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Yes , someone had had a go at it the wall , with a few potentials going on. relief nothing has exploded

Is that to building controls?

It’s pretty thin and crappy. Going to need more coats than other paints have.

Good man.

Definitely worth contacting Building Control. Although I think in turn, they’ll go to the HSE. I’m not sure BC have legal powers.

This review surprises me. I’ve found Dulux incredibly easy to work with.

Humid AF today though, if that might make a difference?

Are you sure it's asbestos and not just a cement based board like tile backer?

Found this pipe on the wall mentioned on a previous post. Is it time for home insurance call?

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Yeah there’s a lot of stuff that might look like asbestos, only way of knowing is to test it in a lab.

Have you found the source of the leak?

It was covering their garage room.

Full disclosure I’m not an asbestos expert.

I had 50pence on unlagged pipe work, if the socket back box is metal it's just jewpoints ,, potentially with damp injection as a "problem solver" .. ^ call insurance if you hit it with a hammer

It's one of the places it would be, , I was assuming buildings put up at the same time thus your survey/ understanding would be of a comparative building

See where it goes, it'll be a old dead pipe from experience. I personally wouldnt be calling insurance for that.

On one hand it could just be cement board, but it may also be asbestos containing cement board - as others have said, until you test it, there’s literally no way of knowing.
Either way, cutting it with a grinder is fucking stupid and messy as fuck (but also how everyone does it and I’m not sure what the alternative is). Inhaling any of that dust is a bad idea.

You can get asbestos self test kits with a fast turn around, but not sure where you’d collect a sample from if they’ve packed up and gone.

The ones that break it up seem to just have all the PPE that's the only difference and they have the licenses for disposal too.

Apparently you can score and snap cement board, it's the recommended way to do it. There's a special tool. At least the Hardie board works that way.

https://www.toppstiles.co.uk/fixing-finishing/preparation/hardiebacker-board/hardiebacker-scoring-knife?gclid=CjwKCAjwq4imBhBQEiwA9Nx1BrDsGY9bTwec4EbCNq9AZdvNxE8TX0K6_eFhiJuvmVmEFys_eovigRoC5bMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Some are reinforced with some sort of stranded grid though aren’t they? Although probably not something you’d have to board a garage ceiling. I’m out my depth at this point!

What era is the roof do you reckon?

It's the Environemtnal Health Officer's job to deal with this - HSE will get involved if the works are notifiable - i.e,. you're above a certain threshold of some sort and have to tell them you're dealing with asbestos (this is from vague memory of a asbestos awareness training i did a while ago). Basically, take some pics, send it to the EHO and tell them if they're still doing it. They'll come down and check whether they think it's asbestos and if it is, they have some level of power to compel the builder to do it properly and can involve HSE if needed.

1960s

Thanks for the help and advice. Asbestos shits me up.

Nailed on to be asbestos.

Good post. I always forget that not every job is notifiable - everything I work on is!

Chances are, Edd’s neighbours work isn’t.

It may just be me, I think I’ve hit my limit on painting for a while, making a pigs ear of this…

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How many coats is that?