In article ,
MM wrote:

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:19:19 +0100, Tony Williams
wrote:
Question: How did they find the "traces of asbestos"?

No idea *how* the surveyor arrived at this conclusion.
[snip]

Perhaps he didn't. Perhaps a bum-covering statement like;

"There is a shed with an asbestos roof that *may* result in
traces of asbestos *on* the property."

Was eversoaccidentally converted into the apparently
authoritive statement;

"There are traces of asbestos *in* the property."

I don't see how anyone can make an authoritive statement
unless they did a proper sampling and chemical analysis.

--
Tony Williams.