Download How To Patch Artex A Ceiling Free

23-04-2021 admin

Listen, I really, really am not a fan of Artex ceilings, so on the whole, in the new house, I got off not too badly. The living room and hallway (upstairs and downstairs) are the only spaces inflicted with it, which felt like a manageable job. I've never had to take it out before and I thought I could sand it back, but thankfully I gave it a cautionary google first and turns out it's probably got asbestos in it.

On a Homebase trip for wall paint, I spotted this Polycell Smoothover product and, at £25 a piece for the tub and the tools to use it, it seemed like a worthwhile risk considering the £££ I'd been quoted on getting just the living room skimmed.

Safe to say that whole tub went on about a quarter of one ceiling and I quickly realised that what I'd actually bought was just a really expensive tub of skimming plaster. However, the skimming tools for applying it were a different story. I've never actually tried to skim a ceiling, but legend has it that it's a difficult job getting a good finish. But this smooth roller and smoothing tool seemed to do the job without too much trouble.

Lath-and-plaster ceilings in older houses often crack with age, and the plaster can bulge where it begins to break away from the laths. If only a small area of your ceiling is affected, you can make a simple repair with a plasterboard patch using dry-lining techniques that you won't need plastering skills to use. It will appear to loop around the front of the patch to the back. Merrowed borders are perfect for patches that are more symmetrical in shape. If you believe you will use a “sew-on” application, then a merrowed border might be the way to go. This type of border offers the patch a more “traditional” look or style. Interior finishing contractors have access to a wide array of texture finishes that fit multiple applications — commercial and residential. Learn how to achieve high-quality results on walls and ceilings. Learn how to apply orange peel, knockdown and popcorn textures and more. A water-based decorative covering, artex is usually used on ceilings or walls in order to apply a pattern. While was undoubtedly considered pleasing to the eye during the peak of its popularity, the downside of artex is that the product often contains traces of asbestos – something that is hugely dangerous for people to breathe. I have a 'stippled' effect Artex celing in my kitchen, I have now spent 2 days and £50 trying to cover this up using 'smooth over' products. I first scraped off all the peaks using a paper scrape then sanded as much as I could. The first section of ceiling I then applied B&Q's own Smooth over product.

Given that I could get about 5 times the amount of skimming plaster for £15 cheaper, I decided to persevere. First up, you apply the plaster with the roller, then you smooth it out. As I was working on top of Artex, you can see it needed a good few coats to build up enough layers so that it was completely hidden.

Once the Artex was completely covered, the ceiling needed to be sanded to smooth it out. Real messy. Everything had to be taken out, sofa and table covered and I even went full Dexter-murder-room-style with plastic dust sheets to try stop the dust escaping into the other rooms.

Our Artex wasn't that bad. It didn't have too huge peaks, but it was still a serious workout. It worked and we've got nice flat ceilings ready to put some coving up, but if you're thinking of giving it a go yourself, don't underestimate the work that goes into it. However, it did save a nice chunk of money, so I'll undoubtedly give the hallway a go once I figure out how to balance over the staircase.. Any ideas?

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Hi, My kitchen ceiling was artexed about 10 years ago with simple stipple effect. I have recently had flush fitting led lighting fitted. The existing 5' twin fluorescent fitting has been removed. When the artexing was done, they only artexed up to the edges of the diffuser and didn't remove the fitting first. Thus, now it is removed, there is a 5' x 5' strip of original ceiling in the centre of the ceiling !! Can this 'strip' be covered with artex ? What is the best way of achieving a good match to the remainder of the ceiling please.

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If you try and repair you will never get a good blend and it will be noticed to the eye, you can try and rpair, or if it comes to it 're artex the hole ceiling once you have done all the prep, or run a fresh skim over the ceiling, nice new flat ceiling.

2015-02-26T17:10:02+00:00

Answered 26th Feb 2015