Oh dear!
Just started knocking out the old 70s-ish stone fireplace. One of those whole width of the room jobs! Looks like a kind of orangey stone but after starting the work it's apparent it's just a fake stone-look tile-like product on a brick construction. On looking closer I noticed white fibres in it and am concerned it may be asbestos.
The material looks just like white plaster with a small amount of white hairs in it. It's also harder than plaster. Anybody know if this is likely to be an asbestos product - not really seen or heard of anything like it. Maybe it's glass fibres or something? Doh - all this after just having sent off a sample of some dodgy looking ceiling tiles to a lab!
Will try and get a photo up of a piece. Any advice appreciated as i really wanted to get some work done this weekend!
Cheers,
LIam
Just started knocking out the old 70s-ish stone fireplace. One of those whole width of the room jobs! Looks like a kind of orangey stone but after starting the work it's apparent it's just a fake stone-look tile-like product on a brick construction. On looking closer I noticed white fibres in it and am concerned it may be asbestos.
The material looks just like white plaster with a small amount of white hairs in it. It's also harder than plaster. Anybody know if this is likely to be an asbestos product - not really seen or heard of anything like it. Maybe it's glass fibres or something? Doh - all this after just having sent off a sample of some dodgy looking ceiling tiles to a lab!
Will try and get a photo up of a piece. Any advice appreciated as i really wanted to get some work done this weekend!
Cheers,
LIam