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[RrogerD]

I have a couple of ceiling areas that I have patched with new plasterboard and plan to cover in Artex to match the rest of the ceiling. Don't ask. I didn't really put my foot through from above, much The other is where I've removed a partiton wall.

Do the joints need to be taped or is Artex flexible enough to not need it, unlike plaster?

 

[Deleted member 292770]

yes paper tape. you’ll need to take the sorrounding area back a bit first so everything you do doesn’t sit proud.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Re-board the whole ceiling and replaster to a flat finish.

Andy

 

[RrogerD]

Re-board the whole ceiling and replaster to a flat finish.

Andy

Sod it, sell the house instead.

 

[darrington]

Re-board the whole ceiling and replaster to a flat finish.

Andy

100% re_board.
If you tape and patch that up, it'll stick out like a sore thumb.
Another thing, older artex may contain asbestos, so if you "scrape" it back, you don't know what you may be breathing in.
Re-board, tape and re-plaster, job done.

 

[RrogerD]

100% re_board.
If you tape and patch that up, it'll stick out like a sore thumb.
Another thing, older artex may contain asbestos, so if you "scrape" it back, you don't know what you may be breathing in.
Re-board, tape and re-plaster, job done.

This may be but, sledgehammer to crack a nut springs to mind :-/

I'm not in the business of sponsoring plasterers' lifestyles, merely trying to keep costs down with doing a repair.
Thanks anyway of course for the help.

 

[Deleted member 292770]

100% re_board.
If you tape and patch that up, it'll stick out like a sore thumb.
Another thing, older artex may contain asbestos, so if you "scrape" it back, you don't know what you may be breathing in.
Re-board, tape and re-plaster, job done.

bit late to be worrying about that given the situation.