Loft flooring

I'm in the NW so I expect the amterials would be slightly cheaper plus this chap probably gets them for less than that if he's buyng 10 sets of loft ladders per week and 150m2 of chipboard etc....I doubt if it would take 2 men more than 2 hours...they could probably do 3 a day if there's enough work coming in, the leccies are going to take the longest time so one man would probably concentrate on that while the other got the boards screwed down and affixed the ladder

Excuse me for butting in. I have lurked here for a long time and I pass on all your tips to my husband!

With regard to bringing down ceilings, my sister has had the insurers in as her celing got badly flooded during a recent storm. Well, to cut a long story short, the celing was artexed and apparently Artex, pre

A specialist team arrived with masks and stuff on just like one sees on t.v. when a chemical incident occurs. They sealed off everything, including the kitchen cupboards and took the ceiling down and took the lot away. My sister was not allowed into the kitchen until someone came with a meter to check if there was any residue in the air.

My question is, if one buys a house with artex ceilings, is there a risk to health?

Only if you rub against it - those things can be bloody rough. I wouldn't suggest eating it either although I suspect the LD50 would be very high.

Cheers

Mark

My days of swinging from the ceiling are well over! What I meant was, if one decorates and wets the artex, would that pose a risk?

Obviously. If there is asbestos there is real danger. If there just may be asbestos then there only just may be real danger. If you are going to replace it, wet it with wall paper paste underneath and from above and wear the necessary masks and stuff just in case.

But I don't know how far back the fibre was replaced by whatever they use these days, vinyl, or whatever. And there may well be no way for you to ensure the stuff you have or come across is the safe stuff without the correct gizmo.

I can't imagine an electronic gauge reading it directly from air samples. That sounds like a gadget for measuring dust particles and impressing laymen.

Turning it into living space is *way* more complicated than just adding felt!

|My question is, if one buys a house with artex ceilings, is there a |risk to health?

Not really if one leaves it alone it will do you no harm. The only problems occur when you turn it into airborne dust. Then breathing in a

If you want to remove it as someone said it is a right pain because of current regulations, which IMO are a bit extreme for the slight risk involved.

Not really. The only risk would come if you were cutting it in some way, even then it is a limited risk given the type and quantity of asbestos we are talking about.

Thank you everyone for your replies - I have a Bellday ironing board bought 1964 and still as good as new, is there a risk from the hot plate where the iron stands as this is asbestos and if I remove it, woud that pose a risk?? Advice on how to remove it and disposal would be appreciated.

| |Dave Fawthrop wrote: |>

|> |My question is, if one buys a house with artex ceilings, is there a |> |risk to health? |>

|> Not really if one leaves it alone it will do you no harm. The only |> problems occur when you turn it into airborne dust. Then breathing in a |> *lot* of the dust is dangerous |>

|> If you want to remove it as someone said it is a right pain because of |> current regulations, which IMO are a bit extreme for the slight risk |> involved. | |Thank you everyone for your replies - I have a Bellday ironing board |bought 1964 and still as good as new, is there a risk from the hot |plate where the iron stands as this is asbestos and if I remove it, |woud that pose a risk?? Advice on how to remove it and disposal would |be appreciated.

The risks of asbestos on a domestic scale are much over exagerated. Only on an *industrial* scale it is dangerous. You are not sure that there is any asbestos there, so put it in a freezer bag and throw it in the bin. Using latex gloves is a bit OTT.

Not sure what to replace it with.

Thank you I will do that.

Nor me!

Just place the iron on its end when you aren't using it and it's hot. What was the point of those asbestos plates? I just binned my mum's one this summer and the iron now rests on its end on the metal which was below the asbestos.

Why didn't I think of that???

I wonder if it originated in the days of non-thermostatic electric irons. An iron left upright will cool quite a bit, compared to one flat on an insulator.

As I have a day off from the office today, I decided to do the ironing! I think it is a safety thing, if I stand the iron on end, I notice that there is a tendency to knock it over and by putting it down flat, it reduces the risk, perhaps this is the reason, I dunno.