Asbestos in ceiling?

[Koolpc]

Try to forget about it. Its been over boarded now. Its all sealed up. Nothing you can do. Live your life. If it did have asbestos it may very well have been miniscule!!!

Plenty of other nasties floating around us every day!!! Just look at vaping!!! Whats going to be the fall out from that in 40 years time!!!!

 

[Beansbaked]

Thank you all for taking the time to reply. If the area hadn’t have been so big I would have been able to move on without worrying so much but 4ftx6ft could potentially have released millions of fibres if there were any in there.

I think I need to stop googling as that can’t give me the answer and is probably making me feel worse

Thank you again

 

[^woody^]

Can I ask why you say asbestos wasn’t used in the ceiling of the outhouse?

Because in the UK it was not used in that way. Not used in plaster.

Invariably, all councils used similar specifications and that's a standard out house and that looks like a standard [concrete? ] roof with steel lath to support the plaster. If you can see hairs then typically it would be lime plaster.

The only wet applied product to walls and ceiling that might contain asbestos fibres is textured coating like Artex. This would have a very small content, so small that it needs testing from multiple areas to try and find some and you won't see them without a microscope in any case.

 

[Beansbaked]

Because in the UK it was not used in that way. Not used in plaster.

Invariably, all councils used similar specifications and that's a standard out house and that looks like a standard [concrete? ] roof with steel lath to support the plaster. If you can see hairs then typically it would be lime plaster.

The only wet applied product to walls and ceiling that might contain asbestos fibres is textured coating like Artex. This would have a very small content, so small that it needs testing from multiple areas to try and find some and you won't see them without a microscope in any

Thank you for your reply, please don’t think I was being rude by asking.

I work with quite a few trades people and most have said they don’t think it would contain asbestos or they wouldn’t have even thought about it but none have given me a detailed answer like yours.

Also the house next door had that area made into a wet room and they’ve added about 5 inches onto their roof so I’m sure anything would have been flagged up then

 

[Beansbaked]

We ended up sending in a sample. It came back negative but I’m now wondering if I should have sent off multiple samples from different areas? I’ve never done this before, if one sample came back negative would you be happy with that result?

 

[^woody^]

Move on.

If you send multiple samples, and they come back negative, I foresee your next post being about more samples from different areas.

 

[Beansbaked]

Move on.

If you send multiple samples, and they come back negative, I foresee your next post being about more samples from different areas.

You are probably right. My husband said no more, just accept the answer with one sample. I just wondered if people who came across this within their work would be happy with just one sample

 

[stevie888]

You would be more likely to do multiple samples if there was a chance of finding asbestos. Where it's highly unlikely most peeps would just get on or you can send in a sample to confirm. So easy to get paranoid about the wretched stuff.

 

[Beansbaked]

You would be more likely to do multiple samples if there was a chance of finding asbestos. Where it's highly unlikely most peeps would just get on or you can send in a sample to confirm. So easy to get paranoid about the wretched stuff.

That’s what’s happened. Everything I’ve read online suggests it could have been there and now I’ve sent off one sample I wonder if it’s enough

 

[Old Salt]

I used to work with asbestos, walked through clouds of the stuff, before it was outlawed. I had a chest xray 30 years later with no signs of asbestosis. If you have breathed any in it wont show for years. Forget about it and move on with your life.

 

[Beansbaked]

I used to work with asbestos, walked through clouds of the stuff, before it was outlawed. I had a chest xray 30 years later with no signs of asbestosis. If you have breathed any in it wont show for years. Forget about it and move on with your life.

I’m glad you’ve got no signs of illness from it. I hope my test results were correct and there was none

 

[JohnD]

I used to work with asbestos, walked through clouds of the stuff, before it was outlawed. I had a chest xray 30 years later with no signs of asbestosis. If you have breathed any in it wont show for years. Forget about it and move on with your life.

Congratulations on your good fortune.

It carried off an old school friend, who in early life was a site manager demolishing and redeveloping office buildings.

 

[endecotp]

Everything I’ve read online suggests it could have been [absestos]

No, it really didn’t. As well as whatever clickbait scare sites Google sent you too, you also came here. This forum is also “online”, and the people here - most of whom are really experienced and smart folks - said there was little-to-no chance of it being asbestos, but maybe you should send a sample for testing anyway, for peace of mind.

Please excuse me for being frank: do you often find yourself worrying unnecessarily about things? Do you spend a lot of your time reading / watching worry-inducing videos online? Is it taking over your life, or even just stopping you from living “normally”? Maybe you need to fix this.

Although there’s a lot of knowledge here about DIY, there is less about psychiatry. Go and see your doctor?

there and now I’ve sent off one sample I wonder if it’s enough

STOP WORRYING.