I bought a house recently, I thought it was 1930’s but talking to the neighbours it turns out to be 1950’s, the survey was a home buyers so not just a valuation he even thought it was 1930’s. In the survey it was mentioned it had asbestos garage roof, no issues with that but that the only asbestos mentioned, however now I’m in the property I have found,
My worry now is the walls might have an asbestos board on, they survey said it was plaster board and skimmed ceilings and walls ..... but it’s actually lining paper so I don’t know how he knew it was just plaster this, this is my real worry now as I’ve been drilling into the walls allot, I was getting white dust but then brick but just thought it was plaster, how likely is it they would line all walls with asbestos based boards ?
I am getting a survey done now to see how bad it all is as I think I may need to take this up with the surveyor, the guy didn't even pick up it had cavity wall insulation in the last 3 years, the marks he refers to on the external walls as a 'bad' paint job is were they put in it to the walls.
- All soffits / facia are asbestos concrete sheets (surveyor would of been able to see this)
- Water tank is asbestos (surveyor would of been able to see this if they looked in loft)
- Lift the carpet down stairs asbestos based tiles beneath it (surveyor wouldn’t have seen this)
- Chimney flue asbestos.
My worry now is the walls might have an asbestos board on, they survey said it was plaster board and skimmed ceilings and walls ..... but it’s actually lining paper so I don’t know how he knew it was just plaster this, this is my real worry now as I’ve been drilling into the walls allot, I was getting white dust but then brick but just thought it was plaster, how likely is it they would line all walls with asbestos based boards ?
I am getting a survey done now to see how bad it all is as I think I may need to take this up with the surveyor, the guy didn't even pick up it had cavity wall insulation in the last 3 years, the marks he refers to on the external walls as a 'bad' paint job is were they put in it to the walls.