Hello, I've just moved into a new house and I'm suspicious of the boarding on the ceiling of the garage. Can anybody help identify if this is asbestos boarding, or a harmless alternative that I can take down? Thanks in advance, Kevin
Certainly looks suspicious, I would treat it with caution, hard to be sure from a picture but I would lean more towards AIB than AC, which is not good news. Does the back have a smooth or dimpled surface? A mirror should let you see without disturbing it.
Yo can get a sample tested, bought a kit from ebay a few years ago for £30-40, they send you all the packaging (sometime gloves, and overalls) to send it in then results are sent to you.
I'd be 98% sure that That's AIB. That area needs sealed off and you need to get it tested. It's been busted to pieces meaning the area will require environmental cleaning. Do not use your vacuum cleaner on it, get a local surveyor to take a sample and then get it remediated professionally. I take it you damaged it through work's? Ps, bag up the clothes your were wearing and have them disposed upon confirmation.
Thanks for the replies everybody. I should have said the house was built in 1970 and the garage is integral - the living room is above the garage. I've looked above the boards and it's hard to tell if it's dust or dimpled, pictures attached. I didn't damage the board, we moved in last week and it was already like that. The garage is really clean (obviously not asbestos clean, but there aren't chunks of board lying around). It's also quite drafty, so here's hoping it's been like that for years and any stray fibre's have blown away?! I'm going to phone some companies tomorrow and see what they think. Thanks for your input
If its AIB will be expensive to remove, did the surveyor pick this up? I was quoted £3000+VAT to remove and dispose of 12m2 of AIB which included air testing and certificate of reoccupation. Also the co would need to notify HSE 14 days prior to works.
99.5% sure it's AIB. Keep out ... Check your house insurance policy to see what it does in respect of asbestos or hazardous materials etc. To remove that it needs to be done in a negative pressure tent, the licensed removers will need a decon unit on site etc I've sampled an enormous amount of ACMs and that looks like the real McCoy
Just a few years ago (2005?) you could bag it up and take it to the tip yourself, up to half a ton I think. Maybe the regs have changed since, seldom meet the stuff these days - we used to make chicken houses out of it in the 1960s and saw sheets of it down to make soffit covers which nailed up nicely over old rotten wood - yes, I started working for a cowboy builder. Yee Ha!
My local tip does accept asbestos but only in small quantities, they accept upto 3 pieces a month of sizes 20cm high x 150cmwide x 180cm length. The figures dont make sense, as this amount to quite a large volume. But does mention that they should be double wrapped in heavy gauge polythene.
Just a follow up in case anyone finds this post in the future and finds it useful: It has been confirmed it's AIB and I've been quoted £1800+vat to remove it for an area roughly 18sq m
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