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Anyone had their Artex ceilings tested for asbestos?
Yes. They did, along with the textured paint on just about every wall. Paid for a proper tester, wasn't earth shatteringly expensive and wanted to know exactly what we were dealing with.
Ended up just plastering over it all, certain precautions to avoid when drilling into it but generally leave it as undisturbed as possible.
Make sure people you get to deal with it properly - one plaster who quoted for us suggested scraping it all flat (!)
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TooTallTim
Anyone had their Artex ceilings tested for asbestos? I'm unsure if mine are Artex or textured paint, and don't really fancy messing with it too much, for obvious reasons
The plan is to plaster over them, but one ceiling has a large crack and bulge which needs dealing with first, and I don't want to start cutting it apart to investigate why until I know for sure I won't die in a cloud of lung destroying fibres
Any recommendations welcome. I've looked into self test kits and getting a pro in, just wondered if anyone had experience similar