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We've shampooed the carpet with our vax many times since so hopefully that will eliminate any risk there.. I suppose in the grand sceme of things it's not worth worrying about.. Damage is indeed done now. Just fingers crossed it's not done any real damage! Or that it was actually just textured...

Yeah its old, like 1952 it was built. My dad's saying it's fine because it's unlikely the "artex" (if that is what it was) was put up then, as it was in quite good condition and didn't look 60 years old.. I suppose you're right about the continuous exposure. I'm not sure there is asbestos...

None around now so I guess we will never know! I think my dad said they removed theirs by using wallpaper paste and a scraper so God knows why he used the sander here!!

Thanks for the reply anyway.. Even at the time I thought "ffs did you have to sand it" absolutely everything was coated in dust

Well yeah I know this now lol :( my dad is now saying it wasn't even artex because it was nowhere near thick enough.. So I don't know. I know the damage is already done so that's that. Just wanted to make sure that there was no risk of the asbestos still lingering around - I really know very...

Forgive me if this turns out to be a stupid or pointless post.. About 18 months ago we had the bathroom decorated. My Dad and brother did it. We had some foul artex that my dad and brother removed with a sander (yes, I know..) It was SO messy. I remember it was absolutely EVERYWHERE like a...

Yep they've pretty much bodged every aspect of the renovation of this house as we have found out since moving in!

Thanks for the reply. It's worth a try huh! So just sand the walls down as normal, apply that, then paint away?

Hi! Hope someone can help. So we bought a house a few years ago from a property developer. It looks like a magnolia bomb has gone off in every room. Was OK at first but looking very grotty now!! We decorated two rooms in the house so far and have been faced with the same problem both times. As...

Thanks for your reply! Its ridiculous to know every wall in the house is going to be like this now :'(! But I suppose now we know what the problem is and how to get around it, we can start off with the wallpaper stripper instead of wasting time painting in the first place! Will defo be taking...

Really hope someone can help me! We bought our first home two year ago and haven't got round to doing much decorating yet. The house was bought from a property developer and had been recently renovated, freshly plastered walls and magnolia wash throughout. But last Jan we white washed our...