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When we redid our kitchen we had two layers of flooring tested, cheap 80s vinyl roll flooring and the square tiles that it was laid over. We assumed the square tiles would be the guilty party but it turned out otherwise, the much newer roll flooring had asbestos. We did a send away test. Remediation turned out to be a breeze due to connections with a variety of contractors through my local coffee shop/bar and cost us about 1/5 the price it should have.
The tiles ended up being salvageable after sanding them with 40/80/120 grit using a random orbital (never again) and 6 coats of Forbo.
withered_preacher
Asbestos testing
Our survey flagged that there was a possibility of asbestos on our dining room ceiling and we should have it checked before carrying out work.
Our hall, staircase and landings have artex which from what I've read, may have asbestos - although these areas weren't flagged in our survey.
We want to remove/cover the artex in the common areas. We are not sure about the long term plans for the dinning room, so are happy to leave that ceiling alone for now.
Before we do anything to the artex ceilings in the common area it seems sensible to test for asbestos, in which case we may as well do the dinning room.
I quickly looked online and there seemed to be the possibility to test for asbestos yourself and send the samples off (c.£40-80 from memory). This is obvs a lot cheaper than getting someone in (+£400).
What are peoples thoughts?
Has anyone tested for asbestos themselves?
(expect lots of questions about covering artex soon)