Kent · England
Artex Removal in Sandway
Worried about asbestos in Sandway? Our service covers textured coating testing and removal, with clear advice at each step.
- Textured walls before a refit
- Rented flats before redecoration
- Ceilings due to be knocked through or removed
Artex removal near Sandway
About our artex removal in Sandway
Sometimes it’s simpler to take the ceiling boards down whole than to strip the coating. We’ll talk you through the options for your rooms in Sandway. From coatings damaged by leaks and rented homes refurbished between tenants, we cover coated ceiling roses, coated plasterboard and stipple finishes and more.
In towns and villages like Sandway, textured ceilings appear in older and newer homes, often added during past renovations. We work to HSE guidance on every job, large or small.
- Where
- Sandway (ME17)
- Area hub
- Kent
- Service
- Textured ceilings and walls
- Afterwards
- Test result and waste paperwork
- Quote
- A written quote before work starts
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Your options compared
Test, leave, cover or remove? If it’s intact and no work will go through it, leaving or covering can make sense; if you want smooth ceilings or need to cut into it, removal is normally better. Grouping jobs together can keep costs down, such as testing several materials at once.
How we work in Sandway
- Clear advice on your options
- Clear written quotes
- We identify first and remove only what needs removing
- Records for your files
Take a look at how we price jobs and the cost guide.
What happens
The coating is softened with water, steam or gel and removed with hand tools, with no sanding or dry scraping. Before anything starts, we confirm the areas and materials with you.
- Describe the rooms and coatings
- We test the coating if it hasn’t been tested
- We plan the method and quote
- We seal the room and remove the coating with wet methods
- The waste is bagged, the room cleaned and the waste taken to a permitted site
How to prepare
- Warn neighbours if needed
- Tell us about anything that’s already damaged
- Make sure we can get to the area
Get a quote
Send us the address in Sandway, a description and some photos: fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749.
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What’s included, and what isn’t
Some limits to bear in mind:
- Other materials may need their own approach
- Larger-scale steam or gel removal must be notified before it starts, which affects the start date
- We need the room cleared
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Common materials
- Textured walls
- Artex ceilings
- Coated plasterboard
- Patched or painted coatings
- Swirl and stipple patterns
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
Materials, one by one
Painted coatings
The sample includes the coating itself.
Ceiling roses and cornices
We sample them if needed.
How we price Artex removal
Quotes vary because of:
- Parking and access charges
- What the material is and its state
- Whether the work is non-licensed, notifiable or licensed
- The size of the job
We don’t publish a price list, because jobs vary so much. Our cost guides show published ranges, with dates and sources.
Photos that help
The most useful photos are:
- A close-up from a safe distance
- The access route
- Visible markings
- Street parking nearby
Every job is quoted in writing. Just call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form with the details, including any survey or test you already have.
Why people call us in Sandway
Leaks and DIY can damage coatings, which can make them crumble.
Asbestos can be in plenty of places in buildings from before 2000. Typical situations are:
- Walls before a kitchen or bathroom refit
- Structural work through coated ceilings
- Coatings damaged by DIY
- Loft conversions and extensions
For a school such as Platts Heath Primary School, the duty holder’s records should show any coatings, before decorators start.
Questions to ask before booking
- Suitable insurance for the work
- What paperwork you get
- What’s excluded, such as making good or a new roof
- If the price includes VAT
What happens next
If other rooms have textured coatings, record whether they’ve been tested, for future work.
A few practical points:
- Plan where you will stay or work while rooms are closed off
- Give us room sizes
- Clear the rooms before the work
- Keep pets away
Avoid these
Test before the builders arrive.
Keep away from flaking or fallen coating and ask for advice.
Landlords, managing agents and employers
If you run a business from older premises in Sandway, you should have an asbestos register and management plan, and you must tell contractors what’s there.
If you manage or own a block in Sandway, the register for shared areas needs keeping current and sharing with trades.
Textured ceilings in Sandway
Sandway is about 8 miles east of Maidstone, in Kent. Sandway is within our Kent area, for Artex jobs of every size. Sandway is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent we cover. Our area stretches from Sandway to Canterbury (17 miles away).
If your home is one of the older properties in Sandway, near St Mary's Church or elsewhere, textured ceilings may date from an earlier renovation. For rented flats close to Lenham station, coatings can be tested while the flat is empty. Parts of the Kent Downs National Landscape are within about 4 miles of Sandway; cottages and farmhouses nearby can have textured coatings too.
This part of Kent takes in ME17, and your Artex job can be anywhere in it. Streets in the area include Headcorn Road, Sandway Road and Old Ham Lane, and Artex removal is available on all of them. Neighbouring places we cover include Platt's Heath (1 mile south-west), Liverton Street (1 mile south-west), Boughton Malherbe (1 mile south), Marley (1 mile north-west) and Harrietsham (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (8 miles west), Ashford (9 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (8 miles north), Faversham (10 miles north-east), Minster (14 miles north) and Kings Hill (13 miles west).
A little further out are The Dog Collar Museum (3.2 miles north-west) and Coldbridge Castle (2.1 miles south).
- Nearby schools include The Lenham School (0.8 miles north-east)
- Local pubs include Wishful Thinker pub (within half a mile south-east)
FAQs for Sandway
Do you work on properties in the Kent Downs National Landscape?
Yes, the same rules apply there, but access to farm and rural buildings can take planning.
Is the Artex in my Sandway home asbestos?
Some may, but many coatings do not contain asbestos. Testing a sample is the only way to know.
Is asbestos dangerous?
Breathing in asbestos fibres can cause serious diseases, often decades later. The risk comes mainly from disturbing materials that contain it, so identifying it before work is important.
Do you work for landlords and businesses?
Yes, we do. We work for landlords, managing agents, employers and contractors as well as homeowners.
What if the weather’s bad?
That depends: indoor jobs are not affected, but outdoor removal may be rescheduled for safety.
Do you work in flats?
Yes. In a block, the shared areas are the responsibility of the managing agent or freeholder, who should hold the asbestos register.
What does licensed work mean?
It covers the higher-risk materials: pipe lagging, sprayed coatings and most insulating board. Only a contractor holding an HSE licence can do it.
Does all Artex contain asbestos?
Not necessarily: many textured coatings don’t contain asbestos. A test will tell you.
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What else we do in Sandway
- Nothing removed blind: unknown materials are tested first
- Work planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Legal disposal at a permitted site, with a consignment note