hi there,
does anybody know if asbestos was used in coving in the 30's? I realise this is an open question as I have no pictures to show, and the coving could come from anywhere, but i recently ripped down all mine in the front room and now I'm panicking as i didnt check. 1935 semi detached house, leeds area. Im fairly certain it is the original coving as my friends live down the street and still have theirs up and its exactly the same as mine was. It was really solidly attached to the brick wall behind and took loads of shifting.
I recently had builders in (removing a wall in an adjacent room) and the steels they put in went through some of the coving (they had to chisel away some to fit the steels). Im gutted I didnt even think it could contain asbestos at the time of removing and just chipped it out seeing as the builders did the same. In certain parts it had strands that looked like hair/ and im sure the builders said they used moulds back in the day. I feel stupid for not checking and have read up completely on asbestos now. Im just looking for a bit of piece of mind as its too late to do anything about it now. Ive read that they used horse hair and or fibreglass back then?
does anybody know if asbestos was used in coving in the 30's? I realise this is an open question as I have no pictures to show, and the coving could come from anywhere, but i recently ripped down all mine in the front room and now I'm panicking as i didnt check. 1935 semi detached house, leeds area. Im fairly certain it is the original coving as my friends live down the street and still have theirs up and its exactly the same as mine was. It was really solidly attached to the brick wall behind and took loads of shifting.
I recently had builders in (removing a wall in an adjacent room) and the steels they put in went through some of the coving (they had to chisel away some to fit the steels). Im gutted I didnt even think it could contain asbestos at the time of removing and just chipped it out seeing as the builders did the same. In certain parts it had strands that looked like hair/ and im sure the builders said they used moulds back in the day. I feel stupid for not checking and have read up completely on asbestos now. Im just looking for a bit of piece of mind as its too late to do anything about it now. Ive read that they used horse hair and or fibreglass back then?