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As long as I don't kill him with asbestos!

Hi John, The problem is that the bathroom above leaked through the floor on the ceiling and there is a huge crack and the ceiling is bowing in that place, so it probably needs replacing before plastering

Hello, Me again! Just one more thing - asbestos in artex? Other than getting it tested, is there anyway to know if it contains asbestos? My ceiling needs replacing in a section so will the board will need cutting out and replaced. I'm lucky that my ceilings are very high, so this can be...

Hi John I don't remember if there was a backing paper if I'm honest. I know that it was screeded so the risk from that point on has been sealed away. I'm trying not to worry about it as I'll never sleep if I do!

Hello, Me again. So I can't sleep and my brain has been thinking "remember those old tiles you removed from the old house? Bet they were asbestos" They were brown tiles, quite hard to chip off. There were solid in their construction (so not fibrous, they felt like solid tiles from what I...

Thank you very much for your opinions. I feel better now :)

Hi Thank you very much. I'm just so worried and considering it's in my kitchen, there's dust on everything and everywhere!

Hi It's a textured paint finish and I'm worried as it might have asbestos in it. Also, it has a white powdery finish in places. I guess it could be sandtex or something

Hi Thanks for your quick reply, I'm a lot happier now :) Any ideas on the weird paint finish? The only rooms it's in are my bathroom and kitchen Thanks again

Hi all So I live in a 1920s house which has me and my boyfriend are currently attacking room by room, the room we're working on is the kitchen. Being bank holiday seemed a good idea to start ripping everything out, until on day two I thought to myself 'I wonder if that's asbestos?' and have...