Hi There,
I have a suspected asbestos soil pipe to my 1960's built property in Bristol.
I have two questions..
1) Is there a sure fire way of telling if the pipe is made of asbestos without going through the cost of having it tested? When tapped the pipe makes more of a hollow ringing noise than a thud as you might expect of a concrete type material (asbestos). I have put a magnet against the pipe and unfortunately whatever the material is it does not appear to be magnetic..
2) If indeed the pipe does transpire to be asbestos, I have seen that you can now buy what is essentially a connector of sorts (looks like a pan connector) to take old sized cast iron / asbestos pipe to new size UPVC.. Should I be cutting the existing pipe at ground level, connecting to upvc and then rebuilding from there? Or should I be completely removing the asbestos / cast pipe all the way down to the point it meets the drain (will involve some minor excavation but so be it) and renewing completely?
Any ideas / tips on this would be greatly appreciated
I have a suspected asbestos soil pipe to my 1960's built property in Bristol.
I have two questions..
1) Is there a sure fire way of telling if the pipe is made of asbestos without going through the cost of having it tested? When tapped the pipe makes more of a hollow ringing noise than a thud as you might expect of a concrete type material (asbestos). I have put a magnet against the pipe and unfortunately whatever the material is it does not appear to be magnetic..
2) If indeed the pipe does transpire to be asbestos, I have seen that you can now buy what is essentially a connector of sorts (looks like a pan connector) to take old sized cast iron / asbestos pipe to new size UPVC.. Should I be cutting the existing pipe at ground level, connecting to upvc and then rebuilding from there? Or should I be completely removing the asbestos / cast pipe all the way down to the point it meets the drain (will involve some minor excavation but so be it) and renewing completely?
Any ideas / tips on this would be greatly appreciated