{"id":1481,"date":"2013-06-04T08:10:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T07:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2013-06-04T08:10:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T07:10:59","slug":"how-to-remove-artex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1481","title":{"rendered":"How to remove artex"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Artexed<\/p>\n

How to remove artex<\/h1>\n

Artex is a decorative finish, you may have it on your ceilings and maybe your walls. There are several popular finishes such as swirl, stipple, broken leather, scroll, circle and bark for the walls. Artex was very popular until the 1990’s were it became less popular in favour of smooth plastered ceilings and walls.<\/p>\n

Before the mid-1980’s Artex contained white asbestos to strengthen it. Depending on when your house was build or when Artex was applied in your house will depend if it contains asbestos. <\/p>\n

Artex and health issues<\/h2>\n

If you are unsure if your Artex contains white asbestos or not it is best to get a local firm to test it first, for advice, contact the Environment Agency or your local environmental health department or look at www.asbestoswatchdog.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If the Artex is untouched and has been sealed with paint, or the Artex was produced after the mid-1980’s then there shouldn’t be any health risks, but if unsure always get it checked first.<\/p>\n

For more information of Artex you can read more about Artex on Wikipeadia<\/a>. <\/p>\n

How to remove Artex from ceiling and walls<\/h2>\n

First be sure that your Artex doesn’t contain harmful white asbestos, if you are unsure get it checked before doing any removal or disturbing the Artex, or call a local firm to remove it for you.<\/p>\n

\"Artexed<\/p>\n

Once you are sure the Artex doesn’t contain white asbestos you have a couple of options to get rid of it.<\/p>\n

You can skim over it with plaster, making it smooth and ready to paint or wallpaper once dry. This option is a quicker and far less messy option, although it may require some scrapping to remove high spots before plastering.<\/p>\n

The other option is to completely remove it, this can be done with a scrapper. Make sure you wear protective clothing, goggles and a mask and cover the floor with dust sheets. Use a scrapper to scrape the Artex off, this could take some time, once the worst is off you could use a wallpaper steamer to remove the rest. This will obviously make a fair bit of mess, especially if your removing Artex of the ceiling.<\/p>\n

Once you have removed all the Artex you can then plaster or if the ceiling or walls are is in good enough condition paper over them, you may have to fill holes, joins and scrapper marks before this is possible.<\/p>\n

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