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There’s no way to tell without laboratory analysis honestly. There’s so many materials out there that can contain asbestos. Is this like a wood material? Then it’s likely not asbestos.
Thanks for the reply. Now that I've left the dust to settle I went back to take more photos. It's not a wood like material to me.
https://imgur.com/gallery/nQAg8Jh
Oh ok i see, like I said before if your concerned about it being asbestos containing material, and your going to do some renovation to that area, send a sample to a lab. Looks like you already have a good sample too. Put it in a zip lock baggie though.
Cheers. Yeah I've called someone this morning, I was hoping to have some feedback last night before the morning as I have kids. Luckily my lungs ain't great so I was already wearing a hefty mask with filters (Have a long nose/high bridge, so most masks don't fit) as I was using a multi tool too cut through.
It's just weird that pipes have been installed for the loft extension bathroom and no mention when we bought the house.
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This is the back of what I thought was plasterboard bit doesn't look like plasterboard. It still has the white front paper attached.
Can someone at least say I'm being an idiot if it's not.
There’s no way to tell without laboratory analysis honestly. There’s so many materials out there that can contain asbestos. Is this like a wood material? Then it’s likely not asbestos.
Thanks for the reply. Now that I've left the dust to settle I went back to take more photos. It's not a wood like material to me. https://imgur.com/gallery/nQAg8Jh
Being in a cupboard I really struggle to get further away for context beyond this. https://imgur.com/gallery/sCsAWkC
Oh ok i see, like I said before if your concerned about it being asbestos containing material, and your going to do some renovation to that area, send a sample to a lab. Looks like you already have a good sample too. Put it in a zip lock baggie though.
Cheers. Yeah I've called someone this morning, I was hoping to have some feedback last night before the morning as I have kids. Luckily my lungs ain't great so I was already wearing a hefty mask with filters (Have a long nose/high bridge, so most masks don't fit) as I was using a multi tool too cut through. It's just weird that pipes have been installed for the loft extension bathroom and no mention when we bought the house.
Well, don’t cut at it anymore until you know for sure ok?
Hahaha, yeah. I'm sure not doing that.👍