Recent content by dbh

Cheers Ossy, I won't be sending a nasty letter, as you point out in your message - some reports pick up on possible asbestos, some don't. Seems inconsistent. I think it would be sufficient to caveat the report with 'we're not asbestos surveyors and you shouldn't expect the moon on a stick' but...

thanks 1john, can you tell me how frequently the milk in my fridge requires replacing?

maybe lagged is a bit strong, should i say that the cables have a bituminous coating which i understand can contain asbestos. Thanks for the advice everyone. I've taken a couple of 'loose' samples and sent to be tested. Not an advisable thing to do according to the HSE. Lots of people say...

it's over 150 years old. if i look into the chimney (or should that be flue?) from the fireplace i can see two disconnected lead pipes (from a redundant boiler i guess), and there is debris from a fibreous material that seems to have fallen off the pipework, it looks suspicious. also an...

i have had two structural surveys of two separate houses by two different surveyors, one surveyor points out in the report that no asbestos containing materials were noticed. on the other house the second surveyor doesn't mention asbestos at all but having moved in, there are two areas with...

I know they couldn't tell me if it was asbestos but in general should highlighting potentialy hazerdous material be part of the scope of a full structural?