asbestos

Hey everyone, I had a question about sealing my concrete slab before laying down flooring. I live in a very humid area and my building was built in the 60s, so they did not install a vapor barrier under the concrete slab subfloor. I get a lot of moisture coming up from the concrete so I wanted...

Hey everyone! I need some help on how to handle asbestos (non friable black mastic) and a lot of moisture on my concrete slab. I have attached a photo but recently my hardwoods were torn up leaving me with an exposed concrete slab that had asbestos on it. I do not want to pay to abate the...

Hey all, I have a September 1994 David Wilson house and we have just gone through some insulation board (that we didnt realise was there) when looking to move the boiler. The board in question is located garage-side of the kitchen/garage divide is thin, grey and has glittery specs. It was...

I know that you can’t tell from a picture, but this relates to something in the past and we can’t access this to test now. I’m basically just curious and totally clueless so having trouble finding an answer on google - but was asbestos cement used in fireplaces to surround a flue pipe like in...

I'm hoping to identify the brand and model of this storage heater, to assess whether an asbestos removal is required. Unfortunately the previous homeowners painted it all over so it's difficult to identify. To me it looks like the modern slimline type so I'm hopeful that it's asbestos free. If...

So I'm in the top floor flat with the roof above me. now I've read the survey and there is asbestos in the roof. so there's these vents I'll uploads pics or similar to explain but can the asbestos come back through the vents? They're round similar to below with the flexible tube onto them.

Hi, I have just bought a 1970s semi and have found out we asbestos in the artic on the ceiling. I am hoping just to leave it and hopefully at some point get it removed but in the kids bedroom there is a sliding door rail screwed into the ceiling. Can I just remove this? With a screwdriver...

Hi all, Currently renovating 1930s house and started removing some plaster from a bricked up fire place to open in back up. Part way up the plaster changes from what looks like normal multi-finish to what looks like multi-finish with asbestos within it? Was asbestos ever used in wet plaster...

Hi. I recently (2 weeks ago) put some laminate flooring down to replace carpet. Half the area had some thin tiles on the floor, and the other half had just the black adhesive but no tiles. I took up the tiles so everything was level (the mostly popped off intact), swept, and then laid down...

Hi, hoping for some reassurance from someone who is more knowledgeable than me about chimneys/flues etc. Apologies in advance for the essay. We are renovating our 1930s semi and I've just been re-reading our asbestos management survey. It was incredibly stressful buying the house and I think I...

Does anyone know if a 1930's London build will have asbestos in the fireplace? Recently knocked out a partially covered fireplace to find this

Hi! Is this asbestos or some type of felt?

Can anyone help identify this boarding? it was screwed onto some boxing, which was attached to the ceiling which had pipes and electrical cables in there to feed around the corridor. majority of the boxing looked like mdf, and other wood type things. This was different. It does glissen if the...

Need to know whether it‘s in poor enough condition to be replaced or can be left alone. None of the images of AIB soffit online look like this one so I’m struggling to tell. Any help is great thanks!

Hi, i am unsure what type of ceiling this is. This is in the UK.

Hi all, Hope you are doing well, got some areas in the house and could do with a well trained eye for advice please. Put a foot on the attic a while back and wondering if this could be AIB or similar? Also some Artex type from around 1990? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)

Appreciate this has been discuss before, but looking to see if there is any updated advice. I bought a 1970’s built 3 bed. Before moving in we had some skimming done and I went to install some LV down lights. When I went in to the loft, under the fibreglass there was Vermiculite. I know...

Hi all we have this wall in our house which seems to be covered in a polystyrene foam. Any idea why it would have been added? Seems to have been picked apart for some time and seems very easy to remove, but no signs of damp so wonder why it would have been added?! Insulation or to cover...

Hi all, Recently purchased a mid terrace that was built pre 1900. The master bedroom and 2nd bedroom wall is lath and plaster as is the hall separating the 2nd bedroom from the hallway. I've recently pulled the wallpaper off the hallway and it seems to of pulled broken plaster off. Just...

I dismantled 3 old storage heats a few years back, but I’m now concerned (if a little late) they may have contained asbestos? The where originally installed in the 1980’s