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Am I the person walking away with money in their pocket or am I dead in this scenario?
I thought I’d reached a point where it’s a toss up between an agonising and undignified death from mesothelioma or a sudden ceiling collapse causing an untimely death by suffocation.
So far all the opinions are from people who are plasterers, they just happen to disagree with each other.
Fyoosh-
If I was a tradesman, then I'd be erring on the side of caution due to repeated potential exposure, and historically it's been people in construction/building/engineering/fabrication that have suffered asbestos related diseases. As a DiYer, I'd be getting it tested, then suited up and covering it in wallpaper paste before scoring it with a Stanley knife to scrape it off. My local tip will take up to 10 bags or 10 sheets of asbestos from the general public at £12.10 a bag/sheet.
Just curious, does anyone have nitrogen dioxide or radon meters in their house?
Kurai
If it's a toss up between an agonising and undignified death from mesothelioma, or taking the word of a person whose only qualification is that he's a plaster, then I'm obviously totally on the side of the person that will walk away with money in their pocket.