| Any plasterers in Ipswich 14:28 - Oct 11 with 2472 views | IP4_Blue |
Bought house hoping to move in this year but has artex on ceilings, 4 bedrooms and living room and hall. Is it a difficult job to get rid of? any idea on cost? |  | | |  |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:29 - Oct 11 with 1894 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Artex is a beautiful thing. And it'll be back in fashion one day. Embrace it. |  |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:30 - Oct 11 with 1891 views | hype313 |
Rough estimate would be £350 per room, try and get as much stuff off as you can so that they can just come in and skim.
I've used The Brothers Skim before and they did a good job. |  |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:31 - Oct 11 with 1880 views | IP4_Blue |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:29 - Oct 11 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Artex is a beautiful thing. And it'll be back in fashion one day. Embrace it. |
Tell the wife that she can't stand it! | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:32 - Oct 11 with 1873 views | IP4_Blue |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:30 - Oct 11 by hype313 |
Rough estimate would be £350 per room, try and get as much stuff off as you can so that they can just come in and skim.
I've used The Brothers Skim before and they did a good job. |
Ok thanks. | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:35 - Oct 11 with 1854 views | Fixed_It |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:31 - Oct 11 by IP4_Blue |
Tell the wife that she can't stand it! |
Buy her new carpets and tell her to look at them instead... |  |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:36 - Oct 11 with 1854 views | Zx1988 |
All depends on its age and whether it contains asbestos.
Artex applied before approximately 2000 can contain asbestos, but this can only be confirmed by a detailed laboratory test. Any reputable contractor should be checking whether the artex does contain asbestos and, if it does, it will need to be disposed of by a licenced contractor. This will, obviously, add to the costs.
Hopefully it goes without saying that the artex should not be disturbed, sanded, or drilled without taking suitable safety precautions. | |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:40 - Oct 11 with 1838 views | IP4_Blue |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:36 - Oct 11 by Zx1988 |
All depends on its age and whether it contains asbestos.
Artex applied before approximately 2000 can contain asbestos, but this can only be confirmed by a detailed laboratory test. Any reputable contractor should be checking whether the artex does contain asbestos and, if it does, it will need to be disposed of by a licenced contractor. This will, obviously, add to the costs.
Hopefully it goes without saying that the artex should not be disturbed, sanded, or drilled without taking suitable safety precautions. |
House built in 1994 so may contain asbestos. Will get a detailed laboratory test.
Potentially could be an expensive job. Might tell the Mrs to leave the artex ha | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:41 - Oct 11 with 1828 views | IP4_Blue |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:35 - Oct 11 by Fixed_It |
Buy her new carpets and tell her to look at them instead... |
getting wooden floor but will buy her new rug ha | | | |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:54 - Oct 11 with 1799 views | dickie |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:40 - Oct 11 by IP4_Blue |
House built in 1994 so may contain asbestos. Will get a detailed laboratory test.
Potentially could be an expensive job. Might tell the Mrs to leave the artex ha |
Just overboard it and hide it forever more | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:55 - Oct 11 with 1792 views | IP4_Blue |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:54 - Oct 11 by dickie |
Just overboard it and hide it forever more |
Can you do that??! | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:59 - Oct 11 with 1774 views | dickie |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:55 - Oct 11 by IP4_Blue |
Can you do that??! |
We did that to our dining room, we have pretty high ceilings though so losing 20mm or so of height didn't make a difference | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:03 - Oct 11 with 1765 views | IP4_Blue |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:59 - Oct 11 by dickie |
We did that to our dining room, we have pretty high ceilings though so losing 20mm or so of height didn't make a difference |
That's good to know i dont mind losing abit of height if it means it costs cheaper as need money to decorate whole house as well as new kitchen/ensuite | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:13 - Oct 11 with 1755 views | dickie |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:03 - Oct 11 by IP4_Blue |
That's good to know i dont mind losing abit of height if it means it costs cheaper as need money to decorate whole house as well as new kitchen/ensuite |
I'm not sure it'll be cheaper necessarily, but means you don't have to disturb the asbestos if it's there or get it analysed. Still needs plastering over the top of the plasterboard obvs | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:32 - Oct 11 with 1731 views | Zx1988 |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:13 - Oct 11 by dickie |
I'm not sure it'll be cheaper necessarily, but means you don't have to disturb the asbestos if it's there or get it analysed. Still needs plastering over the top of the plasterboard obvs |
Just be mindful that, by doing that, you may be solving one potential issue by creating another.
