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Artex Removal for Stonesfield
Buildings in Stonesfield built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. Our artex removal service covers Artex removal, with testing first.
- Walls before tiling
- Flaking textured ceilings
- Coatings scraped during DIY
Artex removal near Stonesfield
DIY and asbestos
Fragile roofs are a serious falls risk, as well as an asbestos risk, so stay off it.
If you do find something during DIY, stop: leave the area, don’t clean it up, and ask for advice.
How artex removal works in Stonesfield
Covering an intact coating is one option, but the asbestos remains and needs recording. From ceilings due to be knocked through or removed and ceilings before plastering, we deal with textured walls, Artex ceilings and stipple finishes.
In places like Stonesfield, textured ceilings appear in older and newer homes, often added during past renovations. You get written paperwork for every job: a report, laboratory results or a waste consignment note, so you have a record.
- Location
- Stonesfield (OX29)
- Area hub
- Oxfordshire
- Covers
- Testing and removal of textured coatings
- You receive
- Result and waste note
- Quotes
- Quoted individually, in writing
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Which option is right?
Testing first can save a lot: a clear result means normal methods. A price that looks too good to be true often is: proper controls, lab analysis and legal waste disposal cost money.
Why us?
- Paperwork you can show your buyer, landlord or builder
- Waste taken to a permitted site with a consignment note
- Covering London and the South East
- Lab analysis by an accredited laboratory
Take a look at our prices page or the cost guide.
What happens next
If you’ve covered a coating rather than removed it, record where it is.
Once you know what’s there, a few simple habits help:
- Book your plasterer after removal
- Plan around the closed rooms
- Give us room sizes
- Keep the results and paperwork
Things not to do
Keep away from flaking or fallen coating and ask for advice.
Don’t use a steamer or chemical stripper on an untested coating.
Typical Artex jobs in Stonesfield
Older coatings are often painted over many times, so age is hard to judge.
These are the materials and situations that most often lead to Artex jobs:
- Ceilings before plastering
- Loft conversions and extensions
- Coatings scraped during DIY
- Coatings damaged by leaks
If you are refurbishing a rental near Finstock station, textured ceilings can be tested between tenancies.
Before booking anyone
- What paperwork you get
- Where the waste goes, with paperwork
- Laboratory analysis by an accredited lab
- If the price includes VAT
What it might be made of
Textured walls
Walls can have textured coatings too.
Artex ceilings
A small sample from each different coating tells you whether it contains asbestos.
Stonesfield: your questions answered
Do you cover Stonesfield from London?
We cover Stonesfield, about 62 miles from central London.
Is the Artex in my Stonesfield home asbestos?
Some may, but many coatings do not contain asbestos. Only a test will tell you.
Can you help with a flat?
Yes. For shared areas, ask the managing agent about the asbestos register.
Do I get anything in writing afterwards?
It depends on what we do: a survey report, a laboratory result, or a consignment note for removed waste.
Is Artex removal licensed work?
Normally not: HSE’s code of practice says textured coating work is not normally licensable, but larger-scale steam or gel removal must be notified first.
Which asbestos work needs a licence?
Licensed work is work on the materials most likely to release fibres: pipe lagging, sprayed coatings and most insulating board. Only a contractor holding an HSE licence can do it.
What if the weather’s bad?
That depends: indoor work carries on, while outdoor roof work may be postponed in strong wind or heavy rain.
What’s the difference between a test and 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.
What it costs
We base our quote on:
- How much waste there is
- The category of work
- The survey scope
- Access to the area
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.
What to photograph
Good photos help us plan and quote. Take them without disturbing anything:
- Street parking nearby
- A wide shot showing where the material is
- A rough size or measurement
- The route in: gates, steps, stairs or the loft hatch
Tell us about the material, its location and your plans. Send photos through our quote form, or phone 07833 053 749.
Landlords, managing agents and employers
Contractors working for you need asbestos information before they start. HSE regularly reminds owners and trades of it.
Between tenancies is a good time to deal with asbestos, while the property is empty.
Artex removal around Stonesfield
Stonesfield is about 5 miles north-east of Witney, in Oxfordshire. Homes, landlords and businesses in Stonesfield contact us for Artex jobs. We cover all 443 towns and villages in Oxfordshire. We work right across the region, from Stonesfield to Oxford (about 11 miles away).
If your home is one of the older properties in Stonesfield, near Church of St James the Great or elsewhere, textured ceilings may date from an earlier renovation. A school like Stonesfield School should know from its asbestos register whether coatings have been tested.
We carry out Artex jobs all over the OX29 postcode area and the streets around it. Your property could be on High Street, Hunt's Close and Pond Hill or the roads around them, wherever it is in Stonesfield. If your property is just outside Stonesfield, we also cover Combe (1 mile south-east), Fawler (1 mile west), East End (2 miles south), Finstock (2 miles west) and Charlbury (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Oxford (11 miles south-east), Banbury (15 miles north), Bicester (12 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (14 miles south-east), Witney (5 miles south-west) and Carterton (9 miles south-west).
A little further out are Morris Motors Museum (3.1 miles south-east). The countryside around Stonesfield includes Blenheim Farm.
- Nearby, you’ll find The Black Head pub (less than half a mile south)
How we work
We bag and label the waste as we work, then taken to a permitted site. Before we leave, we explain what we did and what comes next.
- Let us know which rooms have textured coatings
- We sample each different coating for testing
- We go through the options and send a quote
- The room is sealed, and the coating removed wet or the boards taken down
- We clean up and send the waste paperwork
Before we arrive
- Have any previous surveys or test results ready
- Warn neighbours if needed
- Clear belongings, but leave the material alone
Ask for a quote
We quote each job individually, because no two are the same. Use our quote form or call 07833 053 749 to get started.
Read more
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- Done to the regulations: HSE guidance and CAR 2012
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site