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Vendor refurbished but hadn't checked for asbestos!

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  • Davesnave
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    Slithery wrote: »
    You have more chance of your children killing themselves falling off the toilet than from living in a property with undisturbed historical asbestos.
    Tell that to Elvis Presley!
  • babyblade41
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    Tell that to Elvis Presley!


    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • cloo
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    I don't think 1930s houses are especially high risk for asbestos. We had a test in our Edwardian terrace because the decor was very old and the surveyor suggested we check some of the decorative feature, but it was fine. I've not heard of 30s houses commonly having asbestos in the building material.
  • Slithery
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    edited 21 August 2019 at 5:00PM
    cloo wrote: »
    I don't think 1930s houses are especially high risk for asbestos.
    High risk? Probably not. Likely to contain asbestos? Most definitely.

    It was a commonly used building material until the late 90's.
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