If/when you come to sell the property, any surveyor acting for the purchaser will most likely pick up on the suspended ceiling and highlight to their client the fact that it may well have been put in place in order to hide some sort of defect above.
You're probably better off just leaving the artex as it is, if you don't want to remove it just now, as that would pose less of a problem in any future survey. | |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:33 - Oct 11 with 1725 views | Weekender |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:13 - Oct 11 by dickie |
I'm not sure it'll be cheaper necessarily, but means you don't have to disturb the asbestos if it's there or get it analysed. Still needs plastering over the top of the plasterboard obvs |
Ive done this too - works a treat. |  |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:49 - Oct 11 with 1691 views | IP4_Blue |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:13 - Oct 11 by dickie |
I'm not sure it'll be cheaper necessarily, but means you don't have to disturb the asbestos if it's there or get it analysed. Still needs plastering over the top of the plasterboard obvs |
ok with you, still easier than disturbing asbestos | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:54 - Oct 11 with 1685 views | itfcjoe |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:40 - Oct 11 by IP4_Blue |
House built in 1994 so may contain asbestos. Will get a detailed laboratory test.
Potentially could be an expensive job. Might tell the Mrs to leave the artex ha |
Overboard and skim - best and safest option with asbestos (bar paying a national debt to have it removed properly and new ceilings) |  |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:55 - Oct 11 with 1679 views | itfcjoe |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:32 - Oct 11 by Zx1988 |
Just be mindful that, by doing that, you may be solving one potential issue by creating another.
If/when you come to sell the property, any surveyor acting for the purchaser will most likely pick up on the suspended ceiling and highlight to their client the fact that it may well have been put in place in order to hide some sort of defect above.
You're probably better off just leaving the artex as it is, if you don't want to remove it just now, as that would pose less of a problem in any future survey. |
Overboarding won't leave a suspended ceiling - doubt it would even come up in a survey | |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 16:00 - Oct 11 with 1660 views | IP4_Blue |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:54 - Oct 11 by itfcjoe |
Overboard and skim - best and safest option with asbestos (bar paying a national debt to have it removed properly and new ceilings) |
Thanks | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 16:06 - Oct 11 with 1645 views | IP4_Blue |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:54 - Oct 11 by itfcjoe |
Overboard and skim - best and safest option with asbestos (bar paying a national debt to have it removed properly and new ceilings) |
Do you know roughly how much that would cost? suppose depends on size of rooms? | | | |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 16:06 - Oct 11 with 1642 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:13 - Oct 11 by dickie |
I'm not sure it'll be cheaper necessarily, but means you don't have to disturb the asbestos if it's there or get it analysed. Still needs plastering over the top of the plasterboard obvs |
"Still needs plastering over the top of the plasterboard obvs"
Not if you use polystyrene tiles. Job done, bosh. | |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 16:57 - Oct 11 with 1564 views | textbackup |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:40 - Oct 11 by IP4_Blue |
House built in 1994 so may contain asbestos. Will get a detailed laboratory test.
Potentially could be an expensive job. Might tell the Mrs to leave the artex ha |
the amount of asbestos in the artex will be minimal, youll be fine.
scrap the high bits off, and get them to skim over the top |  |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 16:58 - Oct 11 with 1559 views | textbackup |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 15:32 - Oct 11 by Zx1988 |
Just be mindful that, by doing that, you may be solving one potential issue by creating another.
If/when you come to sell the property, any surveyor acting for the purchaser will most likely pick up on the suspended ceiling and highlight to their client the fact that it may well have been put in place in order to hide some sort of defect above.
You're probably better off just leaving the artex as it is, if you don't want to remove it just now, as that would pose less of a problem in any future survey. |
nobody will pick up on an overboarded ceiling, no matter how good the survey is.
i done every ceiling in old house, nothing said | |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 17:00 - Oct 11 with 1555 views | textbackup |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 16:06 - Oct 11 by IP4_Blue |
Do you know roughly how much that would cost? suppose depends on size of rooms? |
how bigs the room? sheet of plasterboard is 5-7 quid.... youd have them up in half a day one of you, 2 hours 2 of you. | |
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| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 17:04 - Oct 11 with 1543 views | blue62 |
| Any plasterers in Ipswich on 14:30 - Oct 11 by hype313 |
Rough estimate would be £350 per room, try and get as much stuff off as you can so that they can just come in and skim.
I've used The Brothers Skim before and they did a good job. |
Love that name. Seen their van around. Always make me giggle. |  | | |
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