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Asbestos Artex Removal in Poling, West Sussex
Artex removal across Poling and nearby, for homeowners, landlords and businesses. Done to HSE guidance, with paperwork for your records.
- Coatings scraped during DIY
- Coatings damaged by leaks
- Rented flats before redecoration
Need Artex removal in Poling?
Questions from Poling
Is the Artex in my Poling home asbestos?
Some older coatings do, and many don’t. Only a test will tell you.
Do you cover Poling from London?
Poling is about 49 miles from central London, well within our area.
Do you work in Poling?
Yes, we do: Poling is within the area we cover in West Sussex. Share the postcode and a short description and we will quote.
Is damaged asbestos an emergency?
Make the area safe first: shut the door if you can and don’t sweep it up. Then contact us for advice on the next step.
How quickly can you come out?
Dates are agreed once the quote is accepted. Notifiable jobs can’t start until they’ve been notified.
Can I sand my Artex ceiling smooth?
Not before testing. Sanding or dry scraping an asbestos coating releases fibres.
Can I stay at home while you work?
You can often stay in the rest of the house: the work room is closed off until it’s finished.
Is it better to remove the coating or the ceiling?
Both are options: it depends on the room and the condition of the ceiling. We’ll recommend one for each room.
Artex removal in Poling
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 materials include stipple finishes, coated ceiling roses and Artex ceilings, and typical jobs are coatings already disturbed and ceilings before downlights go in.
Rural homes near Poling have often been altered over generations, so coatings may date from earlier work. Work is planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance.
- Where
- Poling (BN18)
- Area hub
- West Sussex
- Covers
- Artex tested, then removed with wet methods
- You receive
- Result and waste note
- Price
- Written quote for your job
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Afterwards
We clean the room and dispose of the waste legally, and you get the paperwork.
If asbestos stays in the building:
- Plan around the closed rooms
- Keep the results and paperwork
- Test every different coating
- Send photos of the coatings
Avoid these
If a coating has been damaged by a leak, keep people away from fallen pieces and ask for advice.
Hold off on drilling until you have a result.
Limits to be aware of
What’s in and what’s out:
- Big jobs need notifying in advance, which affects the start date
- We test before removal, because a clear result means ordinary methods can be used
- The room being worked on has to be empty and sealed off
If in doubt, ask: we will recommend a test, a survey or removal before booking.
Materials in Poling
- Patched or painted coatings
- Artex ceilings
- Swirl and stipple patterns
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
- Textured walls
- Coated plasterboard
Which option is right?
Strip the coating or take the boards down? Stripping keeps the ceiling; taking boards down whole can be quicker and cleaner in some rooms. Grouping jobs together can keep costs down, such as testing several materials at once.
Why us?
- Jobs planned to HSE guidance
- London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and beyond
- Plain-English advice, including when to leave things alone
- No removal until we know what it is
See our prices page and the cost guide.
Landlords, managing agents and employers
If you manage or own a block in Poling, the register for shared areas needs keeping current and sharing with trades.
Duty holders for workplaces and the shared parts of flats in Poling must manage asbestos under regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. In practice: find it, assess it, record it and manage it.
The process
We bag and label the waste as we work, then taken to a permitted site. If anything unexpected turns up, we stop and talk to you before carrying on.
- Tell us which rooms and surfaces
- We sample each coating
- We plan the removal and send a quote
- The coating is removed with controls
- The room is cleaned and you get the paperwork
Before we arrive
- Make sure we can get to the area
- Warn neighbours if needed
- Clear belongings, but leave the material alone
Getting a price
Every job is quoted in writing. Just use our quote form or call 07833 053 749 with the details, including any survey or test you already have.
Helpful guides
Places near Poling
What else we do in Poling
Artex in Poling homes
Poling is about 2 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. For Artex jobs in Poling, tell us about parking and access when you get in touch. We work in 371 places in West Sussex, from the larger towns to small villages. Our area stretches from Poling to Brighton (about 17 miles away).
In older homes in Poling, textured ceilings were often added in later decades. For rented flats close to Arundel station, coatings can be tested while the flat is empty. Poling is within about 5 miles of the South Downs National Park; cottages and farmhouses nearby can have textured coatings too. The coast is within about 3 miles of Poling, though indoor coating work goes ahead whatever the weather.
Anywhere in BN18, Artex removal is available, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Other places close to Poling we cover include Crossbush (1 mile north-west), Warningcamp (1 mile north-west), Toddington (1 mile south-west), Lyminster (2 miles west) and Rustington (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also work in Worthing (5 miles east), Bognor Regis (8 miles south-west), Chichester (12 miles west), Selsey (14 miles south-west), Shoreham-by-Sea (11 miles east) and Lancing (8 miles east).
A little further out are Rustington Museum (2 miles south) and Zachary Merton Hospital (2.1 miles south). The countryside around Poling includes Highdown Hill and WWT Arundel.
Where asbestos turns up
Asbestos-free coatings were also made, so testing is the only way to know.
These are the materials and situations that most often lead to Artex jobs:
- Coatings damaged by leaks
- Ceilings due to be knocked through or removed
- Ceilings before downlights go in
- Ceilings before skimming
A school like The Littlehampton Academy should know from its asbestos register whether coatings have been tested.
What to look for in a quote
- What’s excluded, such as making good or a new roof
- Proof of an HSE licence where it’s needed
- Insurance appropriate to asbestos work
- How fibres will be kept down
What it costs
Quotes vary because of:
- Licensed or non-licensed
- How much waste there is
- Location, parking and any London charges
- The number of samples or the size of the building
Every quote says whether VAT is included, so you can compare like with like.
Sending photos
Photos often save us a visit:
- Approximate dimensions
- Visible markings
- A wide shot showing where the material is
- How we’d reach it
Photos taken from a safe distance are fine: send them through our contact page.
Can I do it myself?
Never put asbestos in a bin or skip. It must go to a permitted site; check with your council about small amounts.
Found something mid-DIY? Stop: keep people away, don’t sweep or vacuum it up, and get advice.
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- Planned to HSE guidance and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Asbestos waste double-bagged or wrapped and taken to a permitted site