Asbestos in plaster

[DIYshua]

Hi all,

Currently renovating 1930s house and started removing some plaster from a bricked up fire place to open in back up. Part way up the plaster changes from what looks like normal multi-finish to what looks like multi-finish with asbestos within it? Was asbestos ever used in wet plaster? Photo bellow. Thanks in advance!

J

 

[^woody^]

Never used in plaster

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Never used in plaster

Horse hair?

 

[Old Salt]

Horse hair?

+1

 

[Brigadier]

They look like wood fibres or straw, to me anyway.

 

[Brigadier]

Horse hair looks like....... hair.

 

[RandomGrinch]

They look like wood fibres or straw, to me anyway

Wood fibre wall plug and filler for that hole?

 

[Old Salt]

Looks even more like horse hair now

 

[RandomGrinch]

Looks even more like horse hair now

That's @Brigadier's example of horsehair, not:

 

[^woody^]

So it's neigh to asbestos then?

 

[Brigadier]

Looks even more like horse hair now

What does?

 

[Old Salt]

What does?

Your picture of horse hair