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Hi all,
I'm looking for some advice on painting my soil vent pipe which is in a bit of a sorry state as the multiple layers of paint are peeling off.
I think the soil pipe may be asbestos. The house was built 1960s. When I bought the house, the surveyor said 'The soil vent pipe appears to be of cast iron; given the age of the property and that the surface of the soil vent pipe was heavily painted, it may well be of asbestos.' When I queried the surveyor on this, he said heavily painted cast iron and asbestos sound very similar when you strike them! I don't have a really powerful magnet to see if it's cast iron, but I can't see any rust patches. The surface under all the paint has a slight imprint on it which reminds me of either plaster of paris or the asbestos heat stand on my parent's old ironing board ... probably not promising.
I've tried to take some pictures to show the amount of peeling paint as well as the exposed surfaces.
So, given it may be asbestos, and that the multiple layers of paint are a right mess, what's the best way for me to go about smartening it up? Do I pull off the very loose paint and just paint over the rest with some sort of exterior paint?
Comments on a postcard please!
Many thanks
I'm looking for some advice on painting my soil vent pipe which is in a bit of a sorry state as the multiple layers of paint are peeling off.
I think the soil pipe may be asbestos. The house was built 1960s. When I bought the house, the surveyor said 'The soil vent pipe appears to be of cast iron; given the age of the property and that the surface of the soil vent pipe was heavily painted, it may well be of asbestos.' When I queried the surveyor on this, he said heavily painted cast iron and asbestos sound very similar when you strike them! I don't have a really powerful magnet to see if it's cast iron, but I can't see any rust patches. The surface under all the paint has a slight imprint on it which reminds me of either plaster of paris or the asbestos heat stand on my parent's old ironing board ... probably not promising.
I've tried to take some pictures to show the amount of peeling paint as well as the exposed surfaces.
So, given it may be asbestos, and that the multiple layers of paint are a right mess, what's the best way for me to go about smartening it up? Do I pull off the very loose paint and just paint over the rest with some sort of exterior paint?
Comments on a postcard please!
Many thanks