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Encapsulate Artex ceiling
Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.38 PM
We completed asbestos tests on our ceiling. Low risk but contains Chrysotile. We only have an issue with cracks along the ceiling joists due to vibrations from household activity above. The testing company recommended we encapsulate the ceiling. How is this done and who do we ask for assistance/hire? Textured wave/swirls are in living room and 2 bed rooms. Hallway and kitchen I plan to overboard as the layer is thin and direct onto concrete block and beam ceiling joists. Thank you
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Anonymous user
Any good builder will do this. Best way is to simply plasterboard over your ceilings. Can go straight over the artex too. Then you have a choice of getting a plasterer to skim over. Or cover joints with jointing strip and blend with jointing cement. ( method know as “tape and joint”
Answered21 March 2021
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Anonymous user
over board and skim its the only way...
Answered25 March 2021
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Lambs Decorating Services
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If the artex is direct onto the concrete then the only option really is to build a frame, plasterboard and skim.
Answered30 March 2021
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James Waddell
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I would frame over the original ceiling to allow me to overboard and finish to the owner requirements.
Answered4 April 2021
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