Help ! how do i remove artex ?

[droves]

My new house has artex in the stairwell/hall . It goes halfway up the walls and isnt done very well. Actually looks like it was put up by a one armed blind monkey...its really that bad .The only good news is that its been tested and is asbestos free , so is safe to remove.
But how do i get rid of it ? Does anyone know what to do ?

Artex is evil and i hate it ....whoever inventd it needs a slap. Some things the 1980's should never be forgiven for .

easier to skim over it-think yourself lucky we had every flat surface covered in it

Dynamite.

we asked a builder who was in doing another job about some artexed walls in our house, his answer was the same as snice's, i.e.skim it over.

Have it professionally skimmed over if you can afford it, if not there are a few options - using a wallpaper stripper/steamer works - but it's bloody hard work.

Where did you get it tested (I need to get some tested).

Babcock tested it.
If you google artex testing you should find someone who will test for you.

We had our asebestos-laden-attic-ceiling artex removed professionally,and we had our not- asbestos-laden-sitting-room-ceiling artex skimmed,and now have to decide what to do with the kitchen which is coated in the stuff.I didn't realise you could steam it off,I assumed it would be a hammer and chisel jobby,ours is very thick.

Helly - it all depends what it's like, but the last place we did we had the best success with bashing it up a bit then putting the steamer on it and bashing it around a bit more! Of course, all of that isn't great for the walls underneath but hey ho. It was too thick and cracked etc to risk skimming over as it would have taken about 3 layers and we feared the whole lot coming crashing down.

It had already been tested before so we knew it was OK - here we have several kinds around the house which we need to send away for testing.

Droves - I had looked it up on line, I just wasn't sure who to go with - I've heard a few horror stories.

It's quite easy to get off if you get a good purchase on it. Steam it to loosen it then set about chiselling off with a scraper. The problem is that it was probably put up to hide all the defects in the wall so you may well be better off just having it skimmed in the first place.