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Artex Removal in Stroude
Artex removal in Stroude: removal of textured ceilings and walls. Send us photos and we’ll tell you what you need.
- Loft conversions and extensions
- Ceilings due for plastering or skimming
- Ceilings before downlights go in
Artex removal near Stroude
How artex removal works in Stroude
Covering an intact coating is one option, but the asbestos remains and needs recording. Common materials are coated ceiling roses, coated plasterboard and swirl patterns, and typical jobs are walls before tiling and structural work through coated ceilings.
In a village like Stroude, textured coatings turn up in cottages and later homes alike. If you’re unsure what you need, ask: we will tell you honestly whether it’s a test, a survey or removal.
- Location
- Stroude (GU25, TW20)
- County
- Surrey
- What we do
- Artex tested, then removed with wet methods
- Afterwards
- Lab result and consignment note
- Price
- Quoted individually, in writing
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Responsibilities for owners
The duty to manage applies to non-domestic premises and common parts, not to single private homes, but contractors still need to know about asbestos before they work.
If your business premises in Stroude were built before 2000, you are likely to need an asbestos register and a management plan, and you must tell contractors what’s there.
Textured ceilings in Stroude
Stroude is about 1 mile south of Egham, in Surrey. Stroude is part of the area we cover, on everything from houses and flats to workplaces and garages. We cover 395 places across Surrey, from the larger towns to small villages. Our area stretches from Stroude to Guildford (about 11 miles away).
A school like St Ann's Heath Junior School should know from its asbestos register whether coatings have been tested. For rented flats close to Virginia Water station, a void period is a good time to deal with textured ceilings.
Anywhere in GU25 and TW20, Artex removal is available, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Whether your property is on Edgell Close, Stroude Road and Whitehall Farm Lane or a nearby road, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover include Virginia Water (1 mile south-west), Thorpe Green (1 mile south-east), Thorpe (1 mile east), Egham (1 mile north) and Englefield Green (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include Guildford (11 miles south), Woking (7 miles south), Camberley (9 miles south-west), Epsom (13 miles south-east), Ewell (14 miles east) and Walton-on-Thames (7 miles east).
Nearby you will also find St. Peter's Hospital (2.7 miles south-east) and Spelthorne Museum (2.4 miles north-east). Within reach you’ll find St Ann's Lake and St Ann's Hill.
- Schools near Stroude include The American School In England (1.1 miles east) and The Magna Carta School (1.9 miles north-east)
- Nearby, you will find Rose And Crown Public House (0.7 miles south-east)
What affects the price in Stroude
Our quotes take into account:
- How easy it is to reach
- The category of work
- The type of material and its condition
- The number of samples or the size of the building
Sometimes a test shows removal isn’t needed, because the material is clear.
What to photograph
To help us quote quickly, send:
- The parking area
- Visible markings
- Cracks or breaks
- A closer photo of the material, without touching it
Tell us about the material, its location and your plans. Use our quote form or call 07833 053 749.
A closer look at the materials
Coated plasterboard
The coating sits on plasterboard or plaster. Sometimes it’s simpler to remove the boards whole.
Textured walls
Walls are treated like ceilings.
Towns and villages near Stroude
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FAQs for Stroude
Do you cover Stroude from London?
Stroude is about 21 miles from central London, well within our area.
Do older homes in Stroude have asbestos?
Any home in Stroude built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos, but you can’t tell by looking. Common places include garage roofs, textured ceilings, floor tiles, soffits and flues.
Do I need to be at home?
Someone needs to give us access to the areas involved, and to be available for questions.
Is my textured ceiling in Stroude asbestos?
Not necessarily: many coatings are asbestos-free. A sample test tells you which you have.
How can I get a price?
Send us the details: the postcode, what you’ve found and where it is, with photos if possible. To do that, send photos through our quote form, or phone 07833 053 749.
Does asbestos always have to come out?
Not always. If it’s in good condition and nobody will disturb it, leaving it in place and checking it can be the safer choice.
How dangerous is asbestos?
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.
Which asbestos work needs a licence?
It covers the higher-risk materials: lagging, sprayed coatings and most asbestos insulating board. Only a contractor holding an HSE licence can do it.
DIY and asbestos
Fragile roofs are a serious falls risk, quite apart from the asbestos, so never climb onto one.
DIY sampling means disturbing the material yourself. HSE recommends a competent person takes samples.
How it works
If we are taking the boards down instead, they’re removed whole where possible and bagged or wrapped. Before we leave, we explain what we did and what comes next.
- Tell us where the textured ceilings and walls are
- Each coating is sampled and tested
- If asbestos is found, we explain the options and quote
- We seal off each room and remove the coating wet, or take the boards down whole
- We clean up and send the waste paperwork
Getting ready
- Mention any parking restrictions
- Clear belongings, but leave the material alone
- Find any old asbestos reports
Getting a price
Include any existing survey or test when you send photos through our quote form, or phone 07833 053 749; it helps us quote accurately.
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What’s included, and what is not
Some limits to bear in mind:
- Other asbestos materials found in the room are dealt with separately
- We test before removal, since a negative result changes everything
- 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 Stroude
- Coated plasterboard
- Swirl and stipple patterns
- Artex ceilings
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
- Patched or painted coatings
- Textured walls
Which option is right?
A test before removal can save money: if the coating is clear, ordinary methods can be used. Identifying asbestos early is cheaper than stopping work later, when everything has to stop.
What you get
- Legal disposal, with paperwork
- Records for your files
- Work done to the regulations
- Identify first, remove only when needed
Take a look at our prices page or published price ranges.
What we deal with in Stroude
Textured coatings continued to be made after asbestos was taken out of them, so a textured ceiling is not automatically asbestos.
Get advice if you’re dealing with any of these:
- Textured walls before a refit
- Flaking textured ceilings
- Ceilings due for rewiring or new downlights
- Landlord refurbishments
If your home is one of the older properties in Stroude, near Christ Church or elsewhere, textured ceilings may date from an earlier renovation.
What to look for in a quote
- Which areas and materials are covered
- Whether the job needs notifying
- Laboratory analysis by an accredited lab
- How the waste will be disposed of, and whether you’ll get a consignment note
- 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
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site