Asbestos, Disaster to be
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someone might think you were being serious Mr W....oh lordy. I don't want to die :/ My injury count so far has been pretty low *touch wood*.
So, what do I do if I'm say, ripping out a possibly asbestosy Artex ceiling? Soak and scrape, bag up and bury or some such?
So, what do I do if I'm say, ripping out a possibly asbestosy Artex ceiling? Soak and scrape, bag up and bury or some such?
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Get the wife to do it and keep away from her for a few weeks till the dust settles. 
Woah, you guys seem to see me as someone I'm not. I'm only 22, and I come across a little scary 
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Wife? I don't even have me a girl friend. Maybe when the work is done and I can get out.
Hmm, any women on this forum?
.Wife? I don't even have me a girl friend. Maybe when the work is done and I can get out.
Hmm, any women on this forum?
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There are different types of asbestos, some are more dangerous than others. The white asbestos used in the manufacture of roofing sheets and slates is supposed to be the least dangerous.
When i reroofed my house i discovered my slates were made of asbestos, they were over 70 years old and you could see the fibres on the surface, i then thought that there must be 100,000s of houses with roofs like mine across the country so why aren't 1000s of householders dying of asbestos related illnesses.
When i reroofed my house i discovered my slates were made of asbestos, they were over 70 years old and you could see the fibres on the surface, i then thought that there must be 100,000s of houses with roofs like mine across the country so why aren't 1000s of householders dying of asbestos related illnesses.
Ah, that one I know the answer to.
You have to breath it in for it to do damage. Unless your some sort of freak, you cant really inhale a sheet of anything. But the moment you drill, saw or bash it about, it releases fibers that ARE dangerous.
There is a natural percentage of fibers in the air, and we all live with them.
As to colours, I recall reading that it was an early assumption, and that in reality, there all as lethal as each other
You have to breath it in for it to do damage. Unless your some sort of freak, you cant really inhale a sheet of anything. But the moment you drill, saw or bash it about, it releases fibers that ARE dangerous.
There is a natural percentage of fibers in the air, and we all live with them.
As to colours, I recall reading that it was an early assumption, and that in reality, there all as lethal as each other
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I have an asbestos door that was used on the coal cellar (wooden frame, big bit of Asbestos panel).
Tried taking it to the local tip & they said I couldn't dump it there unless I completely wrapped it up in a thick plastic sheeting, taped it & filled a form in.
Tried taking it to the local tip & they said I couldn't dump it there unless I completely wrapped it up in a thick plastic sheeting, taped it & filled a form in.
No joking - this is one thing I don't joke about - I have worked with it and watched friends die from it.
There are different types of asbestos (common ones white and blue - but that is not the colour as a white Rhino is not white).
The fibre length makes it dangerous, not measurable by eye but causes havoc in the lungs. In sheet form the fibres are held in the matrix but when you break it up, or the edges start to fray you get free fibres.
It is like smoking - you can work with it for years and never get it (even though this is unlikely) or you can have one day exposure and 10 year later it kills you.
Use a proper breathing mask.
Damp down.
Dispose of correctly (Local councils will normally handle it)
If it doubt assume it is the type that will kill.
At the end of the day it is your choice but don't do anything which may cause a danger to others.
There are different types of asbestos (common ones white and blue - but that is not the colour as a white Rhino is not white).
The fibre length makes it dangerous, not measurable by eye but causes havoc in the lungs. In sheet form the fibres are held in the matrix but when you break it up, or the edges start to fray you get free fibres.
It is like smoking - you can work with it for years and never get it (even though this is unlikely) or you can have one day exposure and 10 year later it kills you.
Use a proper breathing mask.
Damp down.
Dispose of correctly (Local councils will normally handle it)
If it doubt assume it is the type that will kill.
At the end of the day it is your choice but don't do anything which may cause a danger to others.