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Asbestos Artex Removal in North Stoke, Oxfordshire
Artex removal across North Stoke and nearby, for homeowners, landlords and businesses. Done to HSE guidance, with paperwork for your records.
- Loft conversions
- Coatings already disturbed
- Landlord refurbishments
Asbestos help in North Stoke
Weighing up your options
Testing first can save a lot: a clear result means normal methods. Grouping jobs together can keep costs down, for example testing several materials, or removing a garage roof and a flue at the same time.
Why us?
- Clear advice on your options
- No removal until we know what it is
- Waste taken to a permitted site with a consignment note
- Accredited laboratory results
Take a look at our prices page and the cost guide.
Artex removal near North Stoke
Many Artex ceilings contain no asbestos at all. A small sample tells you which you have, so work can go ahead normally if it’s negative. Common materials are textured walls, coated plasterboard and coated ceiling roses, and people generally contact us about ceilings due to be knocked through or removed and coatings damaged by leaks.
In a village like North Stoke, textured coatings turn up in cottages and later homes alike. Every job comes with paperwork, because buyers, landlords and builders often ask for it.
- Where
- North Stoke (OX10)
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Covers
- Artex tested, then removed with wet methods
- Afterwards
- Test result and waste paperwork
- Quotes
- Written quote for your job
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
North Stoke properties and textured coatings
North Stoke is about 6 miles south-east of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. We cover North Stoke as part of Oxfordshire, for Artex jobs of every size. We work in all 443 towns and villages in Oxfordshire, from the larger towns to small villages. We work right across the region, from North Stoke to Reading (about 10 miles away).
If you are refurbishing flats near Cholsey station, textured ceilings can be tested between tenancies. For a school such as Wallingford School, the duty holder’s records should show any coatings. Parts of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape are within about 6 miles of North Stoke; cottages and farmhouses nearby can have textured coatings too.
For Artex jobs in OX10, just send the postcode and a few photos. Whether your property is on The Street, Cook Lane and Wallingford Road or anywhere nearby, the process is the same. For properties just outside North Stoke, we cover Winterbrook (1 mile north-west), Cholsey (1 mile west), Mongewell (1 mile north), Newnham Murren (2 miles north) and South Stoke (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Oxford (13 miles north), Didcot (6 miles north-west), Abingdon-on-Thames (10 miles north-west), Thame (14 miles north-east), Wantage (13 miles west) and Henley-on-Thames (10 miles east).
A little further out are Wallingford Castle (2.2 miles north). Open spaces near North Stoke include Wittenham Clumps and Cholsey Marsh.
How we price Artex removal
What changes the cost:
- Travel and parking
- Disposal costs
- The size of the job
- The type of material and its condition
Very low prices can mean corners are being cut: controls, protective equipment, laboratory fees and legal disposal all cost money.
Helping us quote
Good photos help us plan and quote. Take them without disturbing anything:
- Where we could park
- A clear close-up
- How we’d reach it
- A wide shot showing where the material is
You’ll get a written quote. Use our quote form or call 07833 053 749 with the details, including any survey or test you already have.
DIY and asbestos
HSE’s advice to the public is not to try to repair or remove asbestos yourself. Licensed materials are strictly for licensed contractors.
Never put asbestos in a bin or skip. It has to go to a site that accepts it, and some councils accept small amounts from residents by arrangement.
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North Stoke: your questions answered
Is the Artex in my North Stoke home asbestos?
Some older coatings do, and many don’t. Testing a sample is the only way to know.
Do older homes in North Stoke have asbestos?
That depends on when it was built and altered: asbestos products were used until 1999, so pre-2000 homes and extensions in North Stoke may have it. Common places include garage roofs, textured ceilings, floor tiles, soffits and flues.
Do you cover North Stoke?
Yes, North Stoke is in our area. Send us the postcode for a quote.
Do I need to be at home?
We need access to every area involved in the job.
How quickly can you come out?
That depends on the work and current bookings. We will give you dates when we quote, and notifiable work needs notifying before it starts.
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, then contact a professional; your GP can advise if you are worried about your health.
Can you advise before I buy a property?
Yes. A pre-purchase survey, arranged with the seller’s permission, shows what asbestos is there before you exchange.
Is it OK to scrape off Artex?
Not before testing. Sanding or dry scraping an asbestos coating releases fibres.
What we deal with in North Stoke
Renovations disturb coatings: sanding, dry scraping or drilling.
Asbestos can be in plenty of places in buildings from before 2000. Common situations include:
- Extensions that cut into ceilings
- Damaged or cracked coatings
- Coatings in the way of electrical work
- Ceilings due for plastering or skimming
In older homes in North Stoke, textured ceilings were often added in later decades.
What your quote should include
- For licensed work, a valid HSE licence
- Insurance appropriate to asbestos work
- That samples are analysed by an accredited laboratory
- How the work will be done, and the controls used
Responsibilities for owners
If your business premises in North Stoke were built before 2000, you’re likely to need an asbestos register and a management plan, and you must tell contractors what’s there.
Landlords of single homes don’t have the same duty to manage as non-domestic duty holders, but anyone working on the property still needs to know about asbestos.
What happens
At the end, the room is cleaned and checked before the seals come down. Nobody else needs to be in the work area, so please keep children and pets away.
- Tell us which rooms and surfaces, and roughly how big they are
- We sample the coating first
- We plan the method and quote
- The room is sealed off and the coating removed wet, never sanded or dry-scraped
- We clean up and dispose of the waste legally
Getting ready
- Keep children and pets away on the day
- Mention any damage before we arrive
- Ensure we can get to the area
How to get a quote
Photos and a postcode help us quote quickly: call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form.
Helpful guides
Looking after things afterwards
After removal, the room is cleaned and the waste goes to a permitted site, with a consignment note.
To avoid problems in future:
- Keep the results and paperwork
- Send photos of the coatings
- Plan where you’ll stay or work while rooms are closed off
- Keep pets out of the work area
Things not to do
Do not try DIY removal products on untested coatings.
Test before the builders arrive.
The scope of Artex removal
Every job has limits; these are the usual ones:
- We need the room cleared
- We leave the surface ready for your plasterer
- We test before removal, since a negative result changes everything
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Materials we see
- Patched or painted coatings
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
- Swirl and stipple patterns
- Textured walls
- Coated plasterboard
- Artex ceilings
- Nothing removed blind: unknown materials are tested first
- Done to the regulations: HSE guidance and CAR 2012
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Asbestos waste double-bagged or wrapped and taken to a permitted site