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Artex Removal for Enstone
Artex removal in Enstone: Artex removal, with testing first, for homes, rented property and workplaces. Planned to HSE guidance, with written results and paperwork.
- Loft conversions and extensions
- Walls before a kitchen or bathroom refit
- Damaged or cracked coatings
Need Artex removal in Enstone?
How it works
The coating is softened with water, steam or gel and removed with hand tools, with no sanding or dry scraping. Nobody else needs to be in the work area, so please keep children and pets away.
- Tell us which rooms and surfaces
- We test the coating if it hasn’t been tested
- If it contains asbestos, we agree the method and quote
- We seal off the room and remove the coating wet
- The room is cleaned and you get the paperwork
How to prepare
- Keep children and pets away on the day
- Mention any damage before we arrive
- Have any previous surveys or test results ready
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos and the postcode: just fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749.
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Artex removal near Enstone
Left undisturbed, an intact textured coating is low risk. Trouble starts when it’s sanded, dry-scraped, drilled or knocked through, which is why testing first matters in Enstone. Typical jobs include flaking textured ceilings and coatings already disturbed, including Artex ceilings, stipple finishes and coated ceiling roses.
In a village like Enstone, textured coatings turn up in cottages and later homes alike. Nothing is added to the job that you don’t need.
- Area
- Enstone (OX7)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- What we do
- Textured ceilings and walls
- You receive
- Result and waste note
- Price
- A written quote before work starts
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Enstone properties and textured coatings
Enstone is about 9 miles north of Witney, in Oxfordshire. Enstone is within our Oxfordshire area, whatever the size of the job. Enstone is one of 443 towns and villages in Oxfordshire we cover. You can also see our page for Oxford, about 15 miles away.
If you are refurbishing flats near Charlbury station, textured ceilings can be tested between tenancies. In older homes in Enstone, textured ceilings were often added in later decades.
Artex jobs anywhere in OX7 start with the postcode and some photos. Your property could be on Oxford Road, Venvell Close and Chapel Lane. If your property is just outside Enstone, we also cover Church Enstone (1 mile north), Kiddington (2 miles east), Little Tew (3 miles north), Great Tew (3 miles north) and Swerford (4 miles north). Within a short drive, we also work in Oxford (15 miles south-east), Banbury (11 miles north-east), Bicester (13 miles east), Witney (9 miles south), Carterton (12 miles south-west) and Kidlington (10 miles south-east).
Nearby you’ll also find Old Forge Museum (Great Tew) (3.4 miles north). Within reach you’ll find Blenheim Farm.
- Nearby, you’ll find The Harrow Inn (less than half a mile north)
Questions from Enstone
Do you work near Charlbury station?
Yes. Charlbury station is about 3.3 miles south-west of Enstone, and we cover both.
Do you cover Enstone from London?
We cover Enstone, about 65 miles from central London.
Is a home built after 2000 likely to contain asbestos?
Homes built after 2000 shouldn’t contain asbestos, as it was banned in 1999, though older parts, reused materials or earlier outbuildings can.
Can I sand my Artex ceiling smooth?
Not until it’s been tested. Sanding or dry scraping an asbestos coating releases fibres.
My builder has found asbestos. What now?
Stop work in that area and keep people out, and the material needs identifying before work resumes.
Can you help a business or landlord?
We do. We work for landlords, managing agents, employers and contractors as well as homeowners.
Can you help with a shop or office?
We do. Send us the details of the premises, and any existing asbestos register.
Can I just skim over it?
It’s an option for an intact coating: covering it leaves it undisturbed. Don’t sand it first, and keep a record that it’s there.
Afterwards
If you’ve covered a coating rather than removed it, record where it is.
Keeping things safe:
- Keep the results and paperwork
- Test every different coating
- Book your plasterer after removal
- Empty the rooms in advance
Avoid these
Plan testing before the renovation starts.
Don’t sand, scrape dry or wire-brush a textured coating before it’s been tested.
What it might be made of
Coated plasterboard
Board removal avoids stripping.
Ceiling roses and cornices
They’re included in the test if they’re coated.
Good to know
Here’s what Artex removal covers, and what it doesn’t:
- We test before removal, since a negative result changes everything
- We need the room cleared
- Plastering and making good are generally separate jobs
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
Common materials
- Artex ceilings
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
- Swirl and stipple patterns
- Coated plasterboard
- Patched or painted coatings
- Textured walls
Where asbestos turns up
Renovations disturb coatings: sanding, dry scraping or drilling releases fibres.
In older properties, we often see:
- Coatings damaged by DIY
- Rented flats before redecoration
- Textured walls before a refit
- Ceilings before downlights go in
Non-domestic buildings like Enstone Primary School should already have records of any textured coatings, before decorators start.
What your quote should include
- How the work will be done, and the controls used
- What paperwork you get
- What’s excluded, such as making good or a new roof
- That samples are analysed by an accredited laboratory
DIY and asbestos
DIY sampling means disturbing the material yourself. HSE recommends a competent person takes samples.
Power tools, sanding and jet-washing release the most fibres, so avoid them completely.
Weighing up your options
Plastering over it is an option, but never sand it first, and it remains in place. Access makes a big difference to cost, so photos of the area and the way in help us quote accurately.
What you get
- Accredited laboratory results
- Jobs planned to HSE guidance
- Houses, flats and business premises
- Waste taken to a permitted site with a consignment note
Take a look at how we quote or our cost guide.
Places near Enstone
What else we do in Enstone
Prices and what affects them
Prices vary with:
- Disposal costs
- How easy it is to reach
- The type of material and its condition
- How much there is
Compare what each quote includes, not just the total: scope, method, waste disposal and paperwork.
Sending photos
Photos often save us a visit:
- An idea of size
- Any damage, cracks or broken pieces
- A photo of the whole area
- A closer photo of the material, without touching it
Include any existing survey or test when you fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749.
- Nothing removed blind: unknown materials are tested first
- Done to the regulations: HSE guidance and CAR 2012
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Legal disposal at a permitted site, with a consignment note