Gary33

Thank you for your messages and Saveasteading for the link. i think i will get the company back out and ask them to test the plaster and plasterboards. if it is in both the dust is everywhere as i have pulled every ceiling down in the house. im coming to terms that is low risk for the floor tiles but im concerned about the plaster and plasterboard and think if it is in this then i need to leave the house and get someone in to completely clean the house. if possible.

SAVEASTEADING would really appreciate if you could send me or point me in the right direction to read up on this please

Hi, Really appreciate the comments, although the more I'm reading up on asbestos and what it could be in I'm get more worried. The house was built in 1950s and im reading up that it could be in the plaster and plasterboards. both my dad and i have ripped the ceilings down and knocked all the plaster off the walls with a hammer drill. the house is covered this dust even still to this day. Should i get someone in to sample plasterboard and plaster? the ceilings from what i gather haven't been artexed. i dont know whether im getting in my own head here and being paranoid about it. the plaster was put straight onto masonry walls. if so what asbestos could this contain?

Hi all. Thought I would come on here as I have spoken to a few companys but i cant eat, sleep and function properly. Started some work in the house which has unexpectedly turned into a full house renovation. My partner and our 14 month old baby boy moved out while the work was getting done and I've been working long hours trying to do all this on my own with my dad helping me. So we come across black 9x9 plastic tiles and adhesive which has now been tested and in the dining room, kitchen, living room and hall way found traces of Chrysotile in both tiles and adhesive. Both my dad and I popped the tiles up not knowing and we have already broken the tiles in the living room up and bagged them up about a month or 2 ago now. We have started on the hallway and it clicked. We then got a test done and come back positive with it in. We had a builder in also and he went through the kitchen with a hammer drill and got all the tiles up which later we found Chrysotile in the adhesive. I am paranoid to death that this could be all over the house, we have a granny flat where I have stayed while doing the work, sometimes people have walked through the house I've been working in to the flat and I'm mindful something could be in the carpets. All over the house really! My 14 month old has stayed over a few times because I'm not living with him just so I can see him but now I am paranoid that hes been exposed to it. I'm not bothered about myself I feel sick, cant sleep, head is racing thinking the worst. I dont know what to do now regarding any possible dust that could be there. I've hovered the carpet where we have been staying and tried my best to keep on top of cleaning. I'm so paranoid about it and all I keep thinking about is the baby and what if. I would appreciate any help/advice regarding what to do next? I've been told its low risk but it's not making me feel any better. I'm mindful of anything on the carpets and any dust lying around that hasn't been cleaned up could pose a threat still.