r/asbestoshelp

I can see that it has some fibres in it but it definitely isn’t wood. It feels light and cold.
When I found it, I brought it home because I thought it looked and felt a bit like a bone, so I thought it might have been from a sea creature of some kind (which might sound stupid, I know. I don’t know much about sea creatures). I hadn’t looked at it closely or thought much about it until today.
If it is asbestos, is it likely that I’ve harmed myself by having it in my room for a while, handling it a few times, and looking at it closely today?
(Found in Dorset, UK)

I pulled the screed up while pulling up flooring to discover bitumen, which contains asbestos. Have I disturbed it, or am i still safe.

Very anxious 😟 I have a young child

I had posted before of old 1950-60 vinyl. I had it tested and adhesive underneath.

I hadn’t pulled up the covering new vinyl a lot so 8 samples were taken around corners of the adhesive and vinyl.

No asbestos found

However when removing I found paper backing. Which online I read can be the dangerous part? This wasn’t present in other areas where tested

Is this a concern?

We recently moved into a 1958 house and there was new carpet down. We decided to switch to LVP and the installers came over and quickly ripped up the carpet in the basement. They used tools to help get up the carpet tacks around the perimeter of the room. I came in and was Appalled when the installers said they thought asbestos tile. The perimeter was full of crumbly tile, screws, and dirt/ carpet tacks. I immediately stopped them and turned my HVAC off. We had to wait about a week, but scheduled an abatement company who came and did a full
Professional abatement with negative pressure, poly drapes, sealed everything off, hepa scrubbers and wet removal methods. They used a solvent (citrus, odorless) to get the black mastic up. We are currently ventilating with lots of fans, air purifiers and windows open.

I keep replaying the carpet guys tearing up the carpet and crumbled asbestos tile being everywhere. I was down there breathing it in. How concerned should we be? We have 3 small kids

how do we feel about this being asbestos?

dfw texas

def loose fibrous material

from ceiling in building where asbestos has been identified

Just curious if I am correct. Coworkers don’t agree

Location: bedroom closet.
I had decorative pillows stored at the top of my closet for years, one day I took them down and a hole sized shape of the ceiling came down with it. Does the material on the pillowcase look like it contains asbestos? I swept up the material off the ground and threw it away. If so, would that count as it being ‘disturbed’? I’ve been sleeping in my room for over a year now in this condition…

I just moved into a home built in 1969 in the Midwest with what appears to be the original linoleum from the owners who sold the home last in the early '90s. I had a company do testing for lead asbestos forever chemicals and a whole host of other household contaminants and they found that the linoleum in the basement, which is all cracked and chipped as you can see from the photos, is 20% chrysotile asbestos.

My short-term plan is to simply be gentle with everything in the basement at this time. We are still in the process of unpacking all of our stuff having moved from many states away, and then addressing it with a certified contractor. But I'm worried about the cracks and chips leading to the particles getting kicked up. The most egregious is the torn linoleum that is in the door jam of a utility room. That's for adults only though. Right now I have a brand new Coway air purifier (AP-1512HH) in the basement with a HEPA filter that may help capture any airborne asbestos.

My questions for this community are: how bad is this and how long can I put this off before taking it all out with a the proper contractor? Is it viable to seal the cracks and chips until somebody removes it entirely?

Hello all!

I would appreciate your expertise and guidance. My family is currently in process of purchasing a house and noticed linoleum once pulling up the carpet in a couple of the rooms. The house was built in the late 60s and I imagine the floors are of a similar age. There are a few pictures for your reference. A corner of the floor was coming up so I flipped it over to see the underside. There are small holes from the staples we removed with the carpet. There are also other holes (dark spots) that were already there before pulling staples. Those had a dark type of dust coming out.

What do you recommend as next steps if it likely contains linoleum? Are we okay to just lay new flooring over the linoleum? Or do we need to have someone licensed come to remove it?

Edit: Location is northeast Indiana. The linoleum is located in the family room, laundry room, and half bathroom (connected to the laundry room).

Pipe wrap in basement of home in Wisconsin

I'm referring to the yellow spray foam stuff in these photos

1947 home in Ontario, Canada. This is in a work room addition to the garage that is possibly later than the rest of the home. In this workroom we already know that the parging on the walls is 2 - 3% chrysotile, so we know that fire proofing was possibly a consideration in this work room (due to garage adjacent?)

Anyway, thoughts on whether this is absestos?

And, if we don't touch it, do you think this constitutes damaged/friable/of active health concern?

Thanks!!

These are the heating pipes in my basement in Brussels - House built before 1911, not sure when were the pipes installed, but boiler is from the 90s.

Out of pure ignorance we did not do anything and have been living here for two years, the pipes are in our laundry room, and some of them are crumbly, so even though we did not hit, or cut them, definitely some exposure has happened.

Having it tested this week, but out of curiosity as I have not found exactly similar examples of the material on this sub - It looks like a brownish/yellowish clay (White spots on first two pics are paint stains and not part of the interior material (exterior looks like plaster bandages, they were painted over as well)

Thank you!

Had my radiators replaced and noticed holes left in the plasterboard from old ones. House dates from 1760s. I hadn’t initially worried about plasterboard but seen a few posts saying suspected. Looks kinda hairy 😬

Edited to say it’s a hollow plasterboard type wall and I’m in the Uk

House previously has asbestos cement roof tiles so makes me think work was done to the house in the 70s when it was split into 2 houses which I’m guessing was prime asbestos use time

I’m pretty sure I see asbestos tape inside our vents where the duct is connected to the grates. Not surprised but wondering if there is anything I should do? Don’t want the hot air blowing thru to spread asbestos fibers. Just bought house and haven’t turned on heater yet. Maybe this is not an issue? Not sure. I’m in California, 100 year old house and likely mid-century heater.