Artex plaster ceiling

You would re plaster like you would with any plastered ceiling. seal with pva, get it taped, get some easifill and get it filled with 2-3 coats. Once set, depending on what kind of texture you have, you can get a compress texture can and spray directly onto new plaster and should be able to replicate similar texture of your existing ceiling. Another way would be to mix up some easifill to a creamy texture and replicate your existing texture with paint brush. eitherway, it's perfectly doable either by DIY or professional... hope this helps. Also i should mention if your artex contains asbestos- you are better off leaving it to a professional!

i'm assuming it's an artex "swirl" pattern? the simplest and most cost effective way to remedy this is to remove more artex with a scraper, widening the damaged area to approx 1 square metre and re artexing the damaged area before painting over. if you intend to plaster over and start afresh, artex CAN be removed usually with a steam stripper (wallpaper stripper) and a lot of hard graft !. in my experience, if going for a new ceiling, the plasterer would roughly sand down the existing artex with an electric pad sander, getting rid of most of the lumps and bumps in the stipple before bonding and skimming over. a bit messy, like any plastering job, nature of the beast. but very do - able. good luck. ps. in most cases, it's easier and more cost effective / quicker to remove the entire ceiling (boards and all) and re board / skim from scratch. sounds drastic but to a competent plasterer it's not a big job.

Hi Dougie, I've had some experience in repairing Artex & removing. You do get artex repair kits that can patch in most artex patterns. you get these from B&Q which come with a stippler. I would recommend a professional to apply it, but you might still see the patching. Second option is to remove the artex by plastering, The artex surface is scraped over, Pva applied then depending on the depth, either a bonding coat then X2 mutlifinish or if not too deep, X2 multi. If you prefered a patch option then bare in mind, you would need to seal the water damaged marks with a stain block to hide the mark. stain away from Johnstones trade would be a good option, as you can finish the ceiling with it too! good luck!