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Strange wallpapper in old house - asbestos?

voxpop · 2016-11-17 16:10:26

In one of the rooms of an 60s build house , under the normal white wallpaper there is some black painted stuff. First I thought it was just the wall painted black ,but its some sort of wallpaper , I think ? After reading a bunch of articles on the web about asbestos wallpaper in the 80s - im not sure if i should be…

17-11-2016 4:10pm

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In one of the rooms of an 60s build house , under the normal white wallpaper there is some black painted stuff. First I thought it was just the wall painted black ,but its some sort of wallpaper , I think ? After reading a bunch of articles on the web about asbestos wallpaper in the 80s - im not sure if i should be scrapping this stuff off or just leave it ??

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#2 17-11-2016 10:24pm

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Very possibly.

Get specialist asbestos inspection I got this last year it was ~€150 for the survey.

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#3 18-11-2016 12:00am

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It looks more like painted fibreboard than a wallpaper. But there's no way to know for sure what it contains. As it's from the right era for asbestos. You can have samples tested, or have an inspection done.

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