TheScullster wrote:
Hi all

Does anyone know whether the soffits in 1970s houses tended to contain
asbestos?
Our house is looking well-tatty as all the paint is flaking and falling off
the soffits. They look suspiciously like asbestos boards.
Our neighbours recently had all uPVC replacement stuff. When the company
came to fit these they claimed that they would have to engage "specialists"
to remove the soffits due to asbestos risk.
The specialists arrived and, using nothing more than paper nose/mouth masks,
proceeded to smash out the soffits with hammers!
Surely, if the soffits were high-risk asbestos, a more professional method
should be used. It certainly looked like the ideal way to release the
maximum amount of fibre/debris into the surroundings!
Any comments please?

TIA

Phil


They were bull****ting you. There is minimal danger associated with
asbestos cement products unless you are working with them all day and
everyday. Blue asbestos as used in industrial insulation is the nasty stuff.

Bob