Hi -

A survey has revealed that the ceilings in my house, constructed in
1926, contain asbestos. The ceilings were plastered over in the early
80's so there is no immediate risk. I am planning on adding extension
onto the back of the house which will presumably mean disturbing the
ceiling and therefore incurr the cost of removing the asbestos.

I was wondering if anyone knew when (or if) the more dangerous
blue/brown asbestos was phased out and replaced by the white asbestos.
The house is in Hove, East Sussex.

I have been quoted =A37500 to remove (but not make good) all the
celings. The house is a medium size suburban three bed detached, with
hall, living room, dining room and kitchen downstairs. Does this seem
a reasonable price?


Thanks in advance,=20
Kevin.

wrote:

A survey has revealed that the ceilings in my house, constructed in
1926, contain asbestos. The ceilings were plastered over in the early
80's so there is no immediate risk. I am planning on adding extension
onto the back of the house which will presumably mean disturbing the
ceiling and therefore incurr the cost of removing the asbestos.

Do you know more details than just the "contain asbestos"? Could the
asbestos be restricted to a layer of relatively recently added
Artex-type stuff, for example? (which may or may not help, I don't know!)

I was wondering if anyone knew when (or if) the more dangerous
blue/brown asbestos was phased out and replaced by the white asbestos.
The house is in Hove, East Sussex.

You can get it diagnosed by firms who come out and take samples (which I
would have thought was necessary before you can get an accurate quote
for it's removal?)

I have been quoted £7500 to remove (but not make good) all the
celings. The house is a medium size suburban three bed detached, with
hall, living room, dining room and kitchen downstairs. Does this seem
a reasonable price?

Why do you need to do all the ceilings? If they are plastered over and
not shedding dust or debris, there shouldn't be any need.

Try googling the archives of this group for lots of advice and info on
asbestos (there's a lot of unnecessary hysteria about it, as you're
probably aware).

David

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oups.com...

I was wondering if anyone knew when (or if) the more dangerous
blue/brown asbestos was phased out and replaced by the white
asbestos.
The house is in Hove, East Sussex.

I have been quoted £7500 to remove (but not make good) all the
celings. The house is a medium size suburban three bed detached, with
hall, living room, dining room and kitchen downstairs. Does this
seem
a reasonable price?


If you contact these guys:

http://www.asbestoswatchdog.co.uk/

they'll check out samples for £20 a go and offer advice

Regards

Jim

In message .com,
wrote:

Hi -

A survey has revealed that the ceilings in my house, constructed in
1926, contain asbestos.

[etc.]

Read the other posts in the thread and search the archives as they
suggest - this has been discussed at length fairly recently.

However, our late 1920s ex-council house also had asbestos ceilings.
Effectively they were using asbestos cement sheets in a similar way to
the way we use plasterboard these days. The alternative at the time was
lath and plaster which presumably took far longer to do than nailing up
a few boards, battening to make it look "nice" and then papering.

In addition one of the ceilings was very heavily Artexed. Artex pre the
1980s (ish - see other threads) contains small amounts of asbestos.

Both these sources contain white asbestos, and in small quantities.
All the advice I have seen anywhere says that this type is completely
safe if left undisturbed, and only requires minor (facemask / dust)
precautions to remove.

The bloke I contacted from the council, and who paid us a visit, was
quite happy for us to take the ceilings down ourselves, and his men came
along later to bag it up and remove it at £15 a bag. We removed the
ceilings we needed to (we were doing major renovations at the time) but
left two large ceilings which weren't going to have holes knocked in
them anyway.

Three £15 bags took the waste from a 3m by 3m ceiling IIRC (it was 18
months ago!), and we didn't need to involve specialist contractors at
all. Get yours checked by someone who knows what they are doing and
isn't connected with an asbestos removal company. On our experience
(local authority is Caerphilly) I suggest contacting their Environmental
Health people first. If yours turns out to be white asbestos cement
sheet then removal may be much cheaper than you fear.

HTH

Hwyl!

M.

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On 26 Jul 2005 03:57:15 -0700, wrote:


I was wondering if anyone knew when (or if) the more dangerous
blue/brown asbestos was phased out and replaced by the white asbestos.

Amphibole (Blue and Brown Asbestos) was mainly used for insulation,
usually sprayed or in the form of soft wadding, not as cladding
material. Chrysotile (White Asbestos) cement containing about 10%
White Asbestos was used as cladding.

I have been quoted £7500 to remove (but not make good) all the
celings. The house is a medium size suburban three bed detached, with
hall, living room, dining room and kitchen downstairs. Does this seem
a reasonable price?

No - it sounds like the typical asbestos cowboy ripoff scam. As Jim
has suggested talk to http://www.asbestoswatchdog.co.uk/ .

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/

wrote:

A survey has revealed that the ceilings in my house, constructed in
1926, contain asbestos.

A survey by who? Ensure your tester doesnt do removal work, as false
positive results abound.


The ceilings were plastered over in the early
80's so there is no immediate risk. I am planning on adding extension
onto the back of the house which will presumably mean disturbing the
ceiling and therefore incurr the cost of removing the asbestos.

I was wondering if anyone knew when (or if) the more dangerous
blue/brown asbestos was phased out and replaced by the white asbestos.

they were around at same time. Domestic asbestos is almost always
white, which is harmless.


The house is in Hove, East Sussex.

I have been quoted =A37500 to remove (but not make good) all the
celings. The house is a medium size suburban three bed detached, with
hall, living room, dining room and kitchen downstairs. Does this seem
a reasonable price?

Oh yes... I could do it for =A37000 C'mon, you tell me how long it
takes to smash down your perfeclty good ceilings? And stick the debris
in plstic bags, hoover up and take it to the tip. All for nothing
anyway.


NT