Does anyone still Artex Ceilings?

[Toolman2]

Hi Guys
Can anyone help me out Got to price a job to board out 6 ceiling totalling 100m2 easy. problem is Stipple Artex is the finish and cant find anyone to do it. I need to get a price in and not a clue on m2 rate for Artexing
Any ideas?

 

[DannyMac]

Stipple is the easiest finish, I will start the bidding with £1

 

[grump]

There are no artexers out there anymore, they died off in 82. Good luck.

 

[grump]

As we're stuck in the past does anyone know where I can get a magnifico ice cream from?

 

[DannyMac]

Best bet might be to ask around in the local residential homes.

 

[Toolman2]

Trouble is they cant reach from there wheel chair

 

[essexandy]

Hi Guys
Can anyone help me out Got to price a job to board out 6 ceiling totalling 100m2 easy. problem is Stipple Artex is the finish and cant find anyone to do it. I need to get a price in and not a clue on m2 rate for Artexing
Any ideas?

I think you're asking the wrong question mate, what you should have said is. "I've got a 100m2 of ceilings to do and they want a stipple pattern, are there any lads on here that would be interested in Wallcreting them for me?". Then my friend you would be snowed under with offers.

 

[Curry]

You forgot to say where the job is based

 

[Toolman2]

Down in Taunton Somerset my friend

 

[grump]

Curry! Pay attention at the back!

it clearley says its based in the past

 

[gooner59]

do it yourself , you need a broom and stipple pad,and a 1" baint brush for the margin and away you go!! lol

 

[Toolman2]

The way its going that might yet happen Wheres me snorkel

 

[Toolman2]

Com on then whos up for it Big Macs all round

 

[henry]

casper your artex man

 

[Jace]

its a looong punt from nessie to Somerset haha

 

[Curry]

Stipple is a piece of piss mate, do it your self, just make the artex nice and wet or it will be to spikey

 

[beader]

High Toolman is your first name Tim ?. I think you may be asking on the wrong forum mate , try the painters and decorators site as artexing was part of there trade and was the only bit that was difficult .

 

[grump]

Because they are very simple people

 

[DannyMac]

do it yourself , you need a broom and stipple pad,and a 1" baint brush for the margin and away you go!! lol

Whats the broom for?

 

[Toolman2]

Tim but dim no wrong fella, may give it a go but painters around these parts do struggle with paint so not much chance with the thick stuff

 

[Curry]

High Toolman is your first name Tim ?. I think you may be asking on the wrong forum mate , try the painters and decorators site as artexing was part of there trade and was the only bit that was difficult .

That not true. A good artexer was hard to find. They could do some amazing stuff with gold leaf ect

 

[beader]

Tim the Toolman Taylor ......HOME IMPROVEMENTS .....remember:rolleyes).

 

[Toolman2]

Tim the Toolman Taylor ......HOME IMPROVEMENTS .....remember:rolleyes).

Arrgg Arrgg back in the day of artexing I remember ;-)

 

[Toolman2]

So the Q still stands £££ m2 Stipple artex???

 

[Curry]

How do they want it done? taped or plastered first?

 

[Fourplastering]

Whats the broom for?

Laying it on mate.

I started life as an artexer and one would lay on and the other would pattern.
Stipple is not the easiest pattern to do, in fact, if the prep aint right then it will show.

 

[Andy M]

Used to do this on site day in day out for 10 years and believe me stipple is the easiest one to cock up. The mix has to be cock on and the laying on even as.

 

[Curry]

Both will need sealing first with artex sealer. We always plaster first but thats only thats only because we are plasterers.

 

[beader]

Does the price include all the prep as in tape the joints fill in screw heads and seal the boards ?

 

[Ashleyscoob]

Still do artexing got one to do tomorrow personally find comb patterns easier than a good perfect stipple with no pad lines still prefer plastering to artexing any day would help you out but to far and to busy

 

[Toolman2]

Thanks for the offers guys, The price would be to tape, fill and finish ideally but I could skim over first what ever suits the man doing the white stuff

 

[Andy M]

Both will need sealing first with artex sealer. We always plaster first but thats only thats only because we are plasterers.

Cant understand that , Its creating work. Tape up,caulk out and seal a three bedder in 3 hours.

 

[Toolman2]

How do they want it done? taped or plastered first?

either way I just got to get a realistic cost in for the Artex I can do the boarding and got a decorator for the painting. Its a refurb of a vaccant bungalow that had a pipe burst back in the winter, hence the new ceilings. (painter dont do Artex that would be to easy)

 

[Toolman2]

Cant understand that , Its creating work. Tape up,caulk out and seal a three bedder in 3 hours.

Andy M 6 rooms totalling 100m2 ball park supply and fit £££

 

[Andy M]

Nowhere near you mate, but prob 50 notes for mats and a couple of ton labour for a one off like this. Used to get 90 pence a meter on big sites labour only back in the day.