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Artex Removal for Highgate
Artex removal for Highgate: Artex removal, with testing first. Tell us what you’ve found and we’ll explain your options.
- Landlord refurbishments
- Walls before tiling
- Ceilings before plastering
Need Artex removal in Highgate?
About our artex removal in Highgate
Many Artex ceilings contain no asbestos at all. Testing a sample tells you, so work can go ahead normally if it’s negative. Typical materials include coated ceiling roses, stipple finishes and swirl patterns, and typical jobs are ceilings due to be knocked through or removed and loft conversions.
Textured ceilings are a common find in renovations in areas like Highgate, often painted over many times. Nothing is added to the job that you don’t need, and we will say when the right answer is to leave something alone.
- Location
- Highgate (N6, N19, NW5)
- County
- Greater London
- Covers
- Textured ceilings and walls
- Paperwork
- Result and waste note
- Price
- A written quote before work starts
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
The scope of Artex removal
What’s in and what’s out:
- Larger-scale steam or gel removal must be notified before it starts, so allow time
- Other asbestos materials found in the room are dealt with separately
- The room being worked on has to be empty and sealed off
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
Materials in Highgate
- Patched or painted coatings
- Coated plasterboard
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
- Textured walls
- Artex ceilings
- Swirl and stipple patterns
Typical Artex jobs in Highgate
Most problems come during renovation: sanding to smooth a ceiling, scraping it off dry or drilling for lights.
Asbestos can be in plenty of places in buildings from before 2000. Typical situations are:
- Coatings already disturbed
- Coatings in the way of electrical work
- Walls before tiling
- Rented flats before redecoration
If you are refurbishing flats near Upper Holloway station, textured ceilings can be tested between tenancies.
Questions to ask before you book
- What exactly is included: the areas, materials or samples
- Any exclusions
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the work is licensed, notifiable non-licensed or non-licensed
After we have finished in Highgate
If you’ve covered a coating rather than removed it, record where it is.
After the job, keep these in mind:
- Tell us which rooms and roughly how big they are
- Clear the rooms before the work
- Book your plasterer after removal
- Keep pets away
Avoid these
Don’t sand, scrape dry or wire-brush a textured coating before it’s been tested.
Test before the builders arrive.
Step by step
We bag and label the waste as we work, then taken to a permitted site. Before we start, we walk through the job with you and answer any questions.
- Get in touch with photos
- We arrange testing
- We explain your options: leave, cover or remove
- We remove it safely if that is what you choose
- The waste goes to a permitted site with a consignment note
Before we arrive
- Let us know if something’s broken
- Do not disturb the material before we get there
- Have any previous surveys or test results ready
How to get a quote
For a quote, fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749. Include the postcode, the material and some photos.
Related guides
Can I do it myself?
If you do find something during DIY, stop: leave the area, don’t clean it up, and ask for advice.
A professional job comes with paperwork: a record that buyers, insurers and builders may want to see.
Options to consider in Highgate
Skimming over Artex avoids disturbing it, but don’t sand it smooth first, and it remains in place. Grouping jobs together can keep costs down, for example testing several materials, or removing a garage roof and a flue at the same time.
What you get
- Records for your files
- Legal disposal, with paperwork
- Accredited laboratory results
- Identify first, remove only when needed
See our prices page and published price ranges.
Responsibilities for owners
For managing agents and freeholders in Highgate, the register for shared areas needs keeping current and sharing with trades.
Void periods are a good time for asbestos work, while the property is empty.
Common questions in Highgate
Do you work in Highgate despite London parking restrictions?
We do. Let us know the parking situation and we will plan around it.
Do textured ceilings in Highgate homes contain asbestos?
Some may, but many coatings do not contain asbestos. Only a test will tell you.
Is asbestos dangerous?
Asbestos is a hazard when its fibres get into the air. The related diseases often take decades to develop, so the aim is never to disturb it unknowingly.
What’s the difference between a test and a survey?
A test checks specific materials; a survey checks a whole building or work area. For building work, a survey is usually needed.
I think I’ve damaged asbestos. What now?
Leave the area, keep others out and close the door if you can. Avoid sweeping, vacuuming or dusting, and ask for advice; your GP can advise if you’re worried about your health.
Does someone need to be there?
Someone has to let us into all the areas in the job, and it helps if you’re around to answer questions.
How much does Artex removal cost in Highgate?
Room size, method and waste all affect the price. We quote after testing.
Should I check for asbestos before buying?
Of course. A pre-purchase survey, arranged with the seller’s permission, shows what asbestos is there before you exchange.
A closer look at the materials
Patched areas
We may sample patches separately.
Ceiling roses and cornices
We sample them if needed.
Places near Highgate
Highgate properties and textured coatings
Highgate is about 2 miles north-east of Hampstead, in Greater London. Anywhere in Highgate, just send the postcode, and we will quote. We cover 764 places across Greater London, from the larger towns to small villages.
For a school such as St Michael's Church of England Primary School, the duty holder’s records should show any coatings. In older homes in Highgate, textured ceilings were often added in later decades.
Anywhere in N6, N19 and NW5, we can help with Artex removal. That could mean a property on Wood Lane, Grange Road and Talbot Road. For properties just outside Highgate, we cover Upper Holloway (1 mile south-east), Dartmouth Park (1 mile south), Lissenden Gardens (1 mile south), Crouch End (1 mile north-east) and Tufnell Park (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cover London (5 miles south-east), City of Westminster (4 miles south), Marylebone (4 miles south), Kensington (6 miles south-west), St Pancras (3 miles south) and Shoreditch (4 miles south-east).
As a London location, Highgate is inside the ULEZ, and parking and loading need planning: let us know about parking and access when you get in touch.
Nearby you will also find The Mall Wood Green (2.2 miles north-east) and Kenwood House (1 mile west). Open spaces near Highgate include Darland's Lake and Parkland Walk.
- Schools near Highgate include St Aloysius RC College (under half a mile south-east) and Asanté Academy of Chinese Medicine (0.5 miles north)
- Nearby, you will find The Angel Inn (within half a mile south-west)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include Hornsey (1.2 miles north-east)
- Nothing removed blind: unknown materials are tested first
- Work planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance
- Written paperwork: reports, results and waste consignment notes
- Asbestos waste double-bagged or wrapped and taken to a permitted site