Removing ceiling artex?

Remove coving, overboard the ceiling and reapply coving (the foam-cored paper-wrapped coving looks just as good as plaster coving and is much easier to install - nothing like the old polystyrene coving)

Our house had Artex ceilings throughout - and still has them in a number of rooms.

We've extended a time or two, and the new rooms have plain ceilings. There are one or two rooms which used to have Artex ceilings and now don't. We didn't remove the Artex - we simply had them prepared with PVA and then re-skimmed. That was nearly 15 years ago, and they've been fine. If you do that, it will be a lot less mess, no problems with asbestos, and less danger of damaging the coving. You should be able to skim up to the coving - particularly if it has a small shoulder on it.

A much simpler solution is to do what plasterers call a "glue and set", i.e. PVA the artex and then skim over it while the PVA is still tacky.

Does both jobs in one hit with far less mess and no need to mess about with the artex.

Our plasterer used brought a very large and heavy scraper and used it hack the artex "bits" that were sticking out, leaving all the rest of it. He then skimmed over to the coving. I think it looks perfectly acceptable, and cost no more than simply skimming the ceiling.

I always plane it off. Bit dusty!

I watched that video as I have several plasterboard ceilings in the cottage with a similar appearing finish.

This was erected in 1994 so well post Asbestos. I think skimming sounds a quicker solution.

Is it f*ck.

Try the year 2000.

Oh! I think asbestos was banned from use in cement fibre roofing around the mid 80's.

I know for certain that for industrial buildings built before 2000, you must exercise due diligence in identifying asbestos and making anyone working on the fabric of the building aware where relevant.

I know boilers post 1984 were asbestos free. There seem to be different dates for different aspects of buildings.

Assume nothing if it before 2000.