Just moved into a 1930/40s house and every single wall is artexed! How easy is it to cover up/plaster over?. Can't afford to get it done as I've been quoted £180 for the smallest room! so its definetely a DIY job lol.
Ugly Artex on EVERY wall in the house!!!
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it's not easy i'm afraid.
how deep is it?
£180 by the way is a cheap price for a room, i'd have his hand off now, you'll probably be calling him in once you've had a go at this yourself
how deep is it?
£180 by the way is a cheap price for a room, i'd have his hand off now, you'll probably be calling him in once you've had a go at this yourself
Boom, boomSmallest room is the toilet isn't it?
But if not the toilet, £180 is a good price for a 6-9 sq/m room - if he's any good.
Forget any DIY cover up job using painty pasty products; they don’t work, it will look horrendous & may make things worse as far as sorting it out properly goes. You can steam Artex off & sometime what’s underneath isn’t too bad but it’s a long & dirty task & you mustn’t overdo the steamer or you’ll blow all the plaster off the wall.
If youve a whole house to do, have you considered learning to plaster
By the time you've paid for I-can't-believe-it's-not-artex products, you'd be better off just getting a plasterer in to skim it.
If you go down the scrape-it-yourself route be aware that some artex type coatings used to contain asbestos, which is another good reason for sealing it all up in plaster.
If you go down the scrape-it-yourself route be aware that some artex type coatings used to contain asbestos, which is another good reason for sealing it all up in plaster.
£180 will buy you all the plastering tools you need to get on with the job yourself. Read through the forum, there are countless posts on artex covering and learning to skim, get reading and then when you are confused enough get a thread going with your concerns!
Personally i would tackle the job like this - I would try and steam it off and re-skim if required, failing that, if it is solid and firm I would remove the skirting and architraves, knock off the high spots, seal the wall with PVA, put on a bonding coat, skim over that and fit new skirting, extend linings and fit new architraves, better still renew the linings too, although this may end up being a lot more of a project than you were hoping for. Having said that I would imagine that if you can grasp skimming that you will end up with a neater looking property in the long run for less than getting a plasterer in.
Choose a small room to skim, do a small wall first and see how it goes, the best thing you can do is be fully prepared for the job, make sure you have everything ready and to hand, but not in the way. Sometimes a friend to help can be a god send when doing bigger areas when you first do them.
Or get a plasterer in to do the biggest room and take the day off work, see if he or she minds you watching and asking questions, you will learn a huge amount.
If you are keen on DIYing this then there is all the support here that you need
Personally i would tackle the job like this - I would try and steam it off and re-skim if required, failing that, if it is solid and firm I would remove the skirting and architraves, knock off the high spots, seal the wall with PVA, put on a bonding coat, skim over that and fit new skirting, extend linings and fit new architraves, better still renew the linings too, although this may end up being a lot more of a project than you were hoping for. Having said that I would imagine that if you can grasp skimming that you will end up with a neater looking property in the long run for less than getting a plasterer in.
Choose a small room to skim, do a small wall first and see how it goes, the best thing you can do is be fully prepared for the job, make sure you have everything ready and to hand, but not in the way. Sometimes a friend to help can be a god send when doing bigger areas when you first do them.
Or get a plasterer in to do the biggest room and take the day off work, see if he or she minds you watching and asking questions, you will learn a huge amount.
If you are keen on DIYing this then there is all the support here that you need
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if your just looking for a hand then ill help you out m8te were you at
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£180 will buy you all the plastering tools you need to get on with the job yourself. Read through the forum, there are countless posts on artex covering and learning to skim, get reading and then when you are confused enough get a thread going with your concerns!
Personally i would tackle the job like this - I would try and steam it off and re-skim if required, failing that, if it is solid and firm I would remove the skirting and architraves, knock off the high spots, seal the wall with PVA, put on a bonding coat, skim over that and fit new skirting, extend linings and fit new architraves, better still renew the linings too, although this may end up being a lot more of a project than you were hoping for. Having said that I would imagine that if you can grasp skimming that you will end up with a neater looking property in the long run for less than getting a plasterer in.
Choose a small room to skim, do a small wall first and see how it goes, the best thing you can do is be fully prepared for the job, make sure you have everything ready and to hand, but not in the way. Sometimes a friend to help can be a god send when doing bigger areas when you first do them.
Or get a plasterer in to do the biggest room and take the day off work, see if he or she minds you watching and asking questions, you will learn a huge amount.
If you are keen on DIYing this then there is all the support here that you need
Do you really think a woman can learn to plaster by watching for an hour or so? They watch us blokes drive for years but never get the hang of it.
£180 will buy you all the plastering tools you need to get on with the job yourself. Read through the forum, there are countless posts on artex covering and learning to skim, get reading and then when you are confused enough get a thread going with your concerns!
Personally i would tackle the job like this - I would try and steam it off and re-skim if required, failing that, if it is solid and firm I would remove the skirting and architraves, knock off the high spots, seal the wall with PVA, put on a bonding coat, skim over that and fit new skirting, extend linings and fit new architraves, better still renew the linings too, although this may end up being a lot more of a project than you were hoping for. Having said that I would imagine that if you can grasp skimming that you will end up with a neater looking property in the long run for less than getting a plasterer in.
Choose a small room to skim, do a small wall first and see how it goes, the best thing you can do is be fully prepared for the job, make sure you have everything ready and to hand, but not in the way. Sometimes a friend to help can be a god send when doing bigger areas when you first do them.
Or get a plasterer in to do the biggest room and take the day off work, see if he or she minds you watching and asking questions, you will learn a huge amount.
If you are keen on DIYing this then there is all the support here that you need
Do you really think a woman can learn to plaster by watching for an hour or so? They watch us blokes drive for years but never get the hang of it.
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