"Aidan" wrote in message
om...
Anyone heard of this before.....?

Yes, it's quite well known.

Artex contained white asbestos (chrysotile) until sometime in the
60s. It's less hazardous than the blue and brown types, but it's still
not something you want to mess about with. Many builders would have
ripped it down and shovelled it up; or got some lad to do it whilst
they were elsewhere..

The house I am in now had artex on all ceilings. Last October, I ripped the
lounge ceiling down that was artexed. Got someone to chuck it on his van and
take it to the tip. The artex was put on in 1983, before I moved in and I
knew nothing about it containing asbestos.
You live and learn.

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