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Asbestos Artex Removal in Strood Green, Surrey
Artex removal across Strood Green, for houses, flats and commercial buildings. You get a written quote before anything starts.
- Coatings scraped during DIY
- Coatings in the way of electrical work
- Textured walls before a refit
Artex removal for Strood Green
Artex removal in Strood Green
Planning a renovation in Strood Green with textured ceilings? Test them before rewiring, fitting downlights or plastering. Typical jobs include flaking textured ceilings and rented homes refurbished between tenants, involving coated ceiling roses, Artex ceilings and coated plasterboard.
Village homes like those in Strood Green have often been altered several times, so ceilings may have been coated during an earlier renovation. Paperwork is part of every job, because buyers, landlords and builders often ask for it.
- Area
- Strood Green (RH3)
- Area hub
- Surrey
- Service
- Artex tested, then removed with wet methods
- You receive
- Result and waste note
- Quote
- Quoted individually, in writing
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Your questions about Artex removal in Strood Green
Is the Artex in my Strood Green home asbestos?
Some may, but many coatings do not contain asbestos. Only a test will tell you.
Do you come out to small villages like Strood Green?
Yes. We cover villages and hamlets as well as towns. Just tell us how to reach the property.
Do I need a test or a survey?
A test answers the question for the materials sampled; a survey looks at everything in scope, including things you hadn’t spotted.
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.
How quickly can you come out?
Dates are agreed once the quote is accepted. Notifiable jobs cannot start until they’ve been notified.
Can I plaster over Artex that contains asbestos?
You can, if it’s intact: covering it leaves it undisturbed. Never sand it beforehand, and record its location.
Should I check for asbestos before buying?
Yes. With the seller’s agreement, a pre-purchase survey tells you what’s there before you commit.
Can I stay at home while you work?
The room being worked on has to be empty and sealed off. You may be able to use the rest of the house.
Typical Artex jobs in Strood Green
Textured coatings continued to be made after asbestos was taken out of them, so a textured ceiling isn’t automatically asbestos.
If any of these sound familiar, it’s worth getting advice:
- Extensions that cut into ceilings
- Landlord refurbishments
- Flaking textured ceilings
- Textured walls before a refit
For a school such as North Downs Primary School, the duty holder’s records should show any coatings.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the job needs notifying
- Whether VAT is included
- That licensed work will be done by an HSE-licensed contractor
- Waste disposal and the consignment note
Materials we deal with
Painted coatings
The sample includes the coating itself.
Textured walls
Walls can have textured coatings too.
The scope of Artex removal
Some limits to bear in mind:
- 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
- Other asbestos materials found in the room are dealt with separately
If in doubt, ask: we’ll recommend a test, a survey or removal.
Materials we see
- Artex ceilings
- Textured walls
- Coated plasterboard
- Patched or painted coatings
- Swirl and stipple patterns
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
Responsibilities for owners
Contractors working for you need asbestos information before they start. HSE’s campaigns stress this point to building owners and trades alike.
Landlords of garage blocks and outbuildings should know what the roofs are made of, before repairs are arranged.
Options to consider in Strood Green
Testing first can save a lot: a clear result means normal methods. Identifying asbestos early is cheaper than stopping work later, when the whole project can be held up.
What you get
- Clear written quotes
- Work done to the regulations
- Across London and the South East
- Honest advice, even when the answer is to leave it
Take a look at our prices page and published price ranges.
Step by step
Waste is bagged and labelled as we go, for disposal at a permitted site. If anything unexpected turns up, we stop and talk to you.
- Tell us which rooms and surfaces, and roughly how big they are
- We sample the coating first
- We plan the method and quote
- The room is sealed off and the coating removed wet, never sanded or dry-scraped
- We clean up and dispose of the waste legally
How to prepare
- Mention any damage before we arrive
- Move belongings away from the area, without touching the material
- Let neighbours know if the work is near them
How to get a quote
Every job is quoted in writing. Fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749 with the details.
Helpful guides
Towns and villages near Strood Green
Other services in Strood Green
Textured ceilings in Strood Green
Strood Green is about 2 miles east of Dorking, in Surrey. Anywhere in Strood Green, just send the postcode, and we’ll quote. Strood Green is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover. We work right across the region, from Strood Green to Crawley (about 9 miles away).
If your home is one of the older properties in Strood Green, near Christ Church or elsewhere, textured ceilings may date from an earlier renovation. If you are refurbishing flats near Betchworth station, a void period is a good time to deal with textured ceilings. Strood Green is within about 3 miles of the Surrey Hills National Landscape, and older rural homes there often have textured ceilings from past renovations.
Wherever your property is in RH3, Artex removal is available, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Local streets include Tanners Meadow, Brew House Road and Middle Street; we cover every one. Neighbouring places we cover include Bunce Common (1 mile south), Brockham (1 mile north), Dawesgreen (1 mile south-east), Betchworth (1 mile north-east) and Leigh (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Guildford (13 miles west), Woking (14 miles north-west), Epsom (8 miles north), Horley (6 miles south-east), Redhill (5 miles east) and Ewell (9 miles north).
Well-known places in the area include Headley Court (4.9 miles north) and Reigate Priory Museum (3.5 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Reigate Heath and Box Hill.
- Nearby schools include The Ashcombe School (2.3 miles north-west)
- Local pubs include Inn on The Green (0.8 miles north)
Should you do it yourself?
If you do find something during DIY, stop: leave the area, do not clean it up, and ask for advice.
HSE’s advice to the public is not to try to repair or remove asbestos yourself. Higher-risk materials such as lagging, sprayed coatings and most insulating board must only be dealt with by an HSE-licensed contractor.
After we’ve finished in Strood Green
If you’ve covered a coating rather than removed it, record where it is.
A few practical points:
- Tell us which rooms and roughly how big they are
- Plan where you’ll stay or work while rooms are closed off
- Test every different coating
- File the test result and waste note
Things not to do
Hold off on drilling until you have a result.
Do not sand, scrape dry or wire-brush a textured coating before it’s been tested.
- Nothing removed blind: unknown materials are tested first
- Work planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance
- Written paperwork: reports, results and waste consignment notes
- Asbestos waste double-bagged or wrapped and taken to a permitted site