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Good morning.
I hope you are all keeping safe and well.
I purchased my first house last year and it has textured ceilings. The previous occupants had drilled in a few of the ceilings.
I'd like to clean it up and have smooth ceilings.
I sent samples of 5 rooms to a testing company and they said that 2 samples contained chrysotile. They were 4cm x 4cm samples (about 0.5mm thick - the texture was removed and the flat board remained) so I am not sure why the other 3 did not have it.
I have read https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/asbestos.437006/ but I am still not sure how to deal with it.
Is there a test I can pay for to determine whether there are asbestos fibres in the air?
Can I just plug up the holes with filler and consider no more asbestos will come in?
Is there any chance that getting an asbestos removal company to replace the ceilings will make the ambient percentage of asbestos fibres lower (this makes no sense to me)?
Thanks for any guidance.
Edit: sorry, I forgot to mention that the paperwork states that the house was built in the year 1990
I hope you are all keeping safe and well.
I purchased my first house last year and it has textured ceilings. The previous occupants had drilled in a few of the ceilings.
I'd like to clean it up and have smooth ceilings.
I sent samples of 5 rooms to a testing company and they said that 2 samples contained chrysotile. They were 4cm x 4cm samples (about 0.5mm thick - the texture was removed and the flat board remained) so I am not sure why the other 3 did not have it.
I have read https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/asbestos.437006/ but I am still not sure how to deal with it.
Is there a test I can pay for to determine whether there are asbestos fibres in the air?
Can I just plug up the holes with filler and consider no more asbestos will come in?
Is there any chance that getting an asbestos removal company to replace the ceilings will make the ambient percentage of asbestos fibres lower (this makes no sense to me)?
Thanks for any guidance.
Edit: sorry, I forgot to mention that the paperwork states that the house was built in the year 1990
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