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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

whats the procedure when plasterboarding over an old artex ceiling? do you have to worry about asbestos at all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There isn't any asbestos in artex.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

this is artex from the mid 80`s. but anyway how do they go about fixing the plasterboards up on the ceiling?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's still won't have asbestos in it.

If you're boarding over it you need to know where the ceiling joists are and use plaster board nails to nail each board to the hoist.

You could also scrape the artex off or better still, plaster straight over it.

Apply a couple of coats of PVA glue to the ceiling to help the plaster bond.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Joist not hoist....stupid phone!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

nice one mate

the guys said its better off boarding over it for a nice new ceiling. i was just wondering how they go about it.

i havent gotta worry about any of the ceiling coming down in the process then. they just drill into the joists through the current ceiling

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You don't need to drill anything. Use plaster board nails.

A good plasterer can plaster over artex though, mine did every room in my house, two coats and jobs a good 'un.

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By *eading420friendlyCouple
over a year ago

maidenhead

By the time you have brought the board, fitted it, taped and jointed it, sanded it back, mist coated it and 2 more coats and paid for all the labour you might as well pay a plaster to skim over the existing artex ! Be a 3-4 hour job... £80 !!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

skimming isnt an option with the ceiling. its bad in a few places so have to get it pulled down or plasterboarded and skimmed over

said it`ll be done in a day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"skimming isnt an option with the ceiling. its bad in a few places so have to get it pulled down or plasterboarded and skimmed over

said it`ll be done in a day"

He's being lazy. Find a different plasterer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You don't need to drill anything. Use plaster board nails.

A good plasterer can plaster over artex though, mine did every room in my house, two coats and jobs a good 'un."
agreed

Billy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There isn't any asbestos in artex."
!!!!!

!!!! You sure about that .? I beg to differ ..

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By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley


"There isn't any asbestos in artex."

Sweeping statement that is wrong, upto five percent brown asbestos in artex made up to mid eighths.

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By *bbie1234Couple
over a year ago

Coventry

Yes to the asbestos in old artex and my hubby flooded the hall way last month ..16ft x 6ft sealed and skimmed 82.00 insurance company gave advice and method to plasterer because....had it fallen they would of addessed the issue differently (as in removing the old).

Abbie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A good plasterer will do both scim over or renew ..if the ceiling is in bad state he will advise to pull down and renew as scimming over rough areas will always show ....and there most defiantly is asbestos in artex so a test is always advised on any artex.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There isn't any asbestos in artex.

Sweeping statement that is wrong, upto five percent brown asbestos in artex made up to mid eighths. "

Honest mistake, I thought they'd stopped using it by then.

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By *nfieldishCouple
over a year ago

Enfield


"It's still won't have asbestos in it.

If you're boarding over it you need to know where the ceiling joists are and use plaster board nails to nail each board to the hoist.

You could also scrape the artex off or better still, plaster straight over it.

Apply a couple of coats of PVA glue to the ceiling to help the plaster bond.

We would use screws nowadays to board over with...still,gotta find the joists tho.....by hammering up a nail ....joists may be roughly 400mm...16 inches apart....you will get dust in your eyes..

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

i done a lil research beforehand and knew artex contained asbestos up to the mid 80`s and even beyond i suppose

anyhoo the joists should be sound as had an entire new roof put on just over 10 years ago. i imagine they use the same lil device they do to find wall studs for the joists and then screw up into them

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By *nfieldishCouple
over a year ago

Enfield


"i done a lil research beforehand and knew artex contained asbestos up to the mid 80`s and even beyond i suppose

anyhoo the joists should be sound as had an entire new roof put on just over 10 years ago. i imagine they use the same lil device they do to find wall studs for the joists and then screw up into them"

A hammer and a nail......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If memory serves me right I think you need to be wary of asbestos in any home pre 2001!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

hammer n nail lol old skool like it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"this is artex from the mid 80`s. but anyway how do they go about fixing the plasterboards up on the ceiling? "

U need me with my new nail airgun that Obi's buying me ............... lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"this is artex from the mid 80`s. but anyway how do they go about fixing the plasterboards up on the ceiling?

U need me with my new nail airgun that Obi's buying me ............... lol "
hello.. is that the elf and safety peeople? i got a woman with a nail gun who thinks she knows whats she doing.... she doesnt!!!! lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's called over boarding and trust me its the best thing you can do .

And we screw fix our boards now nailing when over boarding is madness.

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