Hi everyone, I'm new here but am having a moment of panic.
I had some guys come round to drill through a solid brick wall to install a ventilation system. Half way through, the vacuum malfunctioned and dust was thrown around everywhere. The dust was brown in colour. House built in 1890's although the extension bit with kitchen and bathroom added at an unknown later date.
It didn't occur to me at the time, but six months later, I am paranoid that it may have been asbestos. I am about to get an asbestos survey done, but in the interim I just wanted to know if anyone knew if this could be asbestos?
It is a solid wall, with rendering to the exterior. I spoke to an asbestos survey guy who said that lath and plaster (which my homebuyers report said the ceiling was) would not be brown.
Other surveyors have said that asbestos would not have been used in normal plaster.
I even located the original owners and previous freeholders who renovated and replaced the plaster. One said that they had replaced it completing in 1982 and then the next owners said that they needed it skimmed back in 2004 as when they tried to remove the wallpaper the whole wall collapsed.
So I am not sure what to think!
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
I had some guys come round to drill through a solid brick wall to install a ventilation system. Half way through, the vacuum malfunctioned and dust was thrown around everywhere. The dust was brown in colour. House built in 1890's although the extension bit with kitchen and bathroom added at an unknown later date.
It didn't occur to me at the time, but six months later, I am paranoid that it may have been asbestos. I am about to get an asbestos survey done, but in the interim I just wanted to know if anyone knew if this could be asbestos?
It is a solid wall, with rendering to the exterior. I spoke to an asbestos survey guy who said that lath and plaster (which my homebuyers report said the ceiling was) would not be brown.
Other surveyors have said that asbestos would not have been used in normal plaster.
I even located the original owners and previous freeholders who renovated and replaced the plaster. One said that they had replaced it completing in 1982 and then the next owners said that they needed it skimmed back in 2004 as when they tried to remove the wallpaper the whole wall collapsed.
So I am not sure what to think!
Any suggestions would be appreciated!