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Artex ceilings, Light fittings & Asbestos

JDW over 3 years ago

I’ve noticed quite a few light fitting and switches contain dust from the walls / ceilings, what’s the standard procedure with asbestos?

The electricians I’ve worked with never seemed to be bothered by the presence of asbestos (this was in the mid to late 1990’s) .

I vaguely remember doing about asbestos at college but that was a long time ago!

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0 OlympusMons over 3 years ago

I have been on jobs in the (distant) past where the artex has been sanded down ready for skinmming

The symptoms of mesothelioma are similar to those of lung cancer, and also similar to covid. Covid has been responsible for quite a few misdiagnosed diseases, this springs to mind Former minister James Brokenshire’s widow calls for better lung cancer care in wake of his death (msn.com) a bit off topic i know, but an important message nonetheless.
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0 JDW over 3 years ago in reply to OlympusMons

I’m currently sitting here with Covid, that’s what got me thinking!

I can remember a job I used a hole cutter to cut quite a few holes for ceiling lights in an Artex ceiling, I even did the same in my own bathroom

Was artex not considered a problem back then?
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0 JDW over 3 years ago in reply to OlympusMons

I’m currently sitting here with Covid, that’s what got me thinking!

I can remember a job I used a hole cutter to cut quite a few holes for ceiling lights in an Artex ceiling, I even did the same in my own bathroom

Was artex not considered a problem back then?
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