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When I moved Into This council house 8 years ago it had a tiled/cement/concrete fire place, I just painted it a different colour with tile paint so can’t remember what the original colour looked like. The fire was a usual council house fire. Anyway the fire wasn’t always smelling funny when used and it concerned me so council came out and disconnected it from the gas supply ( I have the paper work stating this). A year later I asked permission to remove it and they sent me a letter with all these conditions that I get a corgi registered guy to remove it ( even though it should be on their records that they themselves disconnected it) and that I send them a certificate of this and that I send them details of the company who will fit an electrical one and that I must fit that same gas fire again when I move . So I just left it and didn’t bother. Fast forward to today I wanted to remove it as we are redecorating, my toddler son keeps falling over the tiled slab attached to the floor (is this the hearth) so I took fire out and my husband chisled out old fireplace and boarded it all up with plaster board and brick. I did it because the gas has been capped off anyway and the fire and fireplace was there ugly doing nothing. Now I’m worried I’ve exposed us all to asbestos. The house is 1935 and I’m worried now I’ve exposed us. How likely is it there was asbestos in the cement and other materials in this fireplace. It seems like at one point part of the ‘hole’ of the chimney breast was partly covered to make the ‘hole’ smaller as there is random broken brick/cement/mortar stuffed in that doesn’t match the other fireplace brickwork. Could I have some advice please
I’ve sent for an asbestos kit and paid for it test these materials but which materials do I test?
I’ve sent for an asbestos kit and paid for it test these materials but which materials do I test?