Asbestos in Artex (i think)

[Thuggerz]

Hi all, i recently moved into a new flat which had lumps of crap all over the ceiling which i sanded, scraped off. I then found out that old artex could contain asbestos which i breathed in.

Can anyone identify this as being artex?

Thanks

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• Thuggerz
• 20 Jun 2011
• 2

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• Thuggerz
• 20 Jun 2011
• 2

 

[Thuggerz]

Hi, I'm just a bit worried because i have my partner and 8 month old baby living in the same flat and the dust went everywhere.

 

[merlin50]

yes it is and yes you are going to die

 

[Thuggerz]

All i wanted to find out was if this looks like Artex as i can't find any pictures of what is left when scrapped off. I can't really see this as being anything else and it looks like the previous tenants might of attempted to remove it but given up as it looks really patchy.

I take it by your comment that it's probably nothing to worry about?

Cheers

 

[joinerjohn]

A good plasterer would skim the ceiling for you leaving it nice and flat.Or overboard and skim the ceiling. If the old artex did contain asbestos, the skim would effectively seal it in.

 

[Nige F]

If that`s artex my arsehole`s a lemon - to coin an old builder`s saying

 

[Thuggerz]

Hi all, thanks for all your comments but i had to get an asbestos guy to check it out for 114 quid!!!!....I dont think it was artex in the end!!!!!!


Thanks everyone