I’m overly anxious about this so wonder if anyone would put my mind at rest.
I’m renovating my soon to be born daughters room and I had a family member die of asbestos related disease (he was a builder for 40 years 1950s-90s)
I am stripping wallpaper. I decided low asbestos risk in plaster because:
- it looks like larthe and plaster. It’s pink on 2 walls and yellow on the other 2. Thoughts the pink stuff is plasterboard but the old socket looks like lathe behind.
- house built in 1939.
- not near a kitchen so not sure why they would choose asbestos plaster.
from what I’ve read, it’s almost unheard of for asbestos plaster in domestic gypsum/lime plaster.
I’ve just been scraping it and covered in dust and started worrying again.
if anyone can reassure me I’m being stupidly over cautious I’d appreciate it. I’ve tested a couple of other things but thought it over the top to worry about the wall plaster.
thanks
I’m renovating my soon to be born daughters room and I had a family member die of asbestos related disease (he was a builder for 40 years 1950s-90s)
I am stripping wallpaper. I decided low asbestos risk in plaster because:
- it looks like larthe and plaster. It’s pink on 2 walls and yellow on the other 2. Thoughts the pink stuff is plasterboard but the old socket looks like lathe behind.
- house built in 1939.
- not near a kitchen so not sure why they would choose asbestos plaster.
from what I’ve read, it’s almost unheard of for asbestos plaster in domestic gypsum/lime plaster.
I’ve just been scraping it and covered in dust and started worrying again.
if anyone can reassure me I’m being stupidly over cautious I’d appreciate it. I’ve tested a couple of other things but thought it over the top to worry about the wall plaster.
thanks