? Asbestos

[george121212]

Hi I am querying whether this material contains asbestos.

My kitchen ceiling needs a small hole in so the plumber can access the waste pipe from my shower drain which is leaking.

He is reluctant to cut through the ceiling until we have made sure the artex ceiling doesn't have asbestos in.

I have had a firm come out and check the white artex and the report says it is asbestos free.
The asbestos company only took scrapings from the artex and did not test the more deeper plasterboard looking material. He said that the deeper material looks like plasterboard so there is no need to check.

I have attached photos from a small piece which was removed carefully. I am going to send this off to a lab where I hope they will rule out asbestos in it?

From peoples experience does this look like plasterboard, and are those fibres innocent?

I look forward to hearing from you

many thanks

 

[crank39]

That looks like horses hair used in lathe and plaster walls and ceilings, even the smaller fibres look like paper from the plasterboard probably used to over board the cruddy old lath and plaster ceiling, I'm 99.9% certain you can't see asbestos fibres with your naked eye so anything you see there probably isn't asbestos

 

[SammyInnit]

Doesn't look like an issue to me. There are different kinds of tests. The one he performed is most common.

 

[footprints]

Maybe put a match to the fibres asbestos will not burn?
Not a standard test but seems logical, or just get that sample tested for a certain result.

 

[george121212]

Thanks for all the feedback crank39 I think you are spot on many thanks

 

[^woody^]

You don't need to test plaster or plasterboard. Only textured coatings are potential ACM, and that's the guidance from the HSE.

Your plumber should know how to drill textured coatings safely in any case - using a gel or shaving foam around the hole to retain the dust.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Your plumber should know how to drill textured coatings safely in any case - using a gel or shaving foam around the hole to retain the dust.

Or using a drill with the appropriate (class H) vacuum extraction fitted