Kent · England
Artex Removal for Oad Street
Buildings in Oad Street built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. Our artex removal service covers textured coating testing and removal.
- Textured walls before a refit
- Ceilings coming down
- Ceilings before downlights go in
Artex removal near Oad Street
How artex removal works in Oad Street
For an asbestos coating, the room is sealed, the coating kept wet and nothing sanded or dry-scraped. Typical materials include textured walls, coated ceiling roses and stipple finishes, and typical jobs are coatings already disturbed and ceilings due for plastering or skimming.
Rural homes near Oad Street have often been altered over generations, so ceilings may have been coated during an earlier renovation. Everything is explained in plain English, including when leaving a material alone is the sensible choice.
- Location
- Oad Street (ME9)
- Area hub
- Kent
- Covers
- Artex tested, then removed with wet methods
- You receive
- Lab result and consignment note
- Quotes
- Quoted individually, in writing
- Call
- 07833 053 749
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Responsibilities for owners
If your business premises in Oad Street were built before 2000, you are likely to need an asbestos register and a management plan, and you must tell contractors what’s there.
If you are responsible for a non-domestic building or the common parts of flats in Oad Street, you have a duty to manage asbestos under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. That means finding it, assessing it, recording it and planning how to manage it.
Choosing the right option
Remove the coating, or the whole ceiling? Stripping keeps the ceiling; taking boards down whole can be quicker and cleaner in some rooms. The cost of Artex removal depends on the job: the materials, the amount, access and what paperwork is needed. Every quote is individual.
How we work in Oad Street
- Domestic and commercial work
- Lab analysis by an accredited laboratory
- Records for your files
- Legal disposal, with paperwork
Take a look at our prices page or published price ranges.
Good to know
The usual limits are:
- Big jobs need notifying in advance, so allow time
- Plastering and making good are usually separate jobs
- Other materials may need their own approach
If in doubt, ask: we will recommend a test, a survey or removal.
What we deal with
- Coated plasterboard
- Textured walls
- Swirl and stipple patterns
- Patched or painted coatings
- Artex ceilings
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
The process
We start by sealing and protecting the room, and keep the coating damp as we work. Before anything starts, we confirm the areas and materials with you, so there is 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
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking restrictions
- Move belongings away from the area, without touching the material
- Don’t disturb the material before we get there
Get a quote
To get a quote, use our quote form or call 07833 053 749. Tell us the postcode, what the material is and where, and send photos if you can.
Helpful guides
After we’ve finished in Oad Street
File the result and the paperwork.
Looking after any asbestos that remains:
- Line up the plasterer for afterwards
- Tell us which rooms and roughly how big they are
- Test every different coating
- Photos help us quote
What to avoid
Do not sand, scrape dry or wire-brush a textured coating before it’s been tested.
Don’t drill or cut into textured ceilings until you know what they contain.
Places near Oad Street
Oad Street questions
Is the Artex in my Oad Street home asbestos?
Some may, but many coatings don’t contain asbestos. Testing a sample is the only way to know.
Do you come out to small villages like Oad Street?
Yes. We cover villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about access and parking.
How much does Artex removal cost in Oad Street?
Room sizes, the method and the waste decide, and we quote once the coating has been tested.
Is Artex removal licensed work?
Usually not: HSE treats textured coating work as normally non-licensed, though large steam or gel jobs are notifiable.
How can I get a price?
Send us the details: the postcode, what you’ve found and where it is, with photos if possible. Then fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749.
How dangerous is asbestos?
Asbestos is a hazard when its fibres get into the air. Diseases linked to it, such as mesothelioma and asbestosis, can appear many years later, so the aim is never to disturb it unknowingly.
Do you need to see it before quoting?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, but larger or unclear jobs may need a visit.
When can you start?
We agree a date when you accept the quote. Notifiable jobs can’t start until they’ve been notified.
What we deal with in Oad Street
Many ceilings have years of paint on them, so age is hard to judge.
You can’t tell by looking, but these are common reasons people contact us:
- Coatings damaged by DIY
- Rented homes refurbished between tenants
- Ceilings before plastering
- Coatings in the way of electrical work
For a school such as Borden Church of England Primary School, the duty holder’s records should show any coatings, before decorators start.
What to look for in a quote
- The documents you’ll receive
- What exactly is included: the areas, materials or samples
- Whether the work is licensed, notifiable non-licensed or non-licensed
- If the price includes VAT
Materials, one by one
Patched areas
Patch repairs may use a different material from the original coating.
Ceiling roses and cornices
Roses and cornices may be coated.
Doing it yourself?
Sanding, drilling, cutting and jet-washing are the worst things you can do to asbestos materials.
If you do find something during DIY, stop: leave the area, don’t clean it up, and ask for advice.
Textured ceilings in Oad Street
Oad Street is about 3 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Anywhere in Oad Street, just send the postcode. We cover 922 places across Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 18 miles away.
For rented flats close to Newington station, textured ceilings can be tested between tenancies. Older homes across Oad Street may have coatings added during past renovations. Parts of the Kent Downs National Landscape are within about 5 miles of Oad Street, and older rural homes there often have textured ceilings from past renovations.
This part of Kent takes in ME9, and your Artex job can be anywhere in it. For properties just outside Oad Street, we cover Danaway (1 mile north-west), Chestnut Street (1 mile north), Silver Street (1 mile south-east), Bredgar (1 mile south-east) and South Green (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (8 miles south-west), Ashford (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (3 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Whitstable (15 miles east) and Faversham (9 miles east).
A little further out are Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District (2.8 miles north-east) and Bayford Court (2.9 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Detling Hill.
- Nearby schools include Westlands School (1.7 miles north-east)
- Pubs nearby include Plough & Harrow pub (less than half a mile east)
- Nothing removed blind: unknown materials are tested first
- Work planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance
- Paperwork for your records: reports, lab results and consignment notes
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site