Martin Angove wrote:

All the ceilings in the house mentioned above are (or were) asbestos
sheet. As part of the refurbishment these are going - at least in the
half of the house we're doing at the moment.

Wow! For the first time since buying this house I feel truly privileged
- our ceilings were a mixture of lath+plaster clad over with fibreboard!

--
Grunff