asbestos

Hi all So I live in a 1920s house which has me and my boyfriend are currently attacking room by room, the room we're working on is the kitchen. Being bank holiday seemed a good idea to start ripping everything out, until on day two I thought to myself 'I wonder if that's asbestos?' and have...

Hi, I have a garage in a run of terraced garages all sharing a continuous sheet roof (corrugated cement material, probably asbestos), with the sheets fitted with an overlap of a few corrugations. I'm interested in making the garage a better working space, clean, dry and dust free etc, but not...

I am particularly cautious about the precence of any asbestos in the house and have had loft vermiculite insulation tested in the past. When cutting out a hole in the plasterboard partition in the under the stairs cupboard I came across a cement board with wood like chips in backing the...

Forgive me if this turns out to be a stupid or pointless post.. About 18 months ago we had the bathroom decorated. My Dad and brother did it. We had some foul artex that my dad and brother removed with a sander (yes, I know..) It was SO messy. I remember it was absolutely EVERYWHERE like a...

Hello fellow DIY'ers. I have a flat in a 1930's building, in the process of doing up as it's been rented out before and bodged quite badly :( So the bathroom looks like it has been done in the last 10 years. All looks ok but the boiler cupboard is a mess. Plaster falling off crumbles dust at...

Hi, Ive currently got a leak in my cold water tank and had a plumber out to have a look. He said he cant do anything at the minute as it is surrounded by asbestos boards. I have spoken to an asbestos removal company who say it looks like it may not be. Does anyone have any suggestions please...

Hi all, Another year, another set of projects planned. I have a house that was built in 1989 and first sold in 1990. It has artex in every bloody room on the ceilings. My plan (over time) is to have completely smooth ceilings in every room. Upon reading about the removal of artex, I came...

I was ripping down an Artex ceiling on an outside porch when a neighbour warned there was Asbestos Insulation Board above the Artex (It was built in mid 1970s). I had a mask on and soaked the Artex ceiling first but I know that would not be enough protection if AIB was above it. The board I...