Artex removal and smoothing in Southampton
Heath plastering and rendering smooths Artex, a textured coating, on ceilings and walls in Southampton so a room in Shirley, Portswood, Bitterne or Woolston gets a flat plaster face ready for paint.
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Price of Artex smoothing in Southampton
The Southampton price for smoothing Artex covers the bonding coat, the plaster built over the texture, and neat edges at the walls. The area of texture changes that price. A taller ceiling in the Southampton room changes it. How far the pattern stands out changes it. An Artex wall in the same room is included with the ceiling. We arrive on time for that Southampton room. We keep to the price you were given for that room.
From £350
Included
- Preparing the Artex so plaster grips
- Skim coats built up over the texture
- Trowelling to a flat finish
- Edges at walls and cornice finished neatly
- A faint texture needs less plaster than a bold stipple or a bold swirl on a Southampton ceiling. The price follows that difference.
- The ceiling and any Artex walls in one Southampton room share a single price.
- This Southampton price is for plaster laid over the coating. The ceiling stays up.
- Cracked boards behind the Southampton coating are a separate repair. Paint is its own job too.
Artex removal and smoothing across Southampton
We serve Southampton from our base in Winchester.
What happens on the day
On the day we cover the Southampton floor with sheets, brush a bonding coat on the Artex, fill the texture with plaster and leave that plaster until it is an even colour. A bonding coat is a thin layer that gives the raised face a grip. Artex is the raised coating on a ceiling or a wall.
- Textured ceilings in SouthamptonWe check the Artex across the Southampton ceiling before any plaster is mixed. Dots in that coating are called stipple. Curves in it are called a swirl. Lines that open outward from a point are called a fan. A deeper texture needs a thicker build of plaster than a shallow one. The ceiling itself stays where it is.
- Bonding coat on a Southampton Artex ceilingWe brush a bonding coat over the Artex in the Southampton room. We lay sheets across the floor before mixing starts. We keep those sheets down for the whole smoothing. We have skimmed a ceiling while covers protected the floor. We brush the same bonding coat on an Artex wall in that room.
- A level ceiling over Southampton ArtexWe press plaster into the hollows of the Southampton ceiling until the face is level. Where the stipple or the swirl sticks out, more plaster goes on. The closing pass of the trowel shuts the surface. Light across that ceiling then shows one plane. No raised mark remains. We finish the coat cleanly against each wall. Where a cornice is already up, we stop the plaster against it. A cornice is the shaped length fixed where the wall meets the ceiling. We fill an Artex wall in that Southampton room with the same coats. We have left a lounge ceiling freshly skimmed above a finished sitting room.
- When a Southampton Artex ceiling can be paintedThe Southampton ceiling can take paint once the new plaster is an even colour. We brush on a mist coat before any full colour. A mist coat is the first paint, watered so it soaks into fresh plaster. Full colour follows that seal as its own job.
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Why choose Heath plastering and rendering
Repeat customers and word of mouth
The reputation is word of mouth, repeat customers, and the finished work.
Punctual and honest
On time, and to the price you were given.
Tailored to the job
The work follows the job, the timing, and what the room needs.
Gary HeathPlasterer- Reviews
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- Trading since
- 1988
“We have been plastering and rendering since 1988. Every job, big or small, gets the same care, and we leave the place tidy when we go.”
Gary Heath, Heath plastering and rendering
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WhatsAppDo you do Artex removal and smoothing in Southampton?
Yes, we cover Artex with plaster on Southampton ceilings and on Southampton walls. Heath plastering and rendering then trowels that plaster to a flat face for paint. We take on a heavy stipple and a light swirl.
Do you smooth Artex in Shirley, Portswood, Bitterne and Woolston?
Yes, Artex smoothing covers Shirley, Portswood, Bitterne and Woolston. We also smooth Artex in the Southampton postcodes SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18 and SO19. Heath plastering and rendering is based in Winchester.
How soon can Artex smoothing in Southampton be booked?
Artex smoothing in Southampton is booked with Book Now. The timing follows that job and what that room needs. We arrive on time.
Have you smoothed a textured ceiling?
Yes, we prepared the texture on a hallway ceiling for a smooth coat. We have skimmed the ceiling of a bay window room. We have skimmed around a light fitting on a hallway ceiling.
What happens after I book Artex smoothing in Southampton?
After Book Now, we brush a bonding coat on the Artex at your Southampton address. We then level the ceiling with the trowel. We leave the room tidy.