Is this chip board?

[Beansbaked]

Hi, please excuse this if it’s a daft question. This piece of board is above a cupboard in my kitchen. I think many moons ago (this is my childhood home so roughly the 90s ) there was an electric meter or fuse board in a cupboard where this is now. I don’t remember it being removed or that board going up but since buying the house we are finding all kinds of weird and wonderful things by dad did in the past. Is this just chip board or is it likely some kind of asbestos board the meter would have been attached to?

 

[stevie888]

Chipboard. Stress not.

 

[Beansbaked]

Thanks for the reply. I thought chipboard then read that anything with asbestos was often labelled and it looks like there was some kind of stickers on there in the past that have fallen off and it made me wonder if it was asbestos or could be covering it

 

[endecotp]

is it likely some kind of asbestos board

Hi Beansbaked,

This is your second thread asking whether some innocuous material is asbestos.

That is very clearly chipboard. "Having stickers on" is not a sign of something being asbestos.

Please spend less time worrying.

 

[Beansbaked]

Thank you for your reply. I had quite a scare a few months ago about asbestos with an outhouse ceiling falling down and a builder saying it could be asbestos flocking. It wasn’t thankfully but it’s made me aware of how many materials it could be in without me knowing. The house was built in the 60s and from what I understand it was used quite a lot back then. Hubby completely agrees to start worrying less!

 

[endecotp]

Thank you for your reply. I had quite a scare a few months ago about asbestos with an outhouse ceiling falling down and a builder saying it could be asbestos flocking.

I know, I remember the thread. (Here: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/asbestos-in-ceiling.652319/ )

Interestingly, at the time you didn't say anything about the "builder saying it could be asbestos flocking".

Hubby completely agrees to start worrying less!

Yes, STOP WORRYING. And stop googling things to worry about.