West Berkshire · England
Artex Removal in Ashmore Green
Artex removal in Ashmore Green: testing and removal of Artex and textured coatings. Send us photos and we’ll tell you what you need.
- Coatings in the way of electrical work
- Coatings damaged by DIY
- Walls before a kitchen or bathroom refit
Need Artex removal in Ashmore Green?
Artex removal near Ashmore Green
Sometimes it’s simpler to take the ceiling boards down whole than to strip the coating. We’ll explain which suits your rooms. Typical jobs include ceilings before skimming and coatings already disturbed, including swirl patterns, textured walls and coated plasterboard.
Rural homes near Ashmore Green have often been altered over generations, so ceilings may have been coated during an earlier renovation. We work to HSE guidance on every job, large or small.
- Location
- Ashmore Green (RG18)
- County
- West Berkshire
- Covers
- Artex tested, then removed with wet methods
- Paperwork
- Result and waste note
- Quotes
- A written quote before work starts
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Duty holders and landlords in Ashmore Green
If you run a business from older premises in Ashmore Green, you’re likely to need an asbestos register and a management plan, and contractors must be told what’s there.
Schools, halls and community buildings are non-domestic premises, so whoever runs them has a duty to manage asbestos.
Prices and what affects them
These are the main things that affect the price of Artex removal:
- Travel and parking
- How much waste there is
- Access to the area
- Licensed or non-licensed
Access makes a big difference to cost, so photos of the area and the way in help us quote accurately.
Helping us quote
When you send photos, these help most:
- Damaged areas
- Street parking nearby
- A rough size or measurement
- The route in: gates, steps, stairs or the loft hatch
Share the postcode, a short description and photos: send photos through our quote form, or phone 07833 053 749, and we’ll reply with a quote.
Ashmore Green questions
Do you work near Newbury Racecourse station?
Yes. Newbury Racecourse station is about 2.2 miles south-west of Ashmore Green, and we cover both.
Could my house in Ashmore Green contain asbestos?
It depends on its age and history: asbestos was used until the 1999 ban, so older homes and older alterations in Ashmore Green can contain it. Common places include garage roofs, textured ceilings, floor tiles, soffits and flues.
Can I just skim over it?
Covering it is an option if it’s intact, but never sand it first, and keep a record.
Is it OK to scrape off Artex?
Not before testing. Sanding or dry scraping an asbestos coating releases fibres.
How can I get a price?
Use our quote form or call 07833 053 749. Include the postcode, a description and photos.
Do you need a licence to remove Artex?
Normally not: HSE’s code of practice says textured coating work is not normally licensable, though large steam or gel jobs are notifiable.
Does all Artex contain asbestos?
Not necessarily: many coatings are asbestos-free. A sample test tells you which you have.
Can you come if the asbestos is damaged?
First, keep everyone away and don’t clean it up. Then contact us and we’ll advise on the next step.
Which option is right?
DIY removal products are sold for textured coatings, but if the coating contains asbestos, HSE guidance applies. Always test first. Our quotes are clear about VAT.
How we work in Ashmore Green
- Clear written quotes
- Accredited laboratory results
- No removal until we know what it is
- Reports and results you can share
See how we quote or the cost guide.
What happens next
Keep the test result and waste paperwork with your property records.
After the job, keep these in mind:
- Photos help us quote
- Each different coating needs testing
- Keep the results and paperwork
- Tell us which rooms and roughly how big they are
Don’ts
Don’t sand, scrape dry or wire-brush a textured coating before it’s been tested.
Don’t try DIY removal products on untested coatings.
Places near Ashmore Green
What else we do in Ashmore Green
Limits to be aware of
So you know what to expect:
- We test before removal, because a clear result means ordinary methods can be used
- Big jobs need notifying in advance, which affects the start date
- Other asbestos materials found in the room are dealt with separately
If in doubt, ask: we’ll recommend a test, a survey or removal.
Common materials
- Swirl and stipple patterns
- Artex ceilings
- Textured walls
- Patched or painted coatings
- Coated plasterboard
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
Materials, one by one
Artex ceilings
Patterned ceilings are the classic example.
Textured walls
Walls can have textured coatings too.
DIY and asbestos
Home testing kits exist, but you have to disturb the material to use one. HSE recommends a competent person takes samples.
HSE advises the public not to repair or remove asbestos themselves. Higher-risk materials such as lagging, sprayed coatings and most insulating board must only be dealt with by an HSE-licensed contractor.
How we work
If we are taking the boards down instead, they’re removed whole where possible. We go over the plan with you first, so you know what’s happening.
- Tell us where the textured ceilings and walls are
- Each coating is sampled and tested
- We go through the options and send a quote
- We seal off each room and remove the coating wet, or take the boards down whole
- We clean up and send the waste paperwork
Getting ready
- Keep children and pets away on the day
- Clear belongings, but leave the material alone
- Mention any parking restrictions
Ask for a quote
For a quote, call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form. Include the postcode, the material and some photos.
Related guides
Artex in Ashmore Green homes
Ashmore Green is about 2 miles north-west of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. We cover Ashmore Green as part of West Berkshire, whatever the size of the job. Ashmore Green is one of 155 places in West Berkshire where we work. We work right across the region, from Ashmore Green to Reading (about 13 miles away).
A school like Cold Ash St Mark's C.E. School should know from its asbestos register whether coatings have been tested, before decorators start. In older homes in Ashmore Green, textured ceilings were often added in later decades. Ashmore Green is within about 8 miles of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape, and older rural homes there often have textured ceilings from past renovations.
Artex jobs anywhere in RG18 start with the postcode and some photos. We can help with Artex jobs on streets such as Ash Terrace, Ashmore Green Road and Stoney Lane, wherever it is in Ashmore Green. We also carry out Artex jobs in Cold Ash (1 mile north-east), Stone Copse (1 mile west), Benham Hill (1 mile south-west), Thatcham (2 miles south-east) and Longlane (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also work in Newbury (3 miles south-west), Burghfield Common (9 miles east), Hungerford (11 miles west), Spencers Wood (13 miles east), Calcot (10 miles east) and Lambourn (12 miles north-west).
A little further out are West Berkshire Community Hospital (1.4 miles south-west) and Donnington Castle (2.8 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Nature Discovery Centre.
- Schools near Ashmore Green include Kennet School (1.8 miles south-east)
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- Planned to HSE guidance and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
- Written paperwork: reports, results and waste consignment notes
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site