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Is this asbestos?

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  • 22-07-2016 6:45pm
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    Jphm
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    Hi had a leak in house and punched a hole in roof to release the water. The area is now dry but I'm not so sure that what I punched was plasterboard. Any guidance appreciated.

    hxxp://imgur.com/a/vECcr

    Sorry cannot post direct link as new user.

    jphm


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    Sleeper12
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    Jphm wrote:
    hxxp://imgur.com/a/vECcr


    I can't see the link but asbestos can look like regular plasterboard. Not always but you would usually find it in garage ceilings. Especially if they are joined to the kitchen


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    Jphm
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Jphm


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    I can't see the link but asbestos can look like regular plasterboard. Not always but you would usually find it in garage ceilings. Especially if they are joined to the kitchen

    Thanks. If you replace hxxp with http in the picture link it will take you to the image. The material looks more like small stones than plaster. Should I just fill and plaster it?


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    Tom44
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    Asbestos is a VERY HARD substance, used for fire proofing, as my college has said, sometimes in garage roofs or boiler houses.
    I rekon your safe. Just patch up.


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    Calahonda52
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    http://imgur.com/a/vECcr

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    TopTec
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    Looks like a hole through some old concrete substance. The pic needs context... is it a ceiling? a wall? internal? external?whats on the other side? Generally roof asbestos is in either slate sized or like a corrugated tin roof.

    TT


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    Jphm
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Jphm


    TopTec wrote: »
    Looks like a hole through some old concrete substance. The pic needs context... is it a ceiling? a wall? internal? external?whats on the other side? Generally roof asbestos is in either slate sized or like a corrugated tin roof.

    TT

    Apologies, it is the boxed internal ceiling of a bay window. The house was built in the 80s.


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    TopTec
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    At a guess, and it is a guess as you would need a lot more detail to determine the likelyhood, it looks too lumpy to be asbestos. I would guess concrete onto possibly cement board? You will be fine to patch it and paint it.

    TT


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    Corca Baiscinn
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    Tom44 wrote: »
    Asbestos is a VERY HARD substance, used for fire proofing, as my college has said, sometimes in garage roofs or boiler houses.
    I rekon your safe. Just patch up.

    I was looking for a thread re asbestos and found this. Flakes fall from the ceiling of what used to be our boiler house (used for storage now as when boiler gave up the ghost we replaced it with an outside one) It scatters on the things that are stored there and is a nuisance. I thought it might be asbestos since with heat from boiler the ceiling would need to hve been heatproof. and I knew that if it was it would need specialist removal.

    But now, having read your post I'm not sure as this material certainly isn't hard or it wouldn't be flaking. Not sure if a photo would help as it's filthy with soot, the boiler chimney having broken at some stage. Maybe it is asbestos and the flaking is caused by damp as when the boiler chimney was removed tit left a hole!
    House was built in 70's. Was asbestos in common use then for boiler hoouses and the like?


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