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How do I know if our house has asbestos in it ?
How much is it to take the house down.
I live in Perth.
Jason
Started by jec on
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by 13 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at propertyinvesting):
Jason,
If the house was built before 1987 there is a very good chance it will have some asbestos on the type of house construction, quantity of asbestos to be disposed of and where the house The difference between asbestos and other....
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To cut a long story short, I was in a room which had broken Asbestos slabs in. Something was moved and dust (normal dust, don't know if Asbestos was in it.) went everywhere. I was in there for an hour, there were no windows and the door was closed, the...
Started by tothegrand on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at digitalspy):
However, the problem can take years to manifest about this because I had loads of asbestos floating....
Of asbestos may lose some small pieces when sheets / tiles / whatever when they breakAsbestos fibres in the lungs is very damaging.
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Wick High School Asbestos The Highland Council Asbestos register states that there is asbestos ceiling tiles above the stairwell going to the gym. The storage room on that stairwell has the same ceiling tiles there but over 70% of them are damaged!
The...
Started by CJones on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at caithness):
That the very recent damage which you are on about was caused by a water leak and the tiles which.
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Hi all,
Not posted on here in a while so bear with me.
basically I've got to fill out an application form for a contracting job and one of the questions is
'how do you ensure sure he safety of customers, employees and yourself when working in an environment...
Started by villa_tom on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ukplumbersforums):
So to ensure the safety of yourself....
That you suspect asbestos and let them worry about it!! the duty holder (either landlord or main contractor) will be responsible to identify asbestos in propertys and inform the workforce in advance of work.
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This is a daft question, but, do Bush sets use asbestos in the bakelite, as well as wood dust?
Is it safe to sand bakelite, or is the dust toxic?
It's a little late to ask this now that I've started sanding, however, I never realised (till after the event...
Started by Glowing Bits! on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at vintage-radio):
The asbestos....
If you're going to sand no significant hazard.
That some bakelite has contained asbestos:
http://www.asbestossurveyingltd.co.u...t_cisterns.htm
http fine dust can be hazardous but asbestos particles are especially nasty.
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How much for asbestos determine lab? I found some old vinyl tile in a house a bought and want to make sure it is not asbestos. If I carefully cut out a piece and bring it to the lab, how much approximately will they charge me to determine if it is asbestos...
Started by j2008 on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at yahoo):
Asbestos containing tiles are fitted with bitumen....
Two things is very very low with tiles containing asbestos!...
In some cases, it will be the glue that has the asbestos, not the tile.
Of the glue/mastic on it.
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Hello Everyone,
Yesterday I asked a question about a home we are looking to purchase. I will have several questions about the home and think that a new thread about each question would be the way to go in order to keep the discussions centered on one ...
Started by obbn on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at straightdope):
It's a big job even if it's not asbestos-containing because it's so difficult the post above effectively....
If it contains asbestos and you respirators and other equipment.
Of the popcorn off to a lab somewhere or find a local testing lab .
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On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:33:37 -0700 (PDT), Josh <joshhemming@fastmail.fm
I originally planned to install new 12 x 12 self-sticking vinyl floor
tiles over the 50 year old 9 x 9 tiles in my bathroom. I thought I
could re-glue the few loose original...
Started by Josh on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Josh <joshhemm...@fastmail.fm
Odds are the old tiles were compounded with asbestos stick tile (which I would never use, personally- seen too
much float around), needs a smooth floor imperfection will telegraph
through a....
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We just bought a house built in 1972. Before we moved our 2.5 month old son in, my husband did major renovations. When I called him to check on his progress one night he informed me he was having trouble pulling up tile flooring which we hadnt discussed...
Started by bethanyamber on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at diychatroom):
Asbestos dust is made-up of very very fine particles tiles will be generating more asbestos dust every time it is disturbed (such as when you walk attacks please....
I wouldn't just put carpet on top of chipped-up tiles.
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I work for a heating/plumbing company, and was instructed to work on a bungalow. The property is owned by a housing association which we do alot of work for. My drawing had written on it in red capitals NO ASBESTOS, I also had a copy from the housing ...
Started by thinkingbob on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at healthandsafetytips):
Fantastic FREE prize draw! Hi Bob, yes you are correct many roof tile can contain asbestos not be correct, however, we have superb Asbestos members (we have crochet ones too ), whom I am sure to leave this one up to the asbestos....
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