Recent content by anusharma

Thanks. yes, I need to decide about survey. - perhaps as part of renovating kitchen, changing boiler etc . You had said window panels of the 1970s are not likely to have asbestos . I was reading that panel infills may have them. When we got security grills installed, they had to drill...

Thanks very much. :) I am going through cycles of relief and anxiety. With a small child in house, I do keep worrying about what might have happened, although it is futile at this stage. Should I go in for a management survey - to protect myself against anything in furture, and...

Thanks. I looked around the house and found there are two boards attached to the back of boiler room and hot water tank. I guess these would be AIBS? These seem to be screwed on to the door although I cannot see the screws since painted over. We have been using boiler room regularly to store...

Thanks both. Reassuring. 2 more issues where getting insights would be great. 1. We had someone ran our garage bitumen felt roof. He had to clear algae, moss and used jet water and brush. I have been reading that these might have asbestos, and should not be jet washed. To make matters...

Thanks. This guy left the hole for 4 days! Asbestos fibres could have come down, and I believe in ceiling voids there is normally pure asbestos. Really stressed and angry now.

Thanks for comments. My wife tells me that all furniture etc was removed before it came down, and the material which came down was wet due to leak. Plumber collected it in plastic sheet and took it way, and then my wife cleaned the floor using wet wibes and disposed. We are worried now...

We had a leak in our toilet upstairs and as a result artrex ceiling sagged. We called a plumber who stopped the leak but then when he pushed the ceiling a section collapsed and came down. He cleared the debris and removed the board and took it away leaving a hole behind. His colleague came...