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I'd have to agree, just think about the amount of houses like mine which have been skimmed over the artex and then various DIY / professional works carried out oblivious to the hidden artex under the plaster! ...........although I will be sure to get it properly covered if it is asbestos containing.

It is well before 1990, so as you say likely to contain asbestos. It has either been removed or plastered over everywhere else in the house. I just wasn't sure that it was Artex, as I'd always thought Artex was plaster-like and this looks more like paint (as opposed to what is on the ceiling in...

Thanks Mike. Although I'll be getting it tested whatever; does artex normally peel like paint? It's not clear in the picture but if I got a scraper in behind the artex, I could lift larger sections off fairly cleanly. Or are artex and textured paint one and the same thing? Thanks again

The image below is a cross section shot of a wall in the airing cupboard of my 60s house. (The image looks a bit flat because of the camera angle). What are the different layers? Am I right in saying breeze block wall under the brown plaster board? Is the speckled white and black surface part...

Good evening all. I'm new here. We live in a 1960s house. We had a full survey when we moved in and this mentioned asbestos in the soffits being possible. An asbestos survey found these were plywood and also identified a garage ceiling and bulkhead, both of which were tested and found not to...