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Artex Removal in Great Missenden
Buildings in Great Missenden built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. Our artex removal service covers textured coating testing and removal.
- Rented homes refurbished between tenants
- Walls before a kitchen or bathroom refit
- Loft conversions
Need Artex removal in Great Missenden?
What’s included, and what is not
Every job has limits; these are the usual ones:
- Plastering and making good are generally separate jobs
- Other asbestos materials found in the room are dealt with separately
- We need the room cleared
If in doubt, ask: we will recommend a test, a survey or removal before booking.
Materials in Great Missenden
- Patched or painted coatings
- Swirl and stipple patterns
- Textured walls
- Artex ceilings
- Coated plasterboard
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
Artex removal in Great Missenden
Not every textured coating contains asbestos. A small sample tells you which you have, so work can go ahead normally if it’s negative. Typical jobs include textured walls before a refit and flaking textured ceilings, including swirl patterns, Artex ceilings and textured walls.
Village homes like those in Great Missenden have often been altered several times, so coatings may date from earlier work. Clear answers come first: what the material is, and what that means for your plans.
- Where
- Great Missenden (HP16)
- Area hub
- Buckinghamshire
- Service
- Artex tested, then removed with wet methods
- You receive
- Test result and waste paperwork
- Quotes
- A written quote before work starts
- Call
- 07833 053 749
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
For landlords, agents and businesses
If you are responsible for a non-domestic building or the common parts of flats in Great Missenden, you have a duty to manage asbestos under regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. In practice: find it, assess it, record it and manage it.
Landlords of garage blocks and outbuildings should know what the roofs are made of, before anyone carries out repairs.
How it works
For board removal, we take the boards down in whole pieces and bagged or wrapped. We go over the plan with you first, so you know what’s happening.
- Describe the rooms and coatings
- We sample the coating first
- We plan the method and quote
- We seal the room and remove the coating with wet methods
- We clean up and dispose of the waste legally
Before we arrive
- Let us know if something’s broken
- Keep children and pets away on the day
- Move things out of the way carefully
Get a quote
Not sure what you need? Fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749 and describe the problem, and we will recommend the right option.
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Artex in Great Missenden homes
Great Missenden is about 4 miles west of Chesham, in Buckinghamshire. Properties in Great Missenden range from older houses to newer estates and commercial buildings, and anything built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. Great Missenden is one of 263 places in Buckinghamshire where we work. You can also see our page for Reading, about 21 miles away.
If you are refurbishing flats near Great Missenden station, coatings can be tested while the flat is empty. A school like Great Missenden CofE Combined School should know from its asbestos register whether coatings have been tested. Parts of the Chilterns National Landscape are within about a mile of Great Missenden; cottages and farmhouses nearby can have textured coatings too.
For Artex jobs in HP16, just send the postcode and a few photos. Whether your property is on High Street, London Road and Station Approach or a nearby road, the process is the same. We also carry out Artex jobs in Hunt's Green (2 miles north), Wendover Dean (2 miles north-west), Lee Gate (3 miles north), Great Hampden (3 miles west) and Kingsash (3 miles north). We also cover nearby towns such as Aylesbury (9 miles north-west), High Wycombe (5 miles south), Chesham (4 miles east), Marlow (9 miles south), Amersham (5 miles south-east) and Beaconsfield (7 miles south).
A little further out are Hawridge Court (4.5 miles north-east) and Chiltern Hospital (1.1 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Coombe Hill and Prestwood Local Nature Reserve.
- Nearby schools include Missenden Abbey Adult Education College (less than half a mile south-east) and Misbourne School (under half a mile south-east)
- Pubs nearby include The Cross Keys Public House (less than half a mile north-east)
Questions from Great Missenden
How far is Great Missenden from London?
We cover Great Missenden, about 30 miles from central London.
Do textured ceilings in Great Missenden homes contain asbestos?
Some older coatings do, and many do not. Only a test will tell you.
Does all Artex contain asbestos?
Not necessarily, as many don’t. The only way to know is to test a sample.
Do I need a test or a survey?
A test checks specific materials; a survey checks a whole building or work area. Before building work, you normally need a survey.
Does asbestos always have to come out?
Not always. If it’s in good condition and nobody will disturb it, leaving it in place and checking it can be the safer choice.
Should I check for asbestos before buying?
Yes. A pre-purchase survey tells you what’s there before you exchange, with the seller’s permission.
Can you quote from photos?
Clear photos and measurements are often enough; if not, we’ll arrange to see it.
Can asbestos go in my bin?
No: asbestos waste is hazardous and cannot go in skips, bins or recycling. It must go to a permitted site.
Options to consider in Great Missenden
Plastering over it is an option, but never sand it first, and it remains in place. Our quotes are clear about VAT, so you can compare like with like.
What you get
- Samples analysed by an accredited laboratory
- Waste taken to a permitted site with a consignment note
- Paperwork you can show your buyer, landlord or builder
- No removal until we know what it is
See our prices page and the cost guide.
After we’ve finished in Great Missenden
The surface is left ready for making good.
Some practical advice:
- Keep the results and paperwork
- Tell us which rooms and roughly how big they are
- Keep pets away
- Plan where you will stay or work while rooms are closed off
Avoid these
Hold off on drilling until you have a result.
Keep away from flaking or fallen coating and ask for advice.
Materials, one by one
Textured walls
Walls can have textured coatings too.
Artex ceilings
Patterned ceilings are the classic example.
Nearby places to Great Missenden
Other services in Great Missenden
Should you do it yourself?
Found something mid-DIY? Stop: leave the area, do not clean it up, and ask for advice.
With a professional job, you get a record: a record that buyers, insurers and builders may want to see.
What it costs
Quotes vary because of:
- How easy it is to reach
- The quantity or area
- Waste quantity and disposal
- Material and condition
Doing several things in one visit can help, such as testing several materials at once.
Helping us quote
To help us quote quickly, send:
- How we’d reach it
- Street parking nearby
- A rough size or measurement
- Cracks or breaks
Photos and a postcode help us quote quickly: just send photos through our quote form, or phone 07833 053 749.
- Nothing removed blind: unknown materials are tested first
- Done to the regulations: HSE guidance and CAR 2012
- Paperwork for your records: reports, lab results and consignment notes
- Legal disposal at a permitted site, with a consignment note