Skimming over asbestos artex ceiling

[momer79]

Hi, Is it possible to skim over the artex ceiling without scrapping it?

Our main bedroom has artex ceiling which contains low level asbestos called Chrysotile and we don't want to disturb the artex otherwise fibbers will go in the air.

Some plasterers told us that it is possible to skim over it with bounding and other said no. So we are bit confused whether to plasterboard it first and then skim it or should we skim over the artex.

One other person also mentioned that if we put the plasterboard then air can trap b/w artex ceiling and new plasterboard which could cause damp and mould to grow.

I have attached few images to show the condition of artex celling.

Any advise would be helpful.

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[dewaltdisney]

Well I have seen many an Artex ceiling skimmed in the past. They used to rub a brick over the surface to knock back the peaks and skim over after a Pva mix primer. Times have changed and everyone is a snowflake now.

DWD

[wine~o]

As DWD says, it can be done, any decent spread should be able to do this.

The only thing I would say is that it might look odd where it meets the coving due to less "edge" of the coving being visible.

[momer79]

There is a small crack on the artex as shown on the first image, after pva and skimming would this hold the plaster?