house built in 1967 Asbestos in artex?

cypher007

were buying a house built in 1967. is it likely to have asbestos in the ceilings? my wife is very very concerned, as we have a young child, and we may need to drill the odd hole in the ceilings to fit pipes.

Owain_Moneysaver

probably yes.

Only certain way to know is to remove a sample and send it for analysis.

busiscoming2

I live in a cul de sac of late 1960's built houses. A lot of them have had bits knocked out and extended. Only one house which suffered some insurance claimable damage (think it was a water leak) had the asbestos people in because of the 'risk'. So yes it probably does have asbestos in the ceilings but if you only need to drill a couple of holes surely it isn't too much of a problem? You could wear a mask and make sure your family are out when you do it.

I have just had a look on the HSE website and any house built or refurbished prior to 2000 could have asbestos in it.

Dan-Dan

It will have , save your cash from getting it tested , as above , if an insurance company are involved , you`ll find it probably gets taken down by a `specialist`........... everyone else just carrys on like they have for yonks , putting up smoke alarms etc

We had a specialist in due to a leak , had the kitchen ceiling out as it contained traces of asbestos , when i asked the guy , while he was there , how do people put up things like smoke alarms safely , he said dont worry just use tape and drill into that

Its a cash cow , asbestos removal

A.Penny.Saved

I was told by my local council asbestos people that it is not high risk so nothing to worry about providing some basic precautions are taken. A dust mask and disposable overalls put into double bags and labelled. This was for removal and not simple drilling into it!

If your really worried then get a full face mask from screwfix for £100 and a set of p3 filters plus a disposable overall. However they don't really recommend going to so much trouble.

Artex is vile stuff as a ceiling covering and the person responsible for it should be cut up into tiny pieces and fed to vermin IMO.

Dan-Dan

We are slowly but surley skimming each ceiling in our house to cover the vile artexing , the asbestos guy said doing that , plus masking tape over any anticpated drill holes would be fine , and much much cheaper than riping each ceiling out

Ninnut85

I had a similar issue with my house when I bought it and moved in.
The wiring was very dated so decided to have it rewired. The first electrician who came to give us a quote said she wouldn't touch the house until i'd had the artex checked and confirmed there was no asbestos present. This was the first i'd heard of artex containing asbestos.
I contacted the Asbestos Watchdog via their website and here is the responce they sent me:

"Artex of that vintage can contain small amounts of white [ chrysotile ] asbestos but it has no measurable risk to your health "

The original electrician still refused to carry out the work without testing. I went with a different guy who was aware that absestos in artex isn't at dangerous levels.
Way too much scaremongering with regards to absestos but then many buinesses use this to their advantage to charge obscene amounts to remove it.

Niv

Artex that contains asbestos is pretty much the lowest risk asbestos containing material out there. It typically contains <1.0% asbestos and typically only contoans white asbestos (chrysotile). If your artex is old then it is likely to contain this. It does not need to be removed, as mentioned above skimming it is fine. If you do need to drill, just be mindful and tape it up etc / wear a p3 mask if your that bothered.

Niv (trained asbestos surveyor)

bradleigh1977

i plaster over lots of ceilings that are artexed.....most of the time you can bond it out, then skim. /if the pattern is done by a DIYer....and its really thick, then itll need scrapping or ripping down. Id get a tiny piece, and get it tested if you are worried. BUT you may as well get all the ceilings tested while your there, then you know that you can do all the other at some point to. How thick is the pattern you have? I have been scrapping artex for years, and just open windows, wear a mask and get a few hoovers going and between us all we hoover the dust up.

deejaybee

When did Artex stop having traces of asbestos ?

Have artexed ceilings in my flat ( built circa 2003 )

cypher007

Ninnut85 wrote: »

I had a similar issue with my house when I bought it and moved in.
The wiring was very dated so decided to have it rewired. The first electrician who came to give us a quote said she wouldn't touch the house until i'd had the artex checked and confirmed there was no asbestos present. This was the first i'd heard of artex containing asbestos.
I contacted the Asbestos Watchdog via their website and here is the responce they sent me:

"Artex of that vintage can contain small amounts of white [ chrysotile ] asbestos but it has no measurable risk to your health "

The original electrician still refused to carry out the work without testing. I went with a different guy who was aware that absestos in artex isn't at dangerous levels.
Way too much scaremongering with regards to absestos but then many buinesses use this to their advantage to charge obscene amounts to remove it.

slightly off topic but well done to saving your deposit.