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Artex Removal for Fleet Marston
Worried about asbestos in Fleet Marston? Our service covers testing and removal of Artex and textured coatings, with clear advice at each step.
- Damaged or cracked coatings
- Textured walls before a refit
- Ceilings due for rewiring or new downlights
Get a quote for Fleet Marston
What we do and don’t cover
We are upfront about what’s included:
- Untested coatings are tested first, since a negative result changes everything
- We leave the surface ready for your plasterer
- Other asbestos materials found in the room are dealt with separately
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Materials we see
- Patched or painted coatings
- Artex ceilings
- Textured walls
- Coated plasterboard
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
- Swirl and stipple patterns
How artex removal works in Fleet Marston
Taking down the plasterboard can be easier than stripping the coating. We’ll talk you through the options for your rooms in Fleet Marston. Typical jobs include damaged or cracked coatings and ceilings due to be knocked through or removed, involving Artex ceilings, coated plasterboard and coated ceiling roses.
Village homes like those in Fleet Marston have often been altered several times, so coatings may date from earlier work. Nothing is removed until it’s been identified, as the right approach depends on the material.
- Location
- Fleet Marston (HP18)
- Area hub
- Buckinghamshire
- What we do
- Textured ceilings and walls
- Paperwork
- Result and waste note
- Quotes
- A written quote before work starts
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Duty holders and landlords in Fleet Marston
If you are responsible for a non-domestic building or the common parts of flats in Fleet Marston, you have a duty to manage asbestos under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. In practice: find it, assess it, record it and manage it.
If your business premises in Fleet Marston were built before 2000, you should have an asbestos register and management plan, and you must tell contractors what’s there.
How we work
The coating is softened with water, steam or gel and removed with hand tools, never sanded or scraped dry. When we are done, we explain what happens next and what paperwork follows.
- Let us know which rooms have textured coatings
- We sample each different coating for testing
- If asbestos is found, we explain the options and quote
- The room is sealed, and the coating removed wet or the boards taken down
- We clean up and send the waste paperwork
Getting ready
- Leave the suspect material alone until we arrive
- Move belongings away from the area, without touching the material
- Tell neighbours if the work is close to their property
Ask for a quote
You’ll get a written quote. Send photos through our quote form, or phone 07833 053 749 with the details, including any survey or test you already have.
Related guides
Doing it yourself?
Sanding, drilling, cutting and jet-washing are the worst things you can do to asbestos materials, so avoid them completely.
Home testing kits exist, but you have to disturb the material to use one. HSE advises that samples are best taken by a competent person.
Your options compared
DIY removal products are sold for textured coatings, but if it contains asbestos, the job needs proper controls. Test first. Very low prices can mean corners are being cut: controls, protective equipment, laboratory fees and legal disposal all cost money.
Why choose us
- Plain-English advice, including when to leave things alone
- Covering London and the South East
- Records for your files
- Waste taken to a permitted site with a consignment note
See how we quote and published price ranges.
Where asbestos turns up
Most problems come during renovation: sanding to smooth a ceiling, scraping it off dry or drilling for lights releases fibres.
Get advice if you’re dealing with any of these:
- Ceilings before skimming
- Textured walls before a refit
- Rented flats before redecoration
- Coatings scraped during DIY
If you’re refurbishing flats near Aylesbury Vale Parkway station, a void period is a good time to deal with textured ceilings.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the job needs notifying
- That samples are analysed by an accredited laboratory
- Any exclusions
- Suitable insurance for the work
How we price Artex removal
These are the main things that affect the price of Artex removal:
- Licensed or non-licensed
- Waste quantity and disposal
- The survey scope
- The size of the job
There is no one-size price, as every job differs. Our cost guides show published ranges, with dates and sources.
Helping us quote
Photos help us understand the job before we visit. Take them without disturbing anything:
- Where we could park
- Any damage, cracks or broken pieces
- Approximate dimensions
- Visible markings
Photos from a safe distance help: send them through our contact page.
Your questions about Artex removal in Fleet Marston
Do you come out to small villages like Fleet Marston?
We do: small villages are covered too. Tell us about access and parking.
Is the Artex in my Fleet Marston home asbestos?
Some may, but many coatings don’t contain asbestos. Testing a sample is the only way to know.
Can you quote from photos?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, but larger or unclear jobs may need a visit.
What’s the difference between a test and a survey?
A test answers the question for the materials sampled; a survey inspects the whole building or work area and records everything it finds.
Do you need a licence to remove Artex?
Typically not: HSE’s code of practice says textured coating work is not normally licensable, but larger-scale steam or gel removal must be notified first.
Can I sand my Artex ceiling smooth?
Not before testing. Sanding or dry scraping an asbestos coating releases fibres.
When can you start?
That depends on the work and current bookings. You will get available dates with the quote, and notifiable work needs notifying before it starts.
Can you advise before I buy a property?
Of course. A pre-purchase survey, arranged with the seller’s permission, shows what asbestos is there before you exchange.
Looking after things afterwards
The surface is left ready for making good.
Going forward:
- Plan around the closed rooms
- Tell us which rooms and roughly how big they are
- Keep pets out of the work area
- Line up the plasterer for afterwards
Things not to do
Don’t use a steamer or chemical stripper on an untested coating.
Do not try DIY removal products on untested coatings.
Also near Fleet Marston
Also in Fleet Marston
Textured ceilings in Fleet Marston
Fleet Marston is about 2 miles north-west of Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire. Homes, landlords and businesses in Fleet Marston contact us for Artex jobs about all kinds of jobs. We work in all 263 towns and villages in Buckinghamshire, from the larger towns to small villages. Our nearest city page is Oxford, about 17 miles away.
In older homes in Fleet Marston, textured ceilings were often added in later decades. Non-domestic buildings like Green Ridge Primary Academy should already have records of any textured coatings. Parts of the Chilterns National Landscape are within about 8 miles of Fleet Marston, and older rural homes there often have textured ceilings from past renovations.
Artex jobs anywhere in HP18 start with the postcode and some photos. For properties just outside Fleet Marston, we cover Haydon Hill (1 mile south-east), Quarrendon Estate (2 miles east), Fairford Leys (2 miles south-east), Stone (2 miles south) and Hartwell (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover High Wycombe (15 miles south), Chesham (14 miles south-east), Buckingham (12 miles north-west), Elmhurst (3 miles east), Southcourt (3 miles south-east) and Princes Risborough (8 miles south).
Other landmarks nearby include Roald Dahl Children's Gallery (2.5 miles south-east) and Friars Square (2.6 miles south-east).
- Schools near Fleet Marston include Buckinghamshire UTC (2.3 miles south-east)
- Identify it first: we test or survey before planning removal
- Work planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance
- Written paperwork: reports, results and waste consignment notes
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site