Asbestos in Artex ceiling

We are currently redecorating and decided to remove the coving in our hallway and landing, when doing this my husband also removed an Artex ceiling. After chisilling at it and removing, I sweeped it all up and vacuumed it up. We then informed the Artex may contain asbestos. We got it tested and it came back positive. The asbestos specialist we spoke to assured us that it was a very low percentage used in Artex and that we would be absolutely fine and with windows open it would have blown out. However I am still panicking, we have two children who were in the house at the time. We have removed the carpet in the hallway, stairs and landing but I'm just so worried. Do we need to leave the house? Do we need to get rid of every soft furnishings?

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  • Hi,

    i realise that this is an old thread but wondered if you managed to get any definitive answers to you questions? We have done exactly the same as you a few months ago  and have just found out that the Artex we pulled down may have contained asbestos ‍♀️ We had no idea! I can't get it off my mind now so if you did get any answers I would be really grateful.

  • Hello, 

    I am also concerned about an artex ceiling and I found out some useful information.

    The only reliable way to find out for sure if there are residual asbestos fibers in the house  to have a specialist survey, where certified personnel comes and takes samples of various materials and analyses them. 

    The accredited inspection bodies can be found through this website:

    www.ukas.com/.../

    Also useful is this other official website

    www.hse.gov.uk/.../

    I hope it helps

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