Hi I’m after some advice from more knowledgeable people than me.
Someone I know and stay with regularly has entirely renovated a late 1960s house. The house has an integral garage, the ceiling of which was removed during the renovations with new fire retardant boards put in in line with building regs.
I have read that most houses of this age with an integral garage have asbestos ceilings in the garage. Owner of house says theirs was plasterboard. Lots of professionals involved in the renovation of the house so I’m asking what are the chances that this plasterboard was actually asbestos insulation board bearing in mind that the following people would have seen/dealt with it:
Owner
Surveyor when house was bought
Architect
Building regs inspector
Builder (reputable firm) and contractors
Skip company who would have taken old stuff away
is it actually obvious when something is plasterboard rather than AIB? Or is this something that tradesmen can miss?
Thanks for advice and please be gentle with me!
Someone I know and stay with regularly has entirely renovated a late 1960s house. The house has an integral garage, the ceiling of which was removed during the renovations with new fire retardant boards put in in line with building regs.
I have read that most houses of this age with an integral garage have asbestos ceilings in the garage. Owner of house says theirs was plasterboard. Lots of professionals involved in the renovation of the house so I’m asking what are the chances that this plasterboard was actually asbestos insulation board bearing in mind that the following people would have seen/dealt with it:
Owner
Surveyor when house was bought
Architect
Building regs inspector
Builder (reputable firm) and contractors
Skip company who would have taken old stuff away
is it actually obvious when something is plasterboard rather than AIB? Or is this something that tradesmen can miss?
Thanks for advice and please be gentle with me!