Hampshire · England
Artex Removal in Kingsmead
Artex removal in Kingsmead: testing and removal of Artex and textured coatings. Send us photos and we will tell you what you need.
- Damaged or cracked coatings
- Coatings already disturbed
- Ceilings coming down
Artex removal for Kingsmead
What happens next
Keep the test result and waste paperwork with your property records.
Once you know what’s there, a few simple habits help:
- Give us room sizes
- Keep pets out of the work area
- Plan where you’ll stay or work while rooms are closed off
- Clear the rooms before the work
Avoid these
If a coating has been damaged by a leak, keep people away from fallen pieces and ask for advice.
Plan testing before the renovation starts.
Artex removal in Kingsmead
For an asbestos coating, the room is sealed, the coating kept wet and nothing sanded or dry-scraped, with the waste bagged and taken to a permitted site. Typical jobs include walls before a kitchen or bathroom refit and structural work through coated ceilings, including swirl patterns, Artex ceilings and textured walls.
Village homes like those in Kingsmead have often been altered several times, so ceilings may have been coated during an earlier renovation. Small jobs get the same care as big ones, with the same attention to the regulations.
- Where
- Kingsmead (PO17)
- County
- Hampshire
- What we do
- Testing and removal of textured coatings
- You receive
- Test result and waste paperwork
- Quotes
- A written quote before work starts
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Landlords, managing agents and employers
If you own a block of garages or outbuildings that you let should know what the roofs are made of, before anyone carries out repairs.
If you run a business from older premises in Kingsmead, you are likely to need an asbestos register and a management plan, and you must tell contractors what’s there.
Can I do it myself?
Power tools, sanding and jet-washing release the most fibres.
If you do find something during DIY, stop: leave the area, don’t clean it up, and ask for advice.
What’s included, and what isn’t
The usual limits are:
- We test before removal, because a clear result means ordinary methods can be used
- Other materials may need their own approach
- Big jobs need notifying in advance, which affects the start date
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we will tell you honestly.
Materials we see
- Textured walls
- Patched or painted coatings
- Artex ceilings
- Coated plasterboard
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
- Swirl and stipple patterns
Artex removal around Kingsmead
Kingsmead is about 5 miles north of Fareham, in Hampshire. For Artex jobs in Kingsmead, tell us about parking and access. Kingsmead is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover. You can also see our page for Southampton, about 10 miles away.
For rented flats close to Botley station, a void period is a good time to deal with textured ceilings.
Artex jobs anywhere in PO17 start with the postcode and some photos. If your property is just outside Kingsmead, we also cover Woodend (1 mile east), Mislingford (1 mile north), Shirrell Heath (1 mile west), Soberton Heath (1 mile east) and Shedfield (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Winchester (12 miles north-west), Gosport (8 miles south), Havant (9 miles south-east), Eastleigh (8 miles north-west), Fareham (5 miles south) and Horndean (7 miles east).
Well-known places in the area include Bishop's Waltham Museum (3.2 miles north-west) and Knowle Hospital (3.1 miles south-west). Open spaces near Kingsmead include Portsdown Hill and St Clair's Meadow.
- Local pubs include The Roebuck pub (within half a mile south)
What it might be made of
Coated plasterboard
Coatings are applied over plasterboard or plaster. Removing the boards can be an option.
Textured walls
They’re tested and removed in the same way as ceilings.
Places near Kingsmead
Other services in Kingsmead
Common questions in Kingsmead
Do older homes in Kingsmead have asbestos?
Homes built or refitted before 2000 can. The only way to know is to test suspect materials. Garage roofs, Artex, floor tiles, soffits and flues are typical examples.
Do you cover Kingsmead from London?
We cover Kingsmead, about 61 miles from central London.
Could my home contain asbestos?
Any building built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. Only laboratory analysis of a sample can confirm it.
Do you cover Kingsmead?
We do: Kingsmead is within the area we cover in Hampshire. Send the postcode and a few photos and we will quote.
Do I get anything in writing afterwards?
It depends on what we do: a report for a survey, a lab result for a test, or waste paperwork for removal.
Should I take the ceiling down instead?
It depends on the room and the condition of the ceiling. We’ll advise for each room.
When can you start?
That depends on the work and current bookings. We’ll give you dates when we quote, and notifiable work needs notifying before it starts.
Do you work in flats?
We do. In a block, the shared areas are the responsibility of the managing agent or freeholder, who should hold the asbestos register.
Where asbestos turns up
People used Artex to cover cracks and uneven ceilings, and some contained a small amount of white asbestos (chrysotile) for strength.
Typical jobs in Kingsmead include:
- Coatings damaged by leaks
- Ceilings coming down
- Walls before a kitchen or bathroom refit
- Coatings already disturbed
A school like Swanmore College of Technology should know from its asbestos register whether coatings have been tested.
Before you book anyone
- What isn’t included
- Insurance appropriate to asbestos work
- If the price includes VAT
- Where the waste goes, with paperwork
What it costs
The biggest factors in the price are:
- How many samples are needed
- How much waste there is
- Whether the work is non-licensed, notifiable or licensed
- Location, parking and any London charges
A test can sometimes save the cost of removal altogether, because the material is clear.
Photos that help
Helpful photos:
- A close-up from a safe distance
- How we’d reach it
- Where we could park
- Damaged areas
Photos from a safe distance help: do not touch the material, just send them through our quote form.
What happens
The coating is softened with water, steam or gel and removed with hand tools, never sanded or scraped dry. We begin by confirming exactly what we’re doing, so there’s no confusion.
- Tell us which rooms and surfaces
- We sample each coating
- We plan the removal and send a quote
- We seal off the room and remove the coating wet
- We clean up and send the waste paperwork
How to prepare
- Mention any parking restrictions
- Find any old asbestos reports
- Keep away from the material in the meantime
How to get 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.
Read more
- Identify it first: we test or survey before planning removal
- Planned to HSE guidance and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Legal disposal at a permitted site, with a consignment note