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    Gurgling Shower

    I know next to little about plumbing, I just wanted to check this before I call someone in. A few days ago I poured some bleach down the toilet (it smelt a bit funny) after I did this I noticed the pipes underneath the bathroom started gurgling and so did the sewage line leading out of the...
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    Asbestos in Plaster wall?? I think Im screwed :(

    So sorry about that ;) Sorry, I should've said plaster on the walls. So you should, Ive heard that its more fatal. Seeing a So at the beginning of a sentence just once is guaranteed to cause long term health problems. It's a hard knock life :(
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    Asbestos in Plaster wall?? I think Im screwed :(

    ^LOL! That would be soo cool the ultimate OCD tool :). Thanks woody, noseall and JohnD, seems I was worrying for nothing, I'll do the burn test just to put me totally at ease! EDIT: Out of interest though, what could those white fibre things be? Goat hair? They do look rather long I think.
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    Asbestos in Plaster wall?? I think Im screwed :(

    Hi thanks alot for replying!! I have no idea, I presume the bulk of it was done in the 19th century? The house is an old red brick terrace, the decorator said its likely to be victorian or edwardian and the walls are lath and plaster. But parts of the wall seem to be plastered more recently as...
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    Asbestos in Plaster wall?? I think Im screwed :(

    So I live with my aunt and uncle, and we got somebody in to decorate my room. When he came in, he said two walls plaster walls had to go down and subsequently knocked them down. It is only after that I stumbled across a page detailing the dangers of DIY rennovations on old properties, which...
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