Hi there,

I am just wondering if anyone knows whether asbestos was ever used in
coving? Today I removed some coving from the walls of my bedroom. I was
expecting them to be made of some kind of plastic material, but instead
found that they were filled with a grey, plaster-like material. They
date from the mid-1970s and were put up by a previous owner. Having
hammered and scraped the stuff off the walls, this generated a fair
amount of dust. It didn't occur to me that there would be anything
unsafe in this until I had finished, when I thought of the possibility
of asbestos.

Thanks,

Jon.