activeviii Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Anyone know of an artexer in the Gloucester area please. Clean and tidy worker, that will not keep letting me down and not turning up. Only been waiting 6 weeks now. Ceiling has **** artex on so needs a skim. As the rest of the house is good, with artex it needs to be artexed to be in keeping. Skim. Coat. Artex. 13.5²m. There is coming up already. Got an idea on cost but need some one who can come and do job as I can't now. Thanks Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 It may be a pain but if it were me I would remove the existing artex first , the weight of a skim coat and a further coat of artex could lead to the jointing tape coming away leaving you with a cracked ceiling . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 My mate is a qualified artexer and used to run his own business. The trouble is, he's living in my area, but not a million miles from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 I am sure it could be skimmed over with plaster, in fact I know it can because thats what I had done with mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 He could but there is little point if he wants it re-artexing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted October 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 I think I have found someone. It needs light weight skim first. I'll know by end of week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLuke Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 It may be a pain but if it were me I would remove the existing artex first , the weight of a skim coat and a further coat of artex could lead to the jointing tape coming away leaving you with a cracked ceiling . Go careful on this front as can have asbestos in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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