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Thanks again for your reply. I also read about asbestos fibres being so small you couldn’t see them but in my search today I read it can be seen in the edges of plaster. I know without testing we can’t be sure but I was hoping people who work with this daily might be able to ease my worries a little. The identical house next door had this area made into a wet room about 10 years ago through the nhs and nothing was mentioned about asbestos that we know of. They would have had new lights put in I wonder if their builders would have found it or would they not have taken as much of the ceiling down as we did

Thanks again for your reply. I also read about asbestos fibres being so small you couldn’t see them but in my search today I read it can be seen in the edges of plaster, which has send me completely spiralling about it. I feel sorry for my poor husband. I know without testing we can’t be sure but I was hoping people who work with this daily might be able to ease my worries a little. The identical house next door had this area made into a wet room about 10 years ago through the nhs and nothing was mentioned about asbestos that we know of. They would have had new lights put in I wonder if their builders would have found it or would they not have taken as much of the ceiling down as we did

Thank you for your reply. Where the plaster/mortar or whatever it is split I could see the white hairs. They didn’t look clumped together like I would expect them to be they looked like single hairs which makes me think more it’s asbestos.

Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately once the first part fell away we used a hammer to break more away thinking it would be easier to fix with it all gone. No masks just 2 very silly people. Took about an hour and a half all together. There wasn’t a huge amount of dust in the room no where near what you would get drilling or grinding. It was quite gritty which made me call it a mortar but maybe I’ve even got that wrong

Thank you, a builder came out last week and re boarded and plastered it. I’m worrying myself sick over it though I know there’s nothing that can be done

Hi, we live in a ex council house built late 1940-1950s. It has a coal shed/ toilet built on the side. The roof is flat, there’s no corrugated sheeting. The roofs been leaking and a huge part of the ceiling fell away It left behind what looked like a mortar mix and a metal grid. There was some visible white “hairs” about an inch long, almost like cat hair. The leak and the ceilings been fixed but since googling I’m wondering if it was likely to have contained asbestos in the mortar mix? I’m really worried as we did this ourselves as a diy project. I know it was a stupid idea.