforehand!

Hi all, Hope you are doing well, got some areas in the house and could do with a well trained eye for advice please. Put a foot on the attic a while back and wondering if this could be AIB or similar? Also some Artex type from around 1990? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)

I understand Artex may contain asbestos so keen to get views on whether this appears to be woodchip or artex - low ceiling area. Thanks

Hi. So some of you may have seen my other posts on our hallway rennovation of our 1920s semi. Well it's been back to brick and laths for a couple of months now and we are not getting anywhere! I had to let our agreed builder go, before he put it back together, as I learnt that it had lime...

Hi, I have recently had the displeasure of discovering a leak (second time) which is coming through my kitchen ceiling. the house was built in the 50s and the kitchen roof and most rooms for that matter are artex’d. I’ve not had it tested but I’m worried as the initial leak was years ago and the...

Why did people ever put thick textured goo on their walls? It's there any way to get the stuff off. I've got solid stone walls with lime plaster, in one area there's been some damp and it's pealed off in sheets but the rest is rock solid. It has been tested for asbestos.

Wondering if there’s any one around for some advice over the ceiling, I’m overthinking it and getting paranoid the ceiling is falling in... Living in a private rental, I think built late 80s / early 90s. The house is honestly covered in hairline cracks across every room where the walls meet...

Hi, Front bedroom Artex ceiling is damaged from past leak, couple of bits where it sticks downwards and there is a crack from wall to wall, possible to repair? Or job for a plasterer? Other rooms have cracks wall to wall which I assume are between the plasterboard sheets.. is there an easy...

This seems to be a subject that has come up so many times. Moving into an 1850s cottage the bathroom ceiling is artex covered lathe and plaster, the ceiling is water damaged from the roof leaking (will be fixed before I start anything) so it has to come down, I also want spots and a ceiling fan...

Hello, I moved in to my new home mid august and in starting to decorate noticed the skim had lifted away in a corner. The painter started pulling it off and underneath there is this coarse and rock hard layer. Anyway after tapping the wall etc there are places where the plaster is crumbling...

Hi, in my bedroom the ceiling is starting to flake in places. Here is the first place - https://imgur.com/HEa2k2X and here is the other side of the room - https://imgur.com/uFLJofw . I had a sample tested and it came back positive for Chrysotile, what can I do to make sure asbestos fibres aren't...

Evening, I've got a small area of damaged artex ceiling to repair with a stipple finish. About 10cm x 10cm. I've got an artex stipple brush but don't want to use artex due to the 24hr dry time. Has anyone used easifill 20 to get a decent finish? I know it will show but its in a utility room so...

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Hi, I'm about to install two Velux windows between trusses in my kitchen, creating plasterboard light shafts around them. Once done I plan to have a plasterer knock down and skim over the artex in the rest of the kitchen ceiling. I'd like to keep the costs low and the job as easy as possible...

Hi all, A house I am purchasing has this Artex and a radius between the wall and ceiling. Anyone have idea how this is done and how easy it would be to remove and replaster for a 90 degree angle. Also I believe I would need an asbestos test before even thinking of removing it? Covedceilingtwo...

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...