Hampshire · England
Asbestos Artex Removal in Shirrell Heath, Hampshire
Any pre-2000 building in Shirrell Heath may contain asbestos. Our artex removal service covers textured coating testing and removal.
- Walls before tiling
- Ceilings due for rewiring or new downlights
- Ceilings due for plastering or skimming
Need Artex removal in Shirrell Heath?
Artex removal near Shirrell Heath
HSE’s code of practice says work on textured coatings will not normally be licensable. Bigger jobs using steam or gel must be notified before they start. Whether it’s loft conversions and extensions and walls before a kitchen or bathroom refit, we cover stipple finishes, Artex ceilings and textured walls.
In towns and villages like Shirrell Heath, textured ceilings appear in older and newer homes. You get written paperwork for every job: a report, laboratory results or a waste consignment note, for your records.
- Location
- Shirrell Heath (SO32)
- County
- Hampshire
- Covers
- Testing and removal of textured coatings
- You receive
- Result and waste note
- Quote
- Written quote for your job
- Call
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Materials we deal with
Textured walls
Walls can have textured coatings too.
Painted coatings
The sample includes the coating itself.
Landlords, managing agents and employers
If you run a business from older premises in Shirrell Heath, you’re likely to need an asbestos register and a management plan, and you must tell contractors what’s there.
Duty holders for workplaces and the shared parts of flats in Shirrell Heath must manage asbestos under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. That means finding it, assessing it, recording it and planning how to manage it.
Weighing up your options
Test, leave, cover or remove? Intact coatings with no work planned can often stay; if you want smooth ceilings or need to cut into it, removal is typically better. Doing several things in one visit can help, for example testing several materials, or removing a garage roof and a flue at the same time.
How we work in Shirrell Heath
- No removal until we know what it is
- Samples analysed by an accredited laboratory
- Work done to the regulations
- Honest advice, even when the answer is to leave it
Read our prices page and the cost guide.
Questions from Shirrell Heath
Do textured ceilings in Shirrell Heath homes contain asbestos?
Some older coatings do, and many do not. Only a test will tell you.
Could my house in Shirrell Heath contain asbestos?
It depends on its age and history: asbestos products were used until 1999, so pre-2000 homes and extensions in Shirrell Heath may have it. Common places include garage roofs, textured ceilings, floor tiles, soffits and flues.
Can I plaster over Artex that contains asbestos?
It’s an option for an intact coating: covering it leaves it undisturbed. Do not sand it first, and keep a record that it’s there.
Is asbestos dangerous?
Asbestos fibres can cause serious lung diseases years after exposure. The main risk is from disturbing it, which is why identifying it first matters.
What paperwork will I get?
That depends on the job: a survey report, a laboratory result, or a consignment note for removed waste.
What if asbestos is found during building work?
Stop work in that area and keep people out, and the material needs identifying before work resumes.
Do I need a test or a survey?
A test answers the question for the materials sampled; a survey inspects the whole building or work area and records everything it finds.
When can you start?
It depends on the job and our diary. We will give you dates when we quote, and notifiable work needs notifying before it starts.
How we price Artex removal
Prices vary with:
- The category of work
- The size of the job
- Access to the area
- What the material is and its state
What you pay depends on the job itself: the materials, the amount, access and what paperwork is needed. Every quote is individual.
Sending photos
Photos help us understand the job before we visit. Take them without disturbing anything:
- Damaged areas
- Labels, if any
- Where we could park
- A close-up from a safe distance
Unsure whether you need a test, a survey or removal? Fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749, and we’ll advise.
What’s included, and what isn’t
Some limits to bear in mind:
- We test before removal, since a negative result changes everything
- Plastering and making good are usually separate jobs
- Other asbestos materials found in the room are dealt with separately
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we deal with
- Swirl and stipple patterns
- Coated plasterboard
- Patched or painted coatings
- Artex ceilings
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
- Textured walls
Artex removal around Shirrell Heath
Shirrell Heath is about 5 miles north of Fareham, in Hampshire. Shirrell Heath has a mix of older and newer buildings, and anything built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, from the larger towns to small villages. Our nearest city page is Southampton, about 9 miles away.
For rented flats close to Botley station, a void period is a good time to deal with textured ceilings. If your home is one of the older properties in Shirrell Heath, near Church of St John or elsewhere, textured ceilings may date from an earlier renovation.
We handle Artex jobs in every part of SO32 and the streets around it. We can help with Artex jobs on streets such as High Street, Smiths Lane and Black Horse Lane or the roads around them, wherever it is in Shirrell Heath. Neighbouring places we cover include Shedfield (1 mile south-west), Kingsmead (1 mile east), Mislingford (1 mile east), Swanmore (1 mile north) and Wickham (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Winchester (11 miles north-west), Gosport (8 miles south), Havant (10 miles south-east), Eastleigh (7 miles north-west), Fareham (5 miles south) and Horndean (8 miles east).
Well-known places in the area include Knowle Hospital (2.9 miles south) and Bishop's Waltham Museum (2.4 miles north-west). Open spaces near Shirrell Heath include Bishops Waltham Branch LNR.
- Nearby schools include Swanmore College of Technology (1.2 miles north)
- Pubs nearby include Prince of Wales pub (within half a mile north-east)
After we’ve finished in Shirrell Heath
The surface is left ready for making good.
Once you know what’s there, a few simple habits help:
- Give us room sizes
- Photos help us quote
- Book your plasterer after removal
- Empty the rooms in advance
Avoid these
Do not try DIY removal products on untested coatings.
Do not sand, scrape dry or wire-brush a textured coating before it’s been tested.
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Common reasons for Artex jobs in Shirrell Heath
Most problems come during renovation: sanding to smooth a ceiling, scraping it off dry or drilling for lights releases fibres.
You can’t tell by looking, but these are common reasons people contact us:
- Flaking textured ceilings
- Ceilings coming down
- Coatings scraped during DIY
- Rented flats before redecoration
A school like St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School should know from its asbestos register whether coatings have been tested, before decorators start.
Comparing quotes
- What is not included
- How fibres will be kept down
- Whether the work is licensed, notifiable non-licensed or non-licensed
- What you will receive afterwards: a report, results or waste paperwork
Step by step
The coating is softened with water, steam or gel and removed with hand tools, with no sanding or dry scraping. On the day, we check the area and talk you through the plan first.
- Tell us which rooms and surfaces
- We test the coating if it hasn’t been tested
- We plan the removal and send a quote
- We seal off the room and remove the coating wet
- The room is cleaned and you get the paperwork
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know where we can park
- Move things out of the way carefully
- Have any previous surveys or test results ready
Getting a price
Each job is priced individually. Use our quote form or call 07833 053 749 to get started.
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- 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
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site