Should I be worried - caused a crack in my artex ceiling

[bricksmasher]

Hi

Daft post I know, ventured up into the loft for the first time today and out my foot into bit that's not boarded by accident.

Caused a minor crack in the artex ceiling but don't know if it contains asbestos (late 60's house) so could well do.

It doesn't look major but not sure if I should worry it leave it for now

 

[Tigercubrider]

don't worry.

whack a load of paint on it and semi glue it all back together.

 

[foxhole]

You could stipple a little more artex over it .

 

[Deleted member 174758]

If it's Artex and done prior to the 1980s it will contain a small amount of asbestos. AFAIK they stopped using asbestos fibres in Artex before 1990.

Removing it, any of it, presents far greater potential hazards than encapsulating it (the standard approach in habitable buildings). I think I'm inclined to agree to an extent with the others - damp it down with a damp sponge, stipple PVA glue into it and once dry fill using a dampened brush to stipple the filler in. I'd get a close fitting P3 dust mask to wear whilst you are doing this. Keeping everything damp prevents the fibres from becoming airborne and greatly reduces the potential hazard. Whatever you do with asbestos always avoid vacuuming the dust up with a domestic vacuum cleaner - the fibres are so fine (finer than a human hair and so fine that the human eye cannot resolve them individually) that they'll get blown straight through the filter/bag and redistributed throughout your house by a home vac.

 

[lostinthelight]

Never done artexing but recall my Mother in the 1970’s doing a ceiling stipple with a sponge in a plastic bag.

 

[domdee]

just slap a load of paint on it. nothing to worry about!