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Asbestos Artex Removal in Frittenden, Kent
Artex removal for properties in Frittenden and Kent: textured coating testing and removal.
- Ceilings coming down
- Damaged or cracked coatings
- Loft conversions and extensions
Artex removal in Frittenden
How we price Artex removal
The price of Artex removal depends mainly on:
- Access to the area
- What the material is and its state
- Travel and parking
- The survey scope
A price that looks too good to be true often is: controls, protective equipment, laboratory fees and legal disposal all cost money.
Helping us quote
Photo tips:
- Cracks or breaks
- Labels, if any
- The parking area
- The route in: gates, steps, stairs or the loft hatch
Share the postcode, a short description and photos: fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749, and we’ll reply with a quote.
About our artex removal in Frittenden
According to HSE, textured coating work is normally non-licensed. Bigger jobs using steam or gel must be notified before they start. From rented flats before redecoration and ceilings coming down, we cover coated ceiling roses, stipple finishes and swirl patterns and more.
Village homes like those in Frittenden have often been altered several times, so coatings may date from earlier work. Every job ends with paperwork: a report, results or a consignment note, for your records.
- Location
- Frittenden (TN17)
- Region
- Kent
- What we do
- Textured ceilings and walls
- You receive
- Lab result and consignment note
- Quotes
- Quoted individually, in writing
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Questions from Frittenden
Can you deal with asbestos on rural buildings in the High Weald National Landscape?
Yes. The asbestos rules are the same in protected landscapes, but access to farm and rural buildings can take planning.
Do you cover Frittenden and the area around Headcorn station?
Yes. Headcorn station is about 2.5 miles north-east of Frittenden, and we cover both.
Do I need a test or a survey?
A test answers the question for the materials sampled; a survey looks at everything in scope, including things you hadn’t spotted.
Do you cover Frittenden?
Yes. We cover Frittenden and the surrounding area as part of Kent. Tell us the postcode and what you need.
Should I check for asbestos before buying?
Yes, a pre-purchase survey can help, as long as the seller agrees.
Do I need to move out during Artex removal?
The work room is sealed and kept clear. Often you can stay in other rooms.
Can you help with a shop or office?
Yes. Tell us the size and use of the building and what you need, and any existing asbestos register.
Do I need to be at home?
Someone has to let us into all the areas in the job, and it helps if you’re around to answer questions.
What we deal with in Frittenden
Older coatings are often painted over many times, so age is hard to judge.
These are the materials and situations that most often lead to Artex jobs:
- Coatings already disturbed
- Ceilings due for plastering or skimming
- Ceilings due to be knocked through or removed
- Walls before a kitchen or bathroom refit
If you are refurbishing a rental near Headcorn station, textured ceilings can be tested between tenancies.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the work is licensed, notifiable non-licensed or non-licensed
- How the work will be done, and the controls used
- Laboratory analysis by an accredited lab
- Waste disposal and the consignment note
Can I do it myself?
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.
Asbestos waste cannot go in household bins, recycling or skips. It has to go to a site that accepts it, and some councils accept small amounts from residents by arrangement.
Your options compared
Test, leave, cover or remove? Intact coatings with no work planned can often stay; if you want smooth ceilings or need to cut into it, removal is usually better. Identifying asbestos early is cheaper than stopping work later, when everything has to stop.
Why us?
- Clear written quotes
- Paperwork you can show your buyer, landlord or builder
- Legal disposal, with paperwork
- Honest advice, even when the answer is to leave it
See our prices page and published price ranges.
Artex removal around Frittenden
Frittenden is about 9 miles south of Maidstone, in Kent. Anywhere in Frittenden, just send the postcode. We work in all 922 towns and villages across Kent. Our area stretches from Frittenden to Canterbury (about 23 miles away).
Non-domestic buildings like Frittenden Church of England Primary School should already have records of any textured coatings, before decorators start. If your home is one of the older properties in Frittenden, near Church of St Mary or elsewhere, textured ceilings may date from an earlier renovation. Parts of the High Weald National Landscape are within about 4 miles of Frittenden, and older rural homes there often have textured ceilings from past renovations.
Anywhere in TN17, Artex removal is available, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Your property could be on The Street, Inglis Close and Parish Avenue. Close by, we cover Sinkhurst Green (1 mile north), Knox Bridge (1 mile west), Cranbrook Common (2 miles south-west), Sissinghurst (2 miles south-west) and Staplehurst (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (9 miles north), Ashford (12 miles east), Sittingbourne (15 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles west), Tonbridge (14 miles west) and Kings Hill (12 miles north-west).
Other landmarks nearby include Sissinghurst Castle (1.7 miles south) and Benenden Hospital (3.8 miles south).
- Local pubs include Bell And Jorrocks Public House (less than half a mile north-east)
Good to know
To be clear about the scope:
- Untested coatings are tested first, since a negative result changes everything
- Plastering and making good are generally separate jobs
- Big jobs need notifying in advance, so allow time
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Common materials
- Patched or painted coatings
- Coated plasterboard
- Artex ceilings
- Textured walls
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
- Swirl and stipple patterns
Towns and villages near Frittenden
Materials, one by one
Patched areas
We may sample patches separately.
Coated plasterboard
Board removal avoids stripping.
The process
We bag and label the waste as we work, then taken to a permitted site. We go over the plan with you first, so you know what’s happening.
- Describe the rooms and coatings
- We test the coating if it hasn’t been tested
- If it contains asbestos, we agree the method and send a quote
- We seal the room and remove the coating with wet methods
- The waste is bagged, the room cleaned and the waste taken to a permitted site
Before we arrive
- Mention any damage before we arrive
- Dig out previous surveys
- Mention any parking restrictions
How to get a quote
Each job is priced individually. Fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749 to get started.
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Looking after things afterwards
Tell your plasterer and electrician what was done.
Going forward:
- File the test result and waste note
- Book your plasterer after removal
- Empty the rooms in advance
- Tell us which rooms and roughly how big they are
What to avoid
Do not try DIY removal products on untested coatings.
Never sand or dry-scrape Artex before testing.
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- Work planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Legal disposal at a permitted site, with a consignment note