HI Guys,
A few years ago when doing renovations, we wanted to plaster the ceiling but it has an artex finish and it is suspected asbestos, so we installed a false ceiling thus mitigating the need to deal with it.
Its come back to bite me 10 years later as the lighting for the kitchen has stopped working, and that means having to take out chunks of the suspected asbestos ceiling to get to the cables. I know roughly where the inbound cables are and I may need to remove about 20cm x 20cm. The plan is to run new cables on the faux ceiling as the older cables are at least 30 years old.
I am stuck between a rock and a hard place, and deciding whether I should do it solo or get someone, but the latter seems overkill for such a small job. I was thinking about taping a bin bag around the area, poke a hole though the bottom, put my hand through it, tape the bag to the wrist and cut out the drywall with a stanley knife, dispose of the goods and put some vaseline on the corners to stop any break aways from becoming air bourne. I would appreciate your thoughts.
A few years ago when doing renovations, we wanted to plaster the ceiling but it has an artex finish and it is suspected asbestos, so we installed a false ceiling thus mitigating the need to deal with it.
Its come back to bite me 10 years later as the lighting for the kitchen has stopped working, and that means having to take out chunks of the suspected asbestos ceiling to get to the cables. I know roughly where the inbound cables are and I may need to remove about 20cm x 20cm. The plan is to run new cables on the faux ceiling as the older cables are at least 30 years old.
I am stuck between a rock and a hard place, and deciding whether I should do it solo or get someone, but the latter seems overkill for such a small job. I was thinking about taping a bin bag around the area, poke a hole though the bottom, put my hand through it, tape the bag to the wrist and cut out the drywall with a stanley knife, dispose of the goods and put some vaseline on the corners to stop any break aways from becoming air bourne. I would appreciate your thoughts.