Get rid of Textured/Stippled/Artex ceiling

Rew

I have a pet hate about textured ceilings, personally I think their sinfully ugly. Some people obviously like them because their common enough. I'm buying a house that has them everywhere and I'm wondering what the options are to get rid of them. I've heard there are products out there designed to do the job but I have no experince of any of them. I can pull the ceilings down and re-sheet and plaster but the plastering would probably cost a fortune.

Has anyone delt with them in the past an could give me some advice?

EDIT: Did some searching and its a common question on boards. Anyone recomend a good plasterer in the Dublin area?

NickTellis

If the room height allows it have you considered putting in a false ceiling?

Rew

NickTellis wrote: »

If the room height allows it have you considered putting in a false ceiling?

Wouldn't work for the height we have and its on almost every ceiling in the house as well.

GreeBo

Dont bother reboarding the ceilings, just go straight for the plasterer.
You can save money by taking off the bumps yourself with a scraper and also getting the plasterer to do the whole house in one go.

RKQ

Artex contains Asbestos!

Extremely dangerous to scrape or sand.
Do not raise or create asbestos dust.

See previous posts on this subject in DIY and CONSTRUCTION Forum.

Artex can be plastered over or slabbed and skimmed over.

RKQ

Check out these posts!

http://pie.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055334012

4400kevin

You have 2 options ,you can reboard the ceilings and skim as normal or for less expensive approach you can apply polybond which is just a sealer and then the next day another coat of polybond, a light coat of bonding followed by a skim coat.Get a plasterer who knows what he is doing artex can leave the surface if not plastered over properly .

harly1516

best way to slab over you dont have to take off the old slabs and it wont cost a lot under a grand Id say for the lot

c class 226

RKQ wrote: »

Artex contains Asbestos!

Extremely dangerous to scrape or sand.
Do not raise or create asbestos dust.

Hi
I'm worried. The bathroom in our house was built sometime in the early or mid 1980's, with stippled/textured ceiling and walls. The ceiling was replaced with conventional skim a number of years ago. I am in the process of taking the stipple off the walls so we can tile them. The walls have been painted over with an oil based paint so we cannot tile straight onto them. How do I know if the stipple has asbestos in it? Do I have to get asbestos specialists in?
Thanks
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harly1516

Why not slab on the walls aswell

c class 226

harly1516 wrote: »

Why not slab on the walls aswell

Walls have oil based paint on them so nothing will stick. If I drill to fit battens I still have dust.

c class 226

I spoke to a man yesterday who says he has experience of testing for and removing asbestos. He said that among other projects he worked on the recent demolition of the Ballymun towers. He says that the amount of asbestos in Artex is so small as not to be a risk. He also said that if the artex is to be removed to steam it off using a wall paper stripper. This turns the whole thing into a soggy mess, thereby eliminating the dust so nothing can be inhaled. I am in the middle of doing our bathroom walls - it is a wet messy job, but as long as everything is wet and steamed, there is no dust and more to the point the artex is lifting off.
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Ps Stripper is costing €15 per day to hire.

RKQ

I'd still wear an industrial mask, googles and disposable suit / overalls.

The steamy atmosphere could open your pores and airways, depending on the size of room.

Your Builder friend might be right, especially if he's a Registered Contractor, licensed by County Council.

Maybe the amount of asbestos is low!

Why risk it?