Popular in the 1970s s ome older artex may contain asbestos, thus shouldn’t be scraped or sanded down without prior advice from an asbestos specialist as this could potentially damage your health. Leaving the X-Tex on too long can result is it soaking through to the layer underneath but careful removal should cause no damage.

Asbestos Artex (Textured Coatings) usage was well under way in the 1970’s and 1980’s especially between 1976 and continued heavily until 1984. I’m a 56 year old woman who has just managed, single handedly, to strip my whole living room ceiling of the loathed and detested Artex in just over 2 days, thanks to your fantastic product! To calculate the total cost of Artex removal for your home, you’ll need to start by working out the size of the area of Artex that will need removing.

If you are unsure, get it checked out before you start, but would recommend not plastering over if it does contain asbestos. The asbestos removal technique is removing the asbestos Artex with minimal damage to the concrete surface. Jess has acted as an asbestos expert witness in legal cases and is involved in many asbestos educational activities throughout the UK. I applied it liberally and left it for an hour, as per the instructions, but it was still hard work getting it off. On the side of the tub it states: 'Harmful if Inhaled' It should read: 'Harmful if inhaled from 100 feet away whilst wearing a full toxic body suit (FBI styley) Police presence, to make sure the street is empty of and straying neighbours as they should be moved to a safe haven - local church with overnight provisions.

If done carefully you will be able to soak and strip without harming yourself or the surface you are working on.This is when we decided to invest in a proper artex remover and save ourselves days of endless scraping. Artex ceilings completed before 1985 will almost certainly contain asbestos and those added between 1985 and 2000 may still do so.

Textured Coatings such as Artex® takes only 15-30 minutes – Textured Coatings plus 1-2 layers paint up to 1 hour – Multi-layered paint over textured coatings 1 hour to overnight. Before you view the pricing, structure here is some basic information which will help you in understanding the costs surrounding the removal of asbestos Artex. Our site test was done directly onto plasterboard which is the most temperamental of surfaces and apart from a couple of small “nicks” which can be easily filled, the surface was absolutely ideal for painting or plastering afterwards.Removal is made easier with a long handled blade scraper which helps to lift it from the surface rather than spreading it around the wall, which usually happens when using a standard steel scraper